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Argentina intends to take unwanted World Cup third-place game seriously
PARIS (AP) - Argentina is serious about the Rugby World Cup third-place game that nobody likes to play. The Pumas were lumped with the unwanted playoff after losing their semifinal against New Zealand...
Oct 21, 2023
Vance inducted onto Raiders Wall of Honour during pregame ceremony
Bruce Vance is officially the newest member of the Prince Albert Raiders Wall of Honour.The longtime former Raiders Director of Marketing and Business Manager was etched into club history on Friday du...
Oct 21, 2023
Mounties arrest 'top priority' U.S. fugitive wanted in Creston, B.C.
CRESTON, B.C. - The RCMP says a fugitive from the United States has been arrested in Creston, B.C. The Mounties say they were alerted Friday that the man, who was wanted in the U.S. on allegations of ...
Oct 21, 2023
'Dramatic decline': Calgary researcher says sea ice in Antarctica lowest since 1986
ROTHERA RESEARCH STATION, ANTARCTICA - A Calgary researcher, who has spent the last eight months in Antarctica studying sea ice, says he has seen first-hand how big an effect climate change has had in...
Oct 21, 2023
Much of southern Quebec under rainfall warning, up to 60 millimetres expected
Much of southern Quebec is under a rainfall warning today as Environment Canada forecasts between 40 and 60 millimetres of rain could drench the province by Sunday evening. The federal weather agency'...
Oct 21, 2023
Montreal one step closer to getting park to mark Irish mass grave site
Montreal is one step closer to getting a commemorative park for the 6,000 Irish immigrants buried in unmarked graves in an industrial pocket of the city southeast of the downtown core. This week, the ...
Oct 21, 2023
Man United, England soccer great Bobby Charlton dies at 86
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Bobby Charlton, an English soccer icon who survived a plane crash that decimated a Manchester United team destined for greatness to become the heartbeat of his country's 196...
Oct 21, 2023
Man United, England soccer great Bobby Charlton dies at 86
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Bobby Charlton, an English soccer icon who survived a plane crash that decimated a Manchester United team destined for greatness to become the heartbeat of his country's 196...
Oct 21, 2023
Mountain biker Gunnar Holmgren wins Canada's first gold at Pan American Games
SANTIAGO, Chile - Mountain biker Gunnar Holmgren of Orillia, Ont., has won Canada's first gold medal at the Pan American Games. Holmgren took the men's cross-country race in Santiago, Chile, in a time...
Oct 21, 2023
Unbeaten New Zealand and India meet at scenic Dharamsala in Cricket World Cup on Sunday
Over the past week, the Indian city of Dharamsala received the season's first snowfall. As television cameras pan out behind the stadium, the Himalayan mountaintops are noticeable in their pristine wh...
Oct 21, 2023
