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Medvedev beats Raonic to reach first Paris Masters final
PARIS - Daniil Medvedev reached the Paris Masters final for the first time after beating Canada's Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6 (4) in a contest between big servers on Saturday. The third-seeded Russian secur...
Nov 07, 2020

'It just seems uneasy': Portland riots at Vancouver Whitecaps' front door
PORTLAND, Ore. - There's an eerie view outside the Portland hotel that the Vancouver Whitecaps call home. "It's kind of like Gotham City. Everything is boarded up," forward Tosaint Ricketts said...
Nov 07, 2020

Snowstorm to evolve through the weekend, Environment Canada
Environment Canada expects an ever-evolving weekend of weather watches and warnings as a snowstorm makes its way through the southern half of the province."We expect to upgrade the snowfall warnings l...
Nov 07, 2020

Remembering hockey legend Jim Neilson
Local hockey legend James "Jim" Neilson died early Friday morning in Winnipeg where he lived after retirement. He was 78.Neilson, who was born in Big River Sask. played for 17 years in the National Ho...
Nov 07, 2020

Mustangs win season opener, honour the late Dylan Ashe
There were two points at stake for the Melfort Mustangs in their 2020-21 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season opener against the Flin Flon Bombers, and they got both with a 3-1 win.Off the ...
Nov 07, 2020

'It just seems uneasy': Portland riots at Vancouver Whitecaps' front door
PORTLAND, Ore. - There's an eerie view outside the Portland hotel that the Vancouver Whitecaps call home. "It's kind of like Gotham City. Everything is boarded up," forward Tosaint Ricketts said...
Nov 07, 2020

Surging infections in Manitoba a COVID-19 cautionary tale: experts
WINNIPEG - Manitoba was a beacon of hope when the first wave of COVID-19 hit Canada. The province had some of the lowest infection rates in the country and went weeks in the summer with no new cases. ...
Nov 07, 2020

Lebanon's leader challenges US sanctions against son-in-law
BEIRUT - Lebanon's leader on Saturday asked the United States to offer evidence to back up new sanctions against the former Lebanese foreign minister, who is an important political ally of the Iran-ba...
Nov 07, 2020

Police question children for supporting teacher's beheading
LE PECQ, France - Police in France questioned four 10-year-olds who voiced support for the beheading of a schoolteacher and who said they would kill their own teacher if he lampooned Islam's prophet, ...
Nov 07, 2020

Increasingly normal: Guns seen outside vote-counting centres
The most turbulent and norm-breaking presidential election of a lifetime has led to an extraordinary spectacle in the United States over the past three days: armed protesters gathering nightly outside...
Nov 07, 2020