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Lance Armstrong leads Beirut bike tour to help blast victims
BEIRUT - Former American professional cyclist Lance Armstrong led a bike tour around Beirut on Sunday to raise awareness and funds for organizations helping residents affected by a massive explosion t...
Oct 04, 2020
Fashion designer Kenzo Takada dies from COVID-19 at age 81
PARIS - Kenzo Takada, the iconic Franco-Japanese fashion designer famed for his jungle-infused designs and free-spirited esthetic that channeled his home continent of Asia, has died. He was 81. The fa...
Oct 04, 2020
'The thing you do around here:' Prairie fall suppers adjust to COVID-19 reality
Vehicles lined up more than three kilometres along a rural Manitoba road on the last Sunday afternoon of September as their occupants waited to grab a traditional Ukrainian feast in a brown takeout ba...
Oct 04, 2020
Winds of change blow on day of upsets at French Open
PARIS - On a Sunday of upsets among the women at the French Open, revenge was a dish served up in an autumnal chill by a Polish teenager. And it was only partially business as usual for the men, too. ...
Oct 04, 2020
Canadian wheelchair racer Lakatos wins London Marathon; Woodfine runs Tokyo standard
LONDON - Wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos won the London Marathon on Sunday. Fellow Canadian Tristan Woodfine dipped under the Olympic qualifying standard in the men's event. Lakatos crossed in one hour...
Oct 04, 2020
'I don't want to go through this ever in my life again,' LTC resident tells inquiry
One by one, residents of Ontario's long-term care homes described the emotional devastation caused by the COVID-19 lockdown to an independent inquiry - and implored the governments ...
Oct 04, 2020
Sask. Party candidate resigns after online activity linked to QAnon supporters surfaces
Saskatchewan Party candidate Daryl Cooper has resigned his nomination ahead of Saskatchewan's provincial election.Cooper, a candidate for the Saskatoon Eastview riding, resigned after now-deleted soci...
Oct 04, 2020
Pope: Market capitalism has failed in pandemic, needs reform
ROME - Pope Francis says the coronavirus pandemic has proven that the "magic theories" of market capitalism have failed and that the world needs a new type of politics that promotes dialogue and solid...
Oct 04, 2020
Pope: Market capitalism has failed in pandemic, needs reform
ROME - Pope Francis says the coronavirus pandemic has proven that the "magic theories" of market capitalism have failed and that the world needs a new type of politics that promotes dialogue and solid...
Oct 04, 2020
'I don't want to go through this ever in my life again,' LTC resident tells inquiry
One by one, residents of Ontario's long-term care homes described the emotional devastation caused by the COVID-19 lockdown to an independent inquiry - and implored the governments ...
Oct 04, 2020
