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WIMBLEDON, England - Coco Gauff grew up admiring the Williams sisters. Picked up a tennis racket as a little girl because of them. And on Monday at Wimbledon, still just 15, Gauff beat one of them. Ga...

CALGARY - Players in the fold were more of a priority for the Calgary Flames than the open market when NHL free agency opened Monday. Not blessed with copious cap space, and restricted free ...

MONTREAL - There is a growing movement in Quebec to bring back the fun - by legalizing kids' play in streets and alleyways. Municipalities across the province have begun experimenting with the not-so-...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says a special out-of-province prosecutor will assist in a criminal fraud investigation into the United Conservative Party leadership race won by ...

GOODSOIL, Sask. - Cleanup continues at a Saskatchewan campground following two tornadoes that snapped trees and caused severe damage on the Canada Day long weekend. Trevor Finlay, manager of Mead...

Due to two recent reports of aggressive deer encounters in Drayton Valley, officers are advising people not to take their dogs in areas with heavy vegetation where deer are more likely to be caring fo...

OTTAWA - The Chinese government is accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of being naive in assuming that President Donald Trump did him any favours by raising the case of two imprisoned Canadians wit...

VANCOUVER - For months, Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning has stressed the need for his club to beef up their blue line over the off-season. He did just that on Monday, adding a trio ...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Phil Varone to a one-year, two-way contract. The deal will pay Varone $700,000 at the NHL level and $450,000 in the AHL. The five-foot-10,193-poun...

A competitive construction market has persuaded the Town of Blackfalds to move up plans to expand its Multi-plex Arena and build a new library.The $15 million multiplex expansion and $5 million new li...