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Coco's comeback: Gauff erases deficits to win US Open debut
NEW YORK - Here's how new all of this is to Coco Gauff: She didn't quite realize she only has to play every other day at the U.S. Open. "I'm still used to playing juniors," the American said with a ch...
Aug 29, 2019
Shapovalov downs Auger-Aliassime in all-Canadian match at U.S. Open
NEW YORK - Expectations were sky-high for a tough, competitive first-round U.S. Open rematch between rising Canadian stars Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov. The outcome was anything but that...
Aug 29, 2019
Coco's comeback: Gauff erases deficits to win US Open debut
NEW YORK - Here's how new all of this is to Coco Gauff: She didn't quite realize she only has to play every other day at the U.S. Open. "I'm still used to playing juniors," the American said with a ch...
Aug 29, 2019
Meet SD 57's 1st Director of Aboriginal Education
PRINCE GEORGE - Pam Spooner is on the job today, arriving back in the city just yesterday to assume her new position as the Director of Aboriginal Education for School District 57. Her job will be to ...
Aug 29, 2019 Pam Spooner
Donaldson returns to Toronto with Braves for first time since 2018 trade
TORONTO - Josh Donaldson didn't want to let emotions dictate his response to the trade last September that capped his months-long, relationship-straining saga with the Toronto Blue Jays. But...
Aug 29, 2019
Hammond Park a huge success
PRINCE GEORGE - It was a good day to celebrate the rebuild of a playground in town and the young lady who helped design it.Seven-year-old Brinley Gurney was upset when the City removed the slide from ...
Aug 29, 2019
Simmonds hopes to hear boos from Flyers fans when he returns to Philadelphia
TORONTO - Wayne Simmonds hopes he gets booed. The rugged, heart-and-soul winger spent the better part of eight seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers, battling for the crest on&...
Aug 29, 2019
Ottawa gives Quebec $250 million to cover costs related to asylum seeker influx
QUEBEC - The federal government is giving Quebec $250 million in compensation for costs the province incurred following the influx of asylum seekers across the U.S. border. Quebec's immigration m...
Aug 29, 2019
Brew the years: Beer fans 'CANvention' opens in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - In middle school, Dan Scoglietti rode his bike through Chicago, picking up old beer cans with his twin brother, Ed. It was an odd hobby for a pre-teen in the 1970s that turned into...
Aug 29, 2019
Family calls for change at funeral for B.C. teen who died of apparent overdose
LANGLEY, B.C. - The family of a 14-year-old boy whose apparent overdose death was filmed and posted on social media delivered a powerful call for change at his funeral in Langley, B.C. Carson Cri...
Aug 29, 2019