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Canada's Auger-Aliassime teams with Poland's Hurkacz to win doubles crown in Paris
PARIS - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime won his first career ATP Tour doubles title Sunday at the Paris Masters. Auger-Aliassime and Poland's Hubert Hurkacz saved five match points in a 6-7 (3), 7-6 (7...
Nov 08, 2020
Canadians beaten by Belgium in quarterfinals of BetVictor World Cup of Darts
SALZBURG, Austria - Unseeded Canadians Jeff (The Silencer) Smith and Matt (Ginga Ninja) Campbell dropped a 2-1 decision to No. 5 Belgium on Sunday in the quarterfinals of the BetVictor World Cup of Da...
Nov 08, 2020
Leaders mark National Indigenous Veterans Day
Sunday, Nov. 8 is National Indigenous Veterans Day.More than 12,000 Indigenous people served in WWI, WWII and the Korean War."They left their homes and families for environments where they faced preju...
Nov 08, 2020
Canadian icon Alex Trebek dies peacefully at 80
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Alex Trebek, who presided over the beloved quiz show "Jeopardy!" for more than 30 years with dapper charm and a touch of school-master strictness, died Sunday. He was 80.Trebek, who...
Nov 08, 2020
Eta expected to be hurricane and strike Florida Keys
HAVANA - A strengthening Tropical Storm Eta sliced across Cuba Sunday and was aimed at the southern tip of Florida, where a hurricane warning was posted for a storm that has left scores of dead and ov...
Nov 08, 2020
Roglic seals 2nd consecutive Spanish Vuelta victory
MADRID - It was a much different ceremonial final stage for Primoz Roglic at the Spanish Vuelta than two months ago at the Tour de France. This time, Roglic was celebrating a Grand Tour victory instea...
Nov 08, 2020
Minassian's former classmates hope for answers at upcoming Toronto van attack trial
TORONTO - Evan Mead still wracks his mind trying to understand what his former classmate was thinking when he drove a van down a Toronto sidewalk mowing down pedestrians. Mead, 28, spent three years i...
Nov 08, 2020
Medvedev beats Zverev to win his 1st Paris Masters final
Daniil Medvedev won the Paris Masters for the first time by beating Alexander Zverev 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 Sunday for his eighth career title and third at a Masters event. The third-seeded Russian secured jus...
Nov 08, 2020
'It only takes one:' COVID-19 cases continue to surge among First Nations in Manitoba
WINNIPEG - David Monias has barely slept in weeks. The Pimicikamak Cree Nation chief says his phone rings off the hook day and night from people fearful the COVID-19 pandemic is silently spreading int...
Nov 08, 2020
Browns place QB Baker Mayfield on COVID-19 list during bye
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Browns didn't escape the bye week completely unscathed. Quarterback Baker Mayfield was placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list Sunday after a staff member tested positive for the...
Nov 08, 2020