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Federer wins 101st title, beating Isner in Miami Open final
MIAMI - Orange streamers rained down while Roger Federer held another championship trophy aloft, his familiar grin as wide as ever. For the ageless Federer, winning never gets old. Now 37, Federer bec...
Apr 02, 2019
Former Whitecaps women's soccer players want change after harassment allegations
VANCOUVER - A group of female soccer players is calling for change amidst allegations of harassment and bullying by a former coach for the Vancouver Whitecaps and Canada Soccer. Tw...
Apr 02, 2019
UCP announces energy sector job creation plan
The United Conservative Party has launched a plan that they say will bring oil and gas jobs back to Alberta.Officials say that plan includes a royalty guarantee, support for natural gas, well remediat...
Apr 02, 2019 UCP Leader Jason Kenney announces from Turner Valley on Apr. 2, his party's plan for job creation in the energy sector.
More condoms, fewer cigarettes found in annual beach cleanup
SANDY HOOK, N.J. - Volunteers cleaning up New Jersey beaches last year found everything but the kitchen sink. Oh wait, they found one of those, too. Unsurprisingly, nearly 82 per cent of the trash rem...
Apr 02, 2019
Lille overcomes 2-goal deficit, Caen upsets Monaco, PSG wins
PARIS - Nantes and Lille failed to get a single shot on target during the first half of their French league game on Sunday, and then produced five goals in 15 minutes. The goal bonanza at Nantes' La B...
Apr 02, 2019
Canada's Thibault ready to make history at Augusta National Women's Amateur
Even though Brigitte Thibault's parents Josee and Daniel had been avid golfers for decades, she was never really interested in the sport until watching the Masters with her family in 2005. It was then...
Apr 02, 2019
Live-action 'Dumbo' struggles to soar at box office
LOS ANGELES - Disney's "Dumbo" isn't exactly taking flight at the North American box office the way its other live-action remakes of animated classics have. The Walt Disney Co. said Sunday that the Ti...
Apr 02, 2019
Alberta Liberals announce strategy for mental health and addictions
Alberta Liberal leader David Khan has announced what his party is calling a bold new Alberta Liberal Strategy for Mental Health and Addictions."The Alberta Liberals will increase funding by 50 per cen...
Apr 02, 2019 Alberta Liberal Leader David Khan
One of Russia's richest women dies in plane crash in Germany
FRANKFURT - One of Russia's richest women, S7 Group co-owner Natalia Fileva, has died in a small plane crash in Germany, the Russian airline operator said Sunday. Fileva, 55, was aboard a single-engin...
Apr 02, 2019
Quebec Premier Francois Legault defends secularism bill as "moderate"
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is taking a moderate approach to secularism that does not violate freedom of religion, Premier Francois Legault said Sunday as he defended&nbs...
Apr 02, 2019