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Canada's Dunfee adjusts to painful pace of shorter race ahead of 2024 Olympic Games
SANTIAGO, Chile - Evan Dunfee is adapting to the escalation of suffering in a shorter race after reaching the Olympic podium in a much longer one. The Canadian claimed a bronze medal in the Olympic sw...
Oct 29, 2023
Son of Canadian hostage in Gaza: "Military actions don't solve anything"
OTTAWA - The son of a Canadian woman believed to be among those held hostage by Hamas in Gaza wants the world to push for an end to the fighting and says he fears Israel's escalating offensive could e...
Oct 29, 2023
Canada's Auger-Aliassime defends Swiss Indoors title with win over Hurkacz
BASEL, Switzerland - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Poland's Hubert Hurkacz 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) on Sunday to successfully defend his Swiss Indoors tennis title. Auger-Aliassime, from Montreal, c...
Oct 29, 2023
Montreal police say fire set at Montreal bakery in third criminal attack since May
Montreal police say they're investigating after a fire was set at a bakery that has been targeted by criminals two other times since May. Police say they were called to the bakery, in the northern Mon...
Oct 29, 2023
Wrong distance takes women's walk race athletes to mistaken record at Pan Am Games
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Peru's Kimberly Garca thought she set the world record in the women's 20 kilometers walk race at the Pan American Games. She later found out she didn't. Organizers of the larges...
Oct 29, 2023
Celine Boutier wins LPGA Malaysia after epic nine-hole playoff
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - In fading light and with another thunderstorm approaching, Celine Boutier made a birdie on the ninth playoff hole to defeat Atthaya Thitikul and win the Maybank Champions...
Oct 29, 2023
Wind cancels men's World Cup season opener after 47 starters with Austrian skier Schwarz leading
SOELDEN, Austria (AP) - Strong winds forced the cancellation of the season-opening men's World Cup giant slalom Sunday after 47 of the 73 skiers in the first run had started. Gusts high up on the Rett...
Oct 29, 2023
Women and Girls Grant applications open for Red Deer area organizations and projects
The Women and Girls Grant, administered by the Red Deer & District Community Foundation, is now accepting applications.This fund rewards $5,000 annually to support organizations and projects whose...
Oct 29, 2023
American hockey player Adam Johnson dies after 'freak accident' during game in England
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) - American hockey player Adam Johnson, who appeared in 13 NHL games with the Pittsburgh Penguins, has died after a "freak accident" during a game in England on Saturday, his c...
Oct 29, 2023
Thousands loot UN aid warehouses in Gaza as death toll tops 8,000 and Israel widens ground offensive
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Thousands of people broke into aid warehouses in Gaza to take flour and basic hygiene products, a U.N. agency said Sunday, in a mark of growing desperation and the bre...
Oct 29, 2023