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Andreescu downs Buzarnescu to advance to quarterfinals at Mexican Open
ACAPULCO, Mexico - Canadian Bianca Andreescu advanced to the quarterfinals at the Mexican Open on Wednesday. The 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., defeated Romania’s Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-2, 7-...
Feb 27, 2019
Canada's Auger-Aliassime tops Cuevas to advance to 2nd round at Sao Paulo
SAO PAULO - Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the second round of the Sao Paulo Open on Wednesday, winning a match against Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas for the second time in as many...
Feb 27, 2019
Five things we learned from Wilson-Raybould at the justice committee
OTTAWA - Five things Canadians learned from former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould, in her testimony Wednesday at the House of Commons justice committee. 1. Wilson-Raybould said there were at le...
Feb 27, 2019
Liverpool, City win to set up duel for EPL title
The Premier League title race looks to be a duel between Liverpool and Manchester City after the top two collected contrasting home wins on Wednesday and third-place Tottenham lost at Chelsea for a se...
Feb 27, 2019
Singh promises action on affordable housing after winning in Burnaby South
BURNABY, B.C. - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says he will use his new position as a member of Parliament to pressure the Liberal government to take action on the affordable housing crisis in Brit...
Feb 27, 2019
Work still needed as child poverty rates drop: CAPRA
Statistics Canada has released the 2017 Canadian Income Survey showing a notable decrease in the overall poverty rate. The national poverty rate for children under the age of 18 sits at nine percent a...
Feb 27, 2019
Barrie Wilson Elementary celebrates Games Spirit
Red Deer’s Barrie Wilson Elementary got into the Canada Winter Games spirit on Feb. 27 with a full day of activities…
Feb 27, 2019
Whitmer will use current incentives to aid Fiat Chrysler
LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that Michigan’s incentives for Fiat Chrysler to add 6,500 jobs in the state will not require legislative approval. She said the state will u...
Feb 27, 2019
Powell says Fed likely to end bond trimming by end of 2019
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday that the Fed is close to announcing a plan to end the reduction of the size of its massive bond portfolio, which looks likely by the ...
Feb 27, 2019
Alaska governor removes French as oil, gas commission chair
JUNEAU, Alaska - Gov. Mike Dunleavy has fired the chair of a state commission tasked with overseeing oil and gas drilling in Alaska, saying Hollis French was neglectful in his duties. French argues hi...
Feb 27, 2019