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Marino advances to Citi Open quarterfinals with win over Petkovic
WASHINGTON - Canadian qualifier Rebecca Marino advanced to the quarterfinals of the Citi Open tennis tournament with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 win over Germany's Andrea Petkovic on Wednesday. Marino had five ac...
Aug 03, 2022

Number of wildfires grows in B.C., but cooler weather offers firefighters a breather
VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says five fires that either threaten public safety or are highly visible are now burning in the province, up from two just a day earlier. The blazes newly identifie...
Aug 03, 2022

Avian flu: About 100 carcasses of seals found dead in Quebec
MONTREAL - Quebec researchers say avian flu has been detected in at least two species of seal as an unusually high number of dead seals are being reported on the province's shorelines. The Reseau qube...
Aug 03, 2022

Alouettes ready for physical challenge against undefeated Blue Bombers
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes will attempt Thursday night what six other CFL teams have failed to do -- hand the Winnipeg Blue Bombers their first loss of the season. The two-time reigning Grey Cu...
Aug 03, 2022

Canadian foreign minister urges China to stand down on Taiwan amid military exercises
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is calling for calm as the Chinese government announced a series of military exercises around Taiwan following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to ...
Aug 03, 2022

Ottawa apologizes for 'radical social engineering' experiment on First Nation
PEEPEEKISIS CREE NATION - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller delivered an apology on behalf of the federal government to a Saskatchewan First Nation for an "experiment in radical social e...
Aug 03, 2022

Amphibious tour bus crashes into gates of 24 Sussex, PM's vacant official residence
OTTAWA - An amphibious tour bus crashed into the fence of the prime minister's unoccupied official residence at 24 Sussex Drive on Wednesday morning during a dry run of a tour route. No injuries were ...
Aug 03, 2022

Iraqi cleric orders followers to continue protest in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AP) - Influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr told his followers Wednesday to continue their sit-in inside Iraq's government zone, and called for the dissolution of the parliament and early...
Aug 03, 2022

CFL names Collaros, Schoen and Acklin performers of the month for July
Winnipeg quarterback Zach Collaros, Blue Bombers receiver Dalton Schoen and Ottawa receiver Jaelon Acklin have been named the CFL's top performers for July. Collaros threw for 1,061 passing yards and ...
Aug 03, 2022

Slide over, bobsleds. Curling is coming to tropical Jamaica
Slide over, Jamaican bobsledders. A group of expats from the ice-free island are hoping to bring a whole new winter sport to their tropical homeland: curling. Three decades after Jamaica crashed the W...
Aug 03, 2022