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Canada's Fernandez, partner Townsend fall in Madrid women's doubles semifinals
MADRID - Canada's Leylah Fernandez missed out on her third women's doubles final of the season when she and American partner Taylor Townsend fell 6-4, 0-6, 10-6 to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Bra...
May 5, 2023
'It really shows the support': Beardy's walk honours Missing and Murdered
Emelia Greyeyes used the word "special" to describe how she felt taking part in a four kilometer walk to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous People.The event Friday afternoon was held at Beardy's a...
May 5, 2023
Knights' goaltender Laurent Brossoit facing yet another former team in NHL playoffs
LAS VEGAS - Timing is everything, and doubly so for an NHL goaltender. Laurent Brossoit spent much of this season outside the NHL, but the 30-year-old from Surrey, B.C., is a playoff starter for the f...
May 5, 2023
RCMP Veterans Association creates GoFundMe to support officer who lost home in fire
Former RCMP officers are trying to help a fellow officer who's going through a very challenging time.Sebastian Andrews, the detachment commander for Spiritwood RCMP, lost his home in a fire on Wednesd...
May 5, 2023
Blue Jays place reliever Pop on 15-game injured list with hamstring strain
PITTSBURGH - The Toronto Blue Jays have placed right-handed reliever Zach Pop on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Pop sustained the injury in the eighth inning of Toronto's 11-5 ...
May 5, 2023
Red Dress Day: Prince Albert remembers missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
On Friday, schools and businesses in Prince Albert have been seen with red dresses hanging in their windows and by the street to symbolize an ongoing epidemic in Canada.Started in 2010, May 5 marks Re...
May 5, 2023
Houston-area Shell chemical plant catches fire
DEER PARK, Texas (AP) - A chemical plant in the Houston area caught fire Friday, sending a huge plume of smoke into the sky. The Harris County Sheriff's Office said the fire was at a Shell USA Inc. fa...
May 5, 2023
Man gets 14 years in 1/6 case, longest sentence imposed yet
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Kentucky man with a long criminal record was sentenced Friday to a record-setting 14 years in prison for attacking police officers with pepper spray as he stormed the U.S. Capitol ...
May 5, 2023
COVID-19 is still with us even as WHO says it is no longer a global emergency: Duclos
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the impact of COVID-19 is still with us even after the World Health Organization declared earlier today that the illness no longer qualifies as a global ...
May 5, 2023
Ottawa aims to add new limits to controversial use of dry cells in prisons
OTTAWA - The federal government says it is changing prison regulations to limit the use of dry cells and improve the process for the search and seizure of contraband in correctional institutions. Dry ...
May 5, 2023
