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Stan the Man: Wawrinka's 5-set French win gets him Federer
PARIS - This is why Stan Wawrinka went through two operations on his left knee in the span of a month. Why he dealt with the rigours of rehabilitating that joint. Why he did all the work, on and off t...
Jun 04, 2019
Volunteering in Sask Health Authority's PA Region
The following are Volunteer Service Opportunities in Big River, Shellbrook, Leask and Canwood for the week of June 3, 2019. The Volunteer Service Department is in need of caring, compassionate and com...
Jun 04, 2019
Royal Purple Charity Golf Tournament
Come out and enjoy a day of golfing fun while supporting a great cause. All the information is on poster and this is a great golf course.We hope to see you there .All proceeds going to the Saskatchewa...
Jun 04, 2019
In Asian-led 'Always Be My Maybe,' ethnicity is secondary
The newly released Netflix movie "Always Be My Maybe," is an Asian American rom-com with a twist: Ethnicity isn't central to the plot. It's just stand-up comedian and actress Ali Wong and "Fresh Off t...
Jun 04, 2019
World's biggest Nutella factory blocked by French workers
PARIS - No more Nutella?! French workers are threatening as much, bringing the world's biggest Nutella factory to a near-standstill in a showdown over salary negotiations. Tensions have been mounting ...
Jun 04, 2019
Barenboim's tenure at Berlin's Staatsoper extended to 2027
BERLIN - Conductor Daniel Barenboim is getting a five-year contract extension as general music director of Berlin's Staatsoper, which would keep him at the opera house until 2027. Klaus Lederer, Berli...
Jun 04, 2019
Powell says Fed stands ready to respond to trade conflicts
WASHINGTON - Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the Federal Reserve is prepared to respond to the Trump administration's trade conflicts to protect the U.S. economic expansion if it decides that...
Jun 04, 2019
Purcell opera performed in cemetery catacombs
NEW YORK - "When I am laid in earth," the heroine sings just before she dies at the end of Henry Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas." Rarely will the aria be heard in a more fittingly sepulchral setting than ...
Jun 04, 2019
Italy's Salvini warns of government crisis
ROME - Italy's deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini is warning that a government crisis will be unavoidable if his League party cannot start working constructively with the 5-Star Movement, its coalit...
Jun 04, 2019
Missouri subpoenas abortion clinic doctors amid legal battle
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A St. Louis judge on Tuesday is set to weigh whether physicians from the state's only abortion clinic can be forced to testify amid a legal fight over the facility's license. The...
Jun 04, 2019