Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime’s U.S. Open dream run ended in disappointment at the hands of the No. 1 player in the world. The Montreal native gave a valiant effort but lost 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Italian Jannik Sinner in the semifinal on Friday night in New York. Sinner, the defending U.S. Open champion, will now face…
At the Calowna Costume store in downtown Kelowna, B.C., it’s all about make-believe, but the criminal activity shop owners like Kerri Brandel have to put up with is far too real. “It’s so defeating,” Brandel said. “We have security film. We have to put bars up. People have doorbells to let certain customers in, certain…
WARNING: This story contains details of child abuse. Ada Guan, the woman convicted of manslaughter in her five-year-old daughter’s death in Ottawa, is now wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after failing to appear in court multiple times in preparation for sentencing. Chloe Guan-Branch, 5, was found dead in her bedroom in May 2020, days after her fifth birthday,…
Chris Jones is in Bucharest with Canada’s men’s soccer team ahead of Friday’s game vs. Romania as it continues preparations for next year’s FIFA World Cup. Building a national team during brief international windows is like building armour between battles: You need to make something bulletproof in a hurry. Jesse Marsch, the head coach of the Canadian men’s soccer…
When the owners of The Mission Creamery in Kelowna, B.C., decided to launch an ice cream business, the location they chose was a strategic one. “We knew we wanted to be a big part of the community. We also knew we needed to be in an area where there would be short term rentals,” said…
The matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family was convicted Thursday of murder in the killing of her former son-in-law, a prominent law professor originally from Toronto, who was locked in a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife when he was gunned down in 2014. Jurors returned guilty verdicts in the weekslong trial of Donna Adelson…
Felix Auger-Aliassime is into the semifinals of the U.S. Open, exactly four years after the first and only time the 25-year-old Canadian had reached the final four at a Grand Slam tournament. Seeded 25th, Auger-Aliassime upset No. 8 seed Alex de Minaur of Australia 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5, 7-6 (4) in Wednesday’s quarterfinal to advance….
Less than six weeks from Edmonton’s municipal election, campaigns are heating up for the city’s mayoral candidates. Traditionally, after the Labour Day long weekend is when we see campaigns ramp up to full force. A Leger poll released at the end of August ranked mayoral voting intention: Andrew Knack – 12 per cent Tim Cartmell –…
As Canadians chose to vacation closer to home and enjoyed lower costs to use the Confederation Bridge and Northumberland Ferries, Prince Edward Island breweries have been enjoying a banner summer. Craft breweries have seen such a jump in sales that some have been struggling to keep enough beer on the shelf. Owner-operator Alex Clark says it’s…
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe are one step closer to a second U.S. Open women’s doubles title. The third seeds rallied Tuesday to defeat the 11th-seeded Timea Babos of Hungary and Brazil’s Luisa Stefani 0-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals. In a later quarterfinal match, the wild-card ride finally ended for the…
