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Canada's Brooke Henderson geared up for demanding four-week stretch of golf
Brooke Henderson is geared up for the most important four weeks of her year. The winningest professional golfer in Canadian history will tee it up in the featured group of the Amundi Evian Championshi...
Jul 10, 2024

Marsch sees plenty of positives in Copa campaign but says more work needs to be done
Seven games into his tenure as Canada coach, Jesse Marsch sees plenty of positives. "Incredible strides," he summed up. "But there's still a lot to do ... We're establishing things at some high levels...
Jul 10, 2024

Watrous residents looking for answers after parked semi trucks cause safety issues along Highway 2
Watrous is a thriving economic centre based upon agriculture, tourism, mining and industry, but that hustle has brought with it an unwelcome consequence. In recent years, more semi-trucks have been pa...
Jul 10, 2024

'Keep doubting me': Argos QB Dukes looks to bounce back against undefeated Alouettes
MONTREAL - Cameron Dukes is used to proving his skeptics wrong. After a couple subpar outings, the Toronto Argonauts quarterback is eager to do it again when his team visits the undefeated Montreal Al...
Jul 10, 2024

Arkansas election officials reject petitions submitted for an abortion-rights ballot measure
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas election officials on Wednesday rejected petitions submitted for an abortion-rights ballot measure that organizers hoped to put before voters this fall in a predomina...
Jul 10, 2024

Fisher protest interrupts environment ministers' press conference
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The union representing inshore fishers and fish plant workers Newfoundland and Labrador interrupted a press conference of the country's environment ministers in St. John's today. Th...
Jul 10, 2024

AFN calls for independent inquiry into killings of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg
MONTREAL - The Assembly of First Nations passed a resolution today calling for an independent inquiry into the killings of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg. Chiefs supported the bid by Betsy Kennedy ...
Jul 10, 2024

Dabrowski, Routliffe advance to Wimbledon women's doubles semifinals
LONDON - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand moved closer to another Grand Slam title Wednesday with a 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-4 win over Barbora Krejcikova and Laura Siegemu...
Jul 10, 2024

Jay Herdman, son of John Herdman, to play for New Zealand at Paris Olympics
Jay Herdman, son of Toronto FC coach John Herdman, has been named to New Zealand's Olympic soccer team for the Paris games. The 19-year-old Herdman captains the Whitecaps FC 2, Vancouver's entry in th...
Jul 10, 2024

60 years of road salt has destroyed Ottawa's Alexandra Bridge: officials
OTTAWA - Federal officials say six decades of road salt has spelled the end for a 123-year old interprovincial bridge in Ottawa. The Alexandra Bridge has to be taken down because of rust, officials fr...
Jul 10, 2024