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Evenepoel set to win Spanish Vuelta after protecting lead
PUERTO DE NAVACERRADA, Spain - (AP) - Remco Evenepoel all but clinched his first Grand Tour title on Saturday after the 22-year-old Belgian protected his lead in the Spanish Vuelta on the three-week r...
Sep 10, 2022

Russia announces troop pullback from Ukraine's Kharkiv area
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia's Defense Ministry said Saturday that it is pulling back forces from two areas in Ukraine's Kharkiv region where a Ukrainian counter offensive has made significant advances...
Sep 10, 2022

‘We’re here to forgive’, James Smith man tells wife of Damien Sanderson
For at least some of the family members of those killed on the James Smith Cree Nation last weekend, healing includes forgiveness. Darryl Burns, the brother of first responder Gloria Burns who was one...
Sep 10, 2022

Quebec election: Two new parties trying to spoil Liberals' chances with anglophones
MONTREAL - As Quebec's major political parties duke it out ahead of the Oct. 3 election, a pair of newcomers are trying to capitalize on issues like language and minority rights to steal votes in heav...
Sep 10, 2022

The Conservative leadership contest ends tonight and it's Pierre Poilievre's to lose
OTTAWA - It's finally here. The Conservative Party of Canada will announce its next leader in Ottawa tonight, after candidates and supporters spent the past seven months on its third leadership contes...
Sep 10, 2022

B.C. resident recalls meeting Queen, says photo is a 'treasure' of his life
Rob Rathbun fondly recalls the day he lifted a little girl on his shoulders so she could give Queen Elizabeth II a bouquet of flowers during a procession outside the British Columbia legislature in 20...
Sep 10, 2022

Low spirits over high tea in Victoria, B.C., as Empress patrons mourn the Queen
VICTORIA - Afternoon sunshine streams into the Fairmont Empress Hotel's iconic high tea room in Victoria, British Columbia, but cannot lift the sombre mood brought on by the death of Queen Elizabeth I...
Sep 10, 2022

5 dead after New Zealand boat flips in possible whale strike
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Five people in New Zealand died Saturday after the small charter boat they were aboard capsized, authorities say, in what may have been a collision with a whale. Another...
Sep 10, 2022

Peardon, Tansem light the lamp; Pats edge Raiders in preseason contest
PRINCE ALBERT - Rookies Cole Peardon and Seth Tansem each netted their first WHL preseason goals on Friday night, but it wasn't enough as the Prince Albert Raiders fell short to the Regina Pats 3-2 at...
Sep 09, 2022

Bichette hits 5th HR in 4 games, Blue Jays beat Rangers 4-3
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Bo Bichette went deep again for the playoff-contending Toronto Blue Jays, who then beat Texas with some small ball late. Bichette homered for the fifth time in the last four ga...
Sep 09, 2022

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