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Biden calls Xi as U.S.-China relationship grows more fraught
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden spoke with China's Xi Jinping on Thursday amid growing frustration on the American side that high-level engagement between the two leaders' top advisers has been ...
Sep 09, 2021
The Latest on the federal leaders' English-language election debate
The Latest on the English-language leaders' debate among Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet and Green ...
Sep 09, 2021
Unseeded Fernandez, 19, reaches 1st Slam final at U.S. Open
NEW YORK (AP) - Leylah Fernandez's first major semifinal, at the U.S. Open just days after her 19th birthday, did not go her way at the start. After she recovered from that to take a lead, No. 2 seed ...
Sep 09, 2021
Canada's Leylah Fernandez into U.S. Open final with win over Alyna Sabalenka
NEW YORK - Canada's newest teenaged tennis hero is headed to the U.S. Open women's final. Leylah Fernandez, of Laval, Que., fought back from an early 4-1 first-set deficit to narrowly defeat Aryna Sab...
Sep 09, 2021
The Latest on the federal leaders' English-language election debate
The Latest on the English-language leaders' debate among Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet and Green ...
Sep 09, 2021
Can Larry Elder build 'movement' from California recall?
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In two months, Larry Elder went from conservative talk radio host to leader of the Republican field in the California recall election that could remove Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom ...
Sep 09, 2021
Yukon officials offer reassurance after COVID-19 case identified in school
WHITEHORSE - Yukon officials say everything has gone according to plan after the first case of COVID-19 was identified at a secondary school since classes resumed. Dr. Catherine Elliott, the territory...
Sep 09, 2021
HSAA concerned over ambulance availability
The president of the Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) is expressing strong concerns regarding the current state of ambulance availability throughout the province, including in central Alb...
Sep 09, 2021
Alberta doctors say ICU beds at 87 per cent capacity, health system close to collapse
A group of Alberta doctors say the province's health-care system is on the verge of collapse and will crumble if the government doesn't strengthen public health measures.Intensive care units are opera...
Sep 09, 2021
Edmonton doctors form opioid response committee to address spiking overdoses
EDMONTON - An opioid poisoning committee has been formed by a group of Edmonton physicians to address spiking overdose deaths in the community.The Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association says the comm...
Sep 09, 2021