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Red Deerians return from tandem bike ride across Canada
A Red Deer couple returned home this week following a 5,000 kilometre tandem bike ride across Canada. JB Owen and Peter Giesin married three years ago, with the former celebrating her 50th birthday th...
Sep 13, 2020
Mourinho woe, Ancelotti joy: Everton opens with win at Spurs
LONDON - Twenty years into his managerial career, Jose Mourinho recorded an unwelcome first on Sunday: Making a losing start to a league season. "I didn't like my team," the Tottenham manager said aft...
Sep 13, 2020
Sheriff: Deputy on video punching Black man in Georgia fired
A sheriff's deputy in Georgia has been fired after being captured on video repeatedly punching a Black man during a traffic stop, authorities said Sunday. The deputy was being let go for "excessive us...
Sep 13, 2020
Flags of Remembrance provide opportunity to not forget this year amid pandemic
The Flags of Remembrance made a quiet return to the waterfront in Sylvan Lake on Saturday.This year, Veterans Voices of Canada (VVOC) founder Al Cameron was forced to go about the annual tradition wit...
Sep 13, 2020
Florida city repeals 13-year ban on saggy pants
OPA-LOCKA, Fla. - After 13 years, a South Florida city has overturned a ban on "saggy pants" - bottoms that reveal the wearer's underwear. The Opa-locka City Commission voted Wednesday on a 4-1 vote t...
Sep 13, 2020
Canada's Jeff Smith to face high-profile darts foe in Fallon Sherrock
Canadian Jeff (The Silencer) Smith will face Fallon Sherrock in a high-profile first-round matchup Friday at the 300,000-pound ($505,635) Bwin World Series of Darts Finals. The 24-player event, w...
Sep 13, 2020
Canadian Bouchard loses Istanbul final in three sets to Romania's Tig
ISTANBUL - Canadian qualifier Eugenie Bouchard fell short of capturing her first WTA tournament title in six years on Sunday, falling to Patricia Maria Tig of Romania 2-6, 6-1, 7-6...
Sep 13, 2020
Cabinet retreat to confront challenge of limiting damage from ongoing pandemic
OTTAWA - Bold plans to rebuild Canada's shattered economy will take a back seat during a two-day cabinet retreat as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ministers confront the more immediate challeng...
Sep 13, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Aline Chretien, wife of former PM, dead at 84
OTTAWA - Aline Chretien, the wife of former prime minister Jean Chretien, has died at 84. More coming. The Canadian Press
Sep 13, 2020
Groundhogs occasionally digging up bones, coffin pieces at Montreal cemetery
MONTREAL - When Michelle McSweeney saw a groundhog crawl into an above-ground tomb at Montreal's Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery, it was hard not to be freaked out. "I heard it rattling aroun...
Sep 13, 2020