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Gilgeous-Alexander leads Canada past Spain to make FIBA Basketball World Cup quarters
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 36 points, including going 14-of-16 at the free-throw line, as Canada fended off Spain 88-86 on Sunday at the FIBA men's basketball World Cup. Canad...
Sep 3, 2023
Police investigating after shooting at Ottawa wedding leaves two dead, six injured
Ottawa police say a shooting at a wedding has left two men dead and six people injured. They say shots rang out at 10:21 on Saturday night outside the Infinity Convention Centre, where the victims wer...
Sep 3, 2023
Guatemala's electoral authority blocks the suspension of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo's party
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Guatemala's top electoral authority said Sunday it blocked the suspension of President-elect Bernardo Arvalo's Seed Movement, at least temporarily giving the party back its legal...
Sep 3, 2023
Nanaimo Clipper veterans excited for new BCHL season
NANAIMO - The Clippers have begun a two-day training camp with two full teams.Thirty-five players showed up for the first training sessions and intra-squad games on Friday, Sept. 1 and Saturday, Sept....
Sep 3, 2023
How Tamara Lich transformed from spokeswoman to symbol of 'Freedom Convoy' movement
OTTAWA - It's a sunny July day at an outdoor hockey rink outside North Bay, Ont. An acoustic guitar player belts out a ballad about freedom. An adoring crowd sings along. Tamara Lich, mounted on the b...
Sep 3, 2023
Climate change, trade ties top agenda as Trudeau attends summits in Asia
OTTAWA - Canada has its eyes on Asia and the lucrative trade markets in the Indo-Pacific region as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to the region tomorrow for a week of international summits and bi...
Sep 3, 2023
Nova Scotia ceremony to mark 25th anniversary of deadly Swissair crash
INDIAN HARBOUR, N.S. - A delegation of Canadian military veterans, RCMP officers and first responders are gathering in Nova Scotia today to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Canada's military respon...
Sep 3, 2023
Tribe getting piece of Minnesota back more than a century after ancestors died there
GRANITE FALLS, Minn. (AP) - Golden prairies and winding rivers of a Minnesota state park also hold the secret burial sites of Dakota people who died as the United States failed to fulfill treaties wit...
Sep 2, 2023
Blue Jays blow 5-0 lead, lose 8-7 to lowly Rockies
DENVER (AP) - Brenton Doyle hit a three-run triple in a four-run fifth inning, Charlie Blackmon had three hits and three RBIs on his bobblehead night, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Toronto Blue Ja...
Sep 2, 2023
Canada loses senior women's VCC semifinal to Dominican Republic
QUEBEC - Canada's unbeaten ride at the NORCECA senior women's Volleyball Continental Championship came to a halt Saturday night when the Dominican Republic won the best-of-five semifinal matchup 3-1. ...
Sep 2, 2023