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Back at US Open, Serena beats Sharapova for 19th time in row
NEW YORK - Serena Williams was not about to let Maria Sharapova make a match of this. So facing a break point early in the second set, Williams conjured up a backhand passing shot so good, so powerful...
Aug 28, 2019

Cam Ward Signs 1-Day Contract, Retires with Hurricanes
One of the best players to ever wear a Red Deer Rebels jersey is calling it a career. Goalie Cam Ward has signed a one-day contract with the Carolina Hurricanes and is retiring as a member of the team...
Aug 28, 2019

The unusual suspects: British Columbia's middle-class gang problem
SURREY, B.C. - At the end of a tranquil cul-de-sac in a pleasant neighbourhood, a tall stucco house overlooks a well-kept lawn and lush flowerbeds. The home is in the Metro Vancouver city of Surr...
Aug 28, 2019

Placido Domingo concert opening sports complex in Hungary
SZEGED, Hungary - Opera legend Placido Domingo was set to appear Wednesday at a concert in southern Hungary to inaugurate a sports and youth complex for a local Catholic diocese, continuing his calend...
Aug 28, 2019

Actor McConaughey named professor at University of Texas
AUSTIN, Texas - Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey will join the University of Texas as a professor who this fall will teach in the university's Department of Radio-Television-Film. McConaughey h...
Aug 28, 2019

Edgar Industrial Drive / CPR Bridge closed for long weekend
RED DEER - The CPR Bridge on Edgar Industrial Drive will be closed from 7:00 p.m. on Friday, August 30 until 5:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 3.Edgar Industrial Drive will be fully closed from Johnston...
Aug 28, 2019

Court orders women accused of defaming author to share emails, online posts
VANCOUVER - A B.C. Supreme Court judge has awarded author Steven Galloway access to emails between a woman who accused him of sexual assault and staff at the University of British Columbia in&nbs...
Aug 28, 2019

Provinces, territories to have input in future price of carbon tax, McKenna says
OTTAWA - Any decisions about future increases in the carbon tax would take into account the views of provinces and territories, the federal environment minister says, using language tha...
Aug 28, 2019

Draisaitl on Puljujarvi: 'It seems like he doesn't want to be on our team'
TORONTO - Leon Draisaitl says he would welcome disgruntled winger Jesse Puljujarvi back into the Edmonton Oilers' fold. Puljujarvi has made it clear he wants to be traded to another NHL team...
Aug 28, 2019

Florida nursing home employees charged in patient deaths
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Four employees of a Florida nursing home where 12 people died in sweltering heat after a hurricane cut power were charged Monday, at least three of them with aggravated manslau...
Aug 28, 2019