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Despite 4-14 record, Elks optimistic about Year 2 under coach, GM Chris Jones
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Elks have gone two seasons without winning a home game. They finished the 2022 CFL campaign with a 4-14 record, on the heels of a 3-11 record in 2021. But, as the players clear...
Oct 22, 2022
Canada's Auger-Aliassime dispatches Gasquet to reach European Open final
ANTWERP, Belgium - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime has reached his second consecutive ATP tennis final. The 22-year-old from Montreal edged Richard Gasquet of France, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) in Saturday's sem...
Oct 22, 2022
Riders turn to Fine in pivotal showdown with Stampeders
In an up-and-down season, the Saskatchewan Roughriders are hoping everything will be Fine with their playoff hopes on the line.The Riders' coaching staff has made a change at the game's most important...
Oct 22, 2022
Jean-Michel Menard leads Canada over Scotland for gold at world mixed curling
ABERDEEN, United Kingdom - Canada has captured gold at the world mixed curling championship. Jean-Michel Menard of Gatineau, Que., led the Canadians to a 7-4 victory over host Scotland at the Curl Abe...
Oct 22, 2022
Melfort runner now halfway to completing world's major marathons
A Melfort woman is one step closer to finishing all the Abbott World Marathon Majors.Robyn Luthi competed in last month's Berlin Marathon after qualifying through a lottery.She finished the race at 3:...
Oct 22, 2022
'It was a gut punch': Indigenous-led research station in N.W.T. damaged by wildfire
FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T. - A wildfire that almost destroyed an Indigenous-led research station in the Northwest Territories is expected to have far-reaching effects on environmental research and the commu...
Oct 22, 2022
Montreal hospital caters to Indigenous patients by adding bannock to meal trays
MONTREAL - An experience with a patient who wouldn't eat because the meals reminded him of residential school has prompted a Montreal hospital to start offering bannock bread to its Indigenous patient...
Oct 22, 2022
Russian-installed authorities order evacuation of Kherson
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian-installed authorities have ordered all residents of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson to leave "immediately" ahead of an apparent Ukrainian advance. In a Telegram pos...
Oct 22, 2022
FIFA slams unacceptable TV deal offers for Women's World Cup
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) - Broadcasters were criticized by FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Saturday for what he called unacceptably low offers for rights to screen the Women's World Cup next year...
Oct 22, 2022
Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni sworn in as Italian premier
ROME (AP) - Giorgia Meloni, whose political party has neo-fascist roots, was sworn in on Saturday as Italy's first far-right premier since the end of World War II. Meloni, 45, took the oath of office ...
Oct 22, 2022