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Canada's Rebecca Marino loses to Belgium's Elise Mertens at Madrid Open
MADRID - Canada's Rebecca Marino is out of the Madrid Open in the Round of 64 after losing Thursday in straight sets to Elise Mertens of Belgium, 6-3, 6-1. Marino, of Vancouver, had five double faults...
Apr 27, 2023

Federal public service strike enters ninth day, no sign of back-to-work legislation
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is showing no hints it will end the strike of its largest public sector union by legislating 155,000 federal civil servants back to work. The workers with the Public Se...
Apr 27, 2023

The Latest on what RCMP say happened in the mass killing on James Smith Cree Nation
MELFORT, Sask. - The RCMP are releasing details on a stabbing rampage last year in Saskatchewan. Eleven people were killed and 18 were injured on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village ...
Apr 27, 2023

A new era in Gatineau: Red-hot Olympiques on impressive run heading into QMJHL semis
It was two games into a winning streak in January when Gatineau Olympiques coach and general manager Louis Robitaille leaned in to kiss his daughter, only to have her grumble about his prickly stubble...
Apr 27, 2023

First Canadian evacuation flight from Sudan has departed: Anand
OTTAWA - The first Canadian evacuation flight from Sudan took off Thursday and additional evacuations are planned over the next few days, Defence Minister Anita Anand confirmed as the scramble to help...
Apr 27, 2023

US to open foreign centers in bid to stop migration surge
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration will open migration centers in Guatemala and Colombia for asylum seekers heading to the U.S.-Mexico border, in a bid to slow what's expected to be a surge of...
Apr 27, 2023

Boston Pride's Loren Gabel named MVP of Premier Hockey Federation
BOSTON - Scoring leader Loren Gabel of the Boston Pride has been named both the Premier Hockey Federation's most valuable player and its most outstanding player, the league announced on Thursday. The ...
Apr 27, 2023

Kansas legislators impose sweeping anti-trans bathroom law
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Republican legislators in Kansas enacted possibly the most sweeping transgender bathroom law in the U.S. on Thursday, overriding the Democratic governor's veto of the measure witho...
Apr 27, 2023

Spain swelters in temperatures more typical of summer
MADRID (AP) - Spain's national weather service said temperatures would "reach values typical of summer" across most of the country, with a high of 38 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit) forecast ...
Apr 27, 2023

Canada advances to semifinals at world mixed doubles curling championship
GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of - Canada's Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing qualified for the semifinal after wrapping up first place in their pool at the world mixed doubles curling championship on Thurs...
Apr 27, 2023