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Twenty years later, Canadians reflect on their efforts after the 9/11 attacks
Calgary firefighter Mark Turik recalls standing at Ground Zero in January 2002, watching a group of police officers as they surrounded a body pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Centre. He was t...
Sep 05, 2021
“I Wear Red’ photography offers healing for MMIW mother
On July 11, 2020, Freda Weeseekase joined a group no mother or family wants to be a part of.That group is MMIW - Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.Her 19-year-old daughter Hailey Belange...
Sep 05, 2021
Uncertainty reigns in Guinea after gunfire near presidency
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - Heavy gunfire erupted early Sunday near the presidential palace in Guinea's capital and went on for hours, witnesses said, raising fears of a coup attempt in the West African na...
Sep 05, 2021
Twenty years later, Canadians reflect on their efforts after the 9/11 attacks
Calgary firefighter Mark Turik recalls standing at Ground Zero in January 2002, watching a group of police officers as they surrounded a body pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Centre. He was t...
Sep 05, 2021
Kovrig, Spavor supporters march in support of freeing the prisoners, as China objects
OTTAWA - As Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor mark 1,000 days in separate Chinese prisons, their supporters are taking to the streets of Ottawa and beyond on Sunday to push for their freedom. China's ...
Sep 05, 2021
Canada, allies watchful of how China will fill Western void in Afghanistan
OTTAWA - With the United States and its allies, Canada included, having left Afghanistan firmly in the hands of the Taliban, another world power is stepping into the void to exert its influence on the...
Sep 05, 2021
Kashmir leader's family charged under India anti-terror law
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir charged family members of late resistance leader Syed Ali Geelani under a harsh anti-terror law for raising anti-India slogans and wrapping h...
Sep 05, 2021
Djokovic lets emotions show at US Open as Grand Slam nears; No. 1 Barty loses
NEW YORK (AP) - Novak Djokovic did not seek to keep his thoughts to himself on court Saturday, the way he mostly did through his first two U.S. Open matches. Instead, he let it all out, slapping his c...
Sep 04, 2021
Canada's Andreescu continues winning ways at U.S. Open, Shapovalov stumbles out
NEW YORK - On a day where Canada's Bianca Andreescu continued to roll at the U.S. Open, Denis Shapovalov stumbled out of the tournament. The sixth-seeded Andreescu defeated Belgium's Greet Minnen 6-1,...
Sep 04, 2021
The Best Time of Year
Outside of the playoffs, this is the best time of the year in Rider Nation.The team is 3-0 and in first place in the west, playing the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the 2019 Grey Cup Champions (they aren't d...
Sep 04, 2021