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‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry dead at 54
Canadian actor Matthew Perry has reportedly died by drowning at the age of 54.The well-known 'Friends' actor was found dead at a Los Angles-area home on Saturday, according to multiple reports.Law enf...
Oct 29, 2023
Wrong distance takes women's walk race athletes to mistaken record at Pan Am Games
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Peru's Kimberly Garca thought she set the world record in the women's 20 kilometers walk race at the Pan American Games. She later found out she didn't. Organizers of the larges...
Oct 29, 2023
Celine Boutier wins LPGA Malaysia after epic nine-hole playoff
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - In fading light and with another thunderstorm approaching, Celine Boutier made a birdie on the ninth playoff hole to defeat Atthaya Thitikul and win the Maybank Champions...
Oct 29, 2023
Wind cancels men's World Cup season opener after 47 starters with Austrian skier Schwarz leading
SOELDEN, Austria (AP) - Strong winds forced the cancellation of the season-opening men's World Cup giant slalom Sunday after 47 of the 73 skiers in the first run had started. Gusts high up on the Rett...
Oct 29, 2023
North Battleford Comprehensive defeats St. Mary to win inaugural NSFL title
With less than two minutes to go, a hazy sun peered through the clouds and in what seemed like a moment of destiny, the North Battleford Comprehensive High School (NBCHS) came out the victors on the h...
Oct 29, 2023
American hockey player Adam Johnson dies after 'freak accident' during game in England
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) - American hockey player Adam Johnson, who appeared in 13 NHL games with the Pittsburgh Penguins, has died after a "freak accident" during a game in England on Saturday, his c...
Oct 29, 2023
Thousands loot UN aid warehouses in Gaza as death toll tops 8,000 and Israel widens ground offensive
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Thousands of people broke into aid warehouses in Gaza to take flour and basic hygiene products, a U.N. agency said Sunday, in a mark of growing desperation and the bre...
Oct 29, 2023
Montreal restaurants adapt to rising costs, but worry customers might be priced out
MONTREAL - As Montreal restaurants adapt to rising costs and impending deadlines to repay loans issued during the pandemic, one well-known chef says she worries about the future of the city's famed di...
Oct 29, 2023
Sikh independence vote takes place in B.C. amid Canada-India tensions
SURREY, B.C. - Thousands of Sikh voters are expected to turn out today in the Metro Vancouver municipality of Surrey, to vote in an unofficial referendum at the centre of Canada's ongoing tensions wit...
Oct 29, 2023
Quebec government to present contract offer to unions on cusp of strike Sunday
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is expected to present a contract offer today to public sector unions who are on the cusp of a strike. Several union federations, representing around 430,000 workers, ...
Oct 29, 2023
