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Harvest Run 2021 hits Red Deer's trail system Sunday
After months of careful planning and being cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Harvest Run is back in Red Deer this weekend.The event goes Sept. 12 and offers a 3 km walk/run and 8 km ...
Sep 11, 2021
Firefighters reflect and honour fallen colleagues and 9/11 anniversary
This weekend holds a special place in the heart of firefighters around the world, and especially here in Canada. Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City and ...
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
US marks 20 years since 9/11, in shadow of Afghan war's end
NEW YORK (AP) - The 9/11 anniversary commemoration at ground zero began Saturday with a tolling bell and a moment of silence, exactly 20 years after the start of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. so...
Sep 11, 2021
German town seeks owner of baby ostrich found in local park
BERLIN (AP) - Is anyone missing an ostrich? An animal shelter says it is looking for the owner of an ostrich chick that was found in the German town of Krefeld late Friday. German news agency dpa repo...
Sep 11, 2021
Crowded stadiums, pandemic create combustible mix this fall
More than 65,000 fans packed a stadium in Tampa to watch Tom Brady lead the Buccaneers to a win in the NFL's season opener, just hours after President Joe Biden announced a sweeping new plan to slow t...
Sep 11, 2021
NDP seeks upset in B.C. riding that has traditionally gone Liberal or Conservative
SQUAMISH, B.C. - From a suffocating heat dome to wildfire smoke that weighed down the skies, it's no surprise that several federal candidates in one British Columbia riding say they're hearing at the ...
Sep 11, 2021
Chinese-controlled company fights Ottawa's order to divest assets on security grounds
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has directed a state-owned Chinese telecommunications firm to divest its stake in a Canadian subsidiary over national security concerns, prompting a court challenge of ...
Sep 11, 2021
'The people have spoken': More focus on racism needed in campaign, activists say
OTTAWA - Federal leaders have not focused on addressing systemic racism during the campaign, despite the urgency of the issue after findings of unmarked graves at former residential schools and rising...
Sep 11, 2021
Canadian teenager Fernandez to face British teen Raducanu in US Open final
It's a match that will be appointment viewing for tennis fans across Canada. Several viewing parties are planned -- including a Tennis Canada get-together in her native Montreal - to watch Leylah Fern...
Sep 11, 2021