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Several Canadian communities hold ceremonies marking 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
Communities across Canada took time out on Saturday to pay tribute to the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, with officials in multiple cities paying tribute to those who died while also...
Sep 11, 2021
Djokovic bids for history at US Open: year Slam, 21st major
NEW YORK (AP) - Novak Djokovic remembers just how close Serena Williams came to a calendar-year Grand Slam in 2015 before coming up short at the U.S. Open. He recalls chatting with Williams during tha...
Sep 11, 2021
Twenty years on, Americans gather in lower Manhattan to remember Sept. 11 attacks
NEW YORK - The anguished recitation of the names of the dead rang out Saturday from the footprints of the World Trade Center as family members, dignitaries and ordinary Americans gathered to mark the ...
Sep 11, 2021
NDP to release details on how it would pay for election platform pledges
VANCOUVER - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh is expected to announce details today on how the party would pay for its pledges ahead of the Sept. 20 election. Asked why the NDP waited until nine days ...
Sep 11, 2021
Maxwell brings shimmer, shine and smiles to NY Fashion Week
NEW YORK (AP) - At the end of Brandon Maxwell's show at New York Fashion Week, his models were doing something models don't usually do on runways: They were smiling. Maybe that's because Maxwell had d...
Sep 11, 2021
O'Toole looks to woo voters in Toronto suburbs on home stretch of election campaign
WHITBY, Ont. - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is making his pitch to voters in the Greater Toronto Area, a vote-rich region that will play a crucial role in the federal election on Sept. 20. The GTA...
Sep 11, 2021
Hurricane Larry wipes out power, trees across St. John's; people urged to stay home
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The City of St. John's is asking residents to stay home out of it - as the Newfoundland and Labrador saying goes - so crews can clean up the torn branches, downed power lines and sc...
Sep 11, 2021
Trudeau pushes back against accusations he has done 'nothing' for environment
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says it is cynical and false to accuse his government of having done nothing on climate change or the environment. Trudeau says the NDP and Green Party are tryin...
Sep 11, 2021
Elections Canada delays opening of some advance polls after hurricane batters N.L.
Elections Canada says it's delaying the opening of advance polls over a large swath of eastern Newfoundland today as the province assesses the damage caused by Hurricane Larry. Spokeswoman Franoise En...
Sep 11, 2021
The Latest: 9/11 commemoration begins at ground zero in NYC
NEW YORK - The 9/11 anniversary commemoration at ground zero has begun with a tolling bell and a moment of silence, exactly 20 years after the start of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. Presid...
Sep 11, 2021