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Forge FC downs HFX Wanderers in Canadian Premier League championship game
CHARLOTTETOWN - The Canadian Premier League is just two years old but it's already clear who is the team to beat. Forge FC won the CPL title for the second straight year Saturday, defeating HFX Wander...
Sep 19, 2020
B.C. migrant, undocumented workers rally for permanent residency program
VANCOUVER - Migrant workers and advocates called for a "just recovery" from the COVID-19 pandemic during a digital rally on Saturday. Chit Arma, who chairs the Migrant Workers Centre in Vancouver, say...
Sep 19, 2020
Some highlights from the life and career of former prime minister John Turner
TORONTO - Some highlights from the life and career of former prime minister John Turner: June 7, 1929: John Napier Wyndham Turner is born in Richmond, England. 1932: Turner and his mother move to Brit...
Sep 19, 2020
Canada's Jeff (The Silencer) Smith beaten in 2nd round of World Series of Darts
SALZBURG, Austria - Canadian Jeff (The Silencer) Smith lost 6-3 Saturday to eighth-seeded James (The Machine) Wade in the second round of the 300,000-pound ($511,760) Bwin World Series of Darts Finals...
Sep 19, 2020
Canada's Shapovalov beats Dimitrov to advance to semis at Italian Open
ROME - Canada's Denis Shapovalov is through to the semifinals of the Italian Open. The No. 12 seed from Richmond Hill, Ont., edged No. 15 seed Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 in the quarterfinals Saturd...
Sep 19, 2020
QuickQuotes: Public figures react to death of former prime minister John Turner
Former prime minister John Turner, who led the country for just 79 days in the summer of 1984, has died at 91. News of his death Saturday sparked an outpouring of tributes online from fellow politicia...
Sep 19, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert:Former prime minister John Turner dead at 91
OTTAWA - Former prime minister John Turner, dubbed "Canada's Kennedy" when he first arrived in Ottawa in the 1960s, has died at the age of 91. Marc Kealey, a former aide speaking on behalf o...
Sep 19, 2020
Astros' Verlander to have elbow surgery, miss rest of season
Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the rest of the season. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner announced the news Saturday on his Instagram account in a 1 1...
Sep 19, 2020
Artificial intelligence research in Alberta gets funding boost
The Alberta government is putting up $9 million to support artificial intelligence and machine learning in the province.Receiving the money is the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii). The fu...
Sep 19, 2020
Ottawa Senators open pop-up COVID-19 assessment centres outside home arena
OTTAWA - Two parking lots at the Ottawa Senators' home arena are being converted into pop-up COVID-19 assessment centres. The team says in a statement that parking lots 5 and 6 at ...
Sep 19, 2020