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US sanctions Iranian group that put bounty on Rushdie's life
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is imposing financial penalties on an Iranian-based organization that raised money to target British-American author Salman Rushdie, who was violently attacked in August at ...
Oct 28, 2022
Canada's Auger-Aliassime beats Bublik to reach semifinals at Swiss Indoors
BASEL, Switzerland - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Alexander Bublik 6-2, 6-3 on Friday to reach the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament. The 22-year-old Montreal native, seeded thi...
Oct 28, 2022
Conditions could be a factor in Canada-U. S. Rugby World Cup quarterfinal in Auckland
With heavy rain in the forecast for Auckland, Canada coach Kevin Rouet isn't expecting Saturday's Rugby World Cup quarterfinal against the U.S. to be a thing of beauty. "It's going to change the dynam...
Oct 28, 2022
Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton signs on with OSIC; athletes angry about rescheduled AGM
CALGARY - Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton has signed an agreement to join Abuse-Free Sport, the new federal program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport in Canada. Effective no later than Jan. 17, 2...
Oct 28, 2022
Canada's McIntosh and American Ledecky win their opening heats at swimming World Cup
TORONTO - Canada's Summer McIntosh and American Katie Ledecky won their respective heats in the women's 400-metre freestyle on Friday morning at the FINA Swimming World Cup. Ledecky led all swimmers w...
Oct 28, 2022
Tkachuks to meet in Atlantic Division for first time: 'Stressful for the parents'
Chantal Tkachuk's rule still stands. And it remains pretty straight forward - there will be no fighting. "Absolutely still in place," Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk, the family's eldest son,...
Oct 28, 2022
Federal government posts $3.9B surplus for April-to-August period
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a surplus of $3.9 billion for the first five months of its 2022-23 fiscal year. In its monthly fiscal monitor, the finance department says the result for the Apr...
Oct 28, 2022
CP NewsAlert: Freeland to deliver fall economic statement on Nov. 3
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will deliver an update on federal finances in the fall economic statement to be presented in the House of Commons on Nov. 3. More coming. The Canadian Press
Oct 28, 2022
Rev. Calvin Butts, influential pillar of Harlem, dies at 73
NEW YORK (AP) - The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, who welcomed generations of worshippers as well as political leaders from across the nation and around the world at Harlem's landmark Abyssinian Baptist C...
Oct 28, 2022
Spain's state prosecutor drops charges against Neymar
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Spain's state prosecutor dropped its charges against Neymar on Friday, but a Brazilian company involved in the case will continue to fight the soccer player in court. The case ...
Oct 28, 2022
