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Canadian men eliminated from Rugby World Cup contention after loss in Chile
VALPARAISO, Chile - Canada will miss the Rugby World Cup for the first time ever, knocked out of contention Saturday by Chile in a 33-24 defeat that gave the South Americans a 54-46 aggregate victory ...
Oct 09, 2021

Prime Minister marks start of Thanksgiving holiday by meeting Afghan refugee family
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked the beginning of the Thanksgiving holiday by meeting a family of Afghan refugees who recently arrived in the country. Obaidullah Rahimi began working at t...
Oct 09, 2021

Prime Minister marks start of Thanksgiving holiday by meeting Afghan refugee family
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked the beginning of the Thanksgiving holiday by meeting a family of Afghan refugees who recently arrived in the country. Obaidullah Rahimi began working at t...
Oct 09, 2021

Riders’ Lanier makes big impact off field with charity foundation
There's no place like home for Anthony Lanier II."We have a very tight-knit community to the point where every child is raised by the community. We say 'It takes a village to raise a child,' " the Sas...
Oct 09, 2021

Kurz to quit as Austrian chancellor amid corruption probe
BERLIN (AP) - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Saturday that he plans to step down in an effort to defuse a government crisis triggered by prosecutors' announcement that he is a target of a cor...
Oct 09, 2021

Ruling party narrowly loses Czech vote; PM Babis may be out
PRAGUE (AP) - Prime Minister Andrej Babis' centrist party on Saturday narrowly lost the Czech Republic's parliamentary election, a surprise development that could mean the end of the populist billiona...
Oct 09, 2021

Riders meet Stamps in Thanksgiving showdown
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are hoping to have all the fixings for a victory this Thanksgiving weekend.The Riders meet the Calgary Stampeders for the second straight Saturday, hoping to get a win aga...
Oct 09, 2021

Banisadr, Iran's first president after 1979 revolution, dies
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran's first president after the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution who fled Tehran after being impeached for challenging the growing power of clerics as the na...
Oct 09, 2021

US Open champ Raducanu upset at Indian Wells; Murray wins
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Emma Raducanu came down to earth in her first tournament since her surprising U.S. Open victory, losing in straight sets to Aliaksandra Sasnovich at the BNP Paribas Open on Frid...
Oct 09, 2021

Masterful Webb pitches Giants past Dodgers in playoff opener
SAN FRANCISCO - Logan Webb struck out 10 pitching masterfully in his postseason debut, Buster Posey hit a two-run homer that held up, and the 107-win San Francisco Giants blanked the defending World S...
Oct 08, 2021