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Even from within: Manitoba premier faces opposition to completing his agenda
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister's decades-long career in politics is not ending quietly. Low opinion polls and opposition within his own caucus as he heads toward retirement have raised do...
Aug 21, 2021
Wins for United States, Canada and Czech Republic open women's world hockey championship
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) - Brianna Decker and Kendall Coyne Schofield each had a goal and an assist and the nine-time champion United States beat Switzerland 3-0 on Friday night to open the women's world...
Aug 20, 2021
Stampeders survive late pressure, beat Alouettes 28-22 for first win of CFL season
CALGARY - In his first career start, rookie quarterback Jake Meier threw for 304 yards and a touchdown on Friday night as the Calgary Stampeders overcame an 11-point second-quarter deficit and then hu...
Aug 20, 2021
Toronto Blue Jays drop third straight in 4-1 extra-inning loss to Detroit Tigers
TORONTO - The Blue Jays continue to flounder in extra-inning games this season. Toronto lost 4-1 in 10 innings to the Detroit Tigers at Rogers Centre on Friday, the team's eighth loss in its 10th outi...
Aug 20, 2021
Canada opens women's world hockey championship with 5-3 win over Finland
CALGARY - Sarah Fillier scored the game-winner for Canada in a 5-3 win over Finland to open the women's world hockey championship Friday in Calgary. The 21-year-old from Georgetown, Ont., scored at 7:...
Aug 20, 2021
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime loses to Stefanos Tsitsipas in Cincinnati quarterfinal
CINCINNATI - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated from the men's singles competition at the Western & Southern Open on Friday. Auger-Aliassime fell to No. 2 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Gre...
Aug 20, 2021
Where the election leaders are for Saturday, Aug. 21
OTTAWA - Where the leaders are on Saturday, Aug. 21 The main national party leaders' scheduled public appearances for Saturday, Aug. 21. All times are local. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau Justin Trude...
Aug 20, 2021
No mask or vaccination mandates for schools as health ministry updates COVID-19 plan
The provincial health ministry has released a statement with some updated guidelines for school divisions on future vaccination plans, contact tracing and self-isolating measures.For the last several ...
Aug 20, 2021
Glaslyn RCMP look for four suspects in attempted theft
Glaslyn RCMP received a complaint of four suspicious people in the Village of Glaslyn on Aug. 20 around 6 a.m. The suspects, two men and two women, were in the village in what police described as a lo...
Aug 20, 2021
B.C. may not move to Step 4 by Sept. 7 as COVID-19 case counts increase: top doctor
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's top doctor says the province may not advance as expected to the next step in its COVID-19 restart plan as case counts surge in the Interior Health region. As provincial ...
Aug 20, 2021