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Mitton's Canadian-record throw in shot put is second best in the world this season
HAMILTON - Sarah Mitton shattered the Canadian record in the women's shot put at the Golden Horseshoe Prep Meet on Saturday. The 25-year-old from Brooklyn, N.S., threw 19.58 metres with her sixth and ...
May 07, 2022
Calgary Flames' Blake Coleman relishes post-season homecoming
DALLAS - Add suiting up for NHL playoff games in his home state for the first time in his career to an eventful few years for Calgary Flames forward Blake Coleman. The 30-year-old winger from Plano, T...
May 07, 2022
Toronto FC, Whitecaps meet in Vancouver, both looking to get out of their funk
Two teams needing to right the ship face off Sunday when the Vancouver Whitecaps host Toronto FC. Vancouver (1-6-1) has lost three straight and languishes in the league basement with the fewest points...
May 07, 2022
Canada Soccer hires former MLSE executive as head of women's professional soccer
TORONTO - Canada Soccer has appointed former MLSE executive Breagha Carr-Harris to its new post of head of women's professional soccer. More than 70 applications were received for the posting, which s...
May 07, 2022
Canada's Brown races to 200-metre victory at Kip Keino Classic in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya - Canada's Aaron Brown pulled away down the stretch to win the 200 metres at the Kip Keino Classic on Saturday. The 29-year-old from Toronto won in a slightly wind-aided -- 2.1 metres p...
May 07, 2022
Canada's Dabrowski, Mexico's Olmos win women's doubles title at Madrid
MADRID - Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski captured her first doubles title of the season, winning the Madrid Open with Mexican partner Giuliana Olmos on Saturday. The No. 2 seeds defeated third-seeded Demi...
May 07, 2022
Retired general Jonathan Vance loses military honour at his own request
OTTAWA - Retired gen. Jonathan Vance, Canada's former chief of the defence staff, has terminated his appointment to a major Canadian military honour. A notice posted in the Canada Gazette, the federal...
May 07, 2022
Forced to relocate to a flood plain: Manitoba First Nation says protection is overdue
WINNIPEG - The marshy delta of Manitoba's Fisher River was not the original home of Peguis First Nation. But having been relocated there more than a century ago after an illegal land transfer, and fac...
May 07, 2022
South Korea says North Korea fired projectile toward sea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired at least one unidentified projectile toward its eastern sea on Saturday, South Korea's military said, in its second launch this week, apparently continuing ...
May 07, 2022
Forced to relocate to a flood plain: Manitoba First Nation says protection is overdue
WINNIPEG - The marshy delta of Manitoba's Fisher River was not the original home of Peguis First Nation. But having been relocated there more than a century ago after an illegal land transfer, and fac...
May 07, 2022