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Sebastian Szirmak's Mexican Tour win prepares him for European Challenge Tour
Sebastian Szirmak won't be coming home to Toronto this summer for the best possible reason - he'll be playing golf in Europe. Szirmak won the Wipa's Open in a three-way playoff on Sunday for his first...
Mar 13, 2024

Teen defender finds way in soccer after fateful Christmas gift for CPL open tryout
You could say a Christmas gift, combined with a lot of hard work, changed James Cameron's life. For Christmas 2022, Cameron's father gifted him a ticket to a Vancouver FC open tryout. Cameron went on ...
Mar 13, 2024

'Look out for yourself': How some NHLers have taken more ownership over their careers
Jack Eichel needed a change of scenery. Matthew Tkachuk felt the same. Auston Matthews, meanwhile, was happy to sign on the dotted line for the next four seasons, just not seven or eight. Unlike the o...
Mar 13, 2024

Canadian wrestler Erica Wiebe, an Olympic gold medallist, announces retirement
Wrestler Erica Wiebe, who won a gold medal for Canada at the 2016 Olympics, announced her retirement from competition on Wednesday. Wiebe claimed Olympic gold in the women's 75-kilogram weight class, ...
Mar 13, 2024

50 years later, Tommy John surgery remains a game-changer
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - There is a bridge that runs from Tommy John and Dr. Frank Jobe in 1974, all the way to Shohei Ohtani, Justin Verlander and Bryce Harper. A thread that connects an increasing num...
Mar 13, 2024

Returns from Tommy John surgery may seem routine. Recovery can be full of grief, angst and isolation
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - One August morning in 2022 while all alone at the Oakland Coliseum, Daulton Jefferies plopped down in the grass and wept. The pitcher cried for a good 45 minutes. Six years afte...
Mar 13, 2024

'Old MacDonald went broke': Technology helps grain farmers confront weather woes
British Columbia grain farmer Malcolm Odermatt says all he can do is pray for rain this spring after repeated droughts sabotaged his harvest last year. Odermatt, who is also the president of the BC Gr...
Mar 13, 2024

MPs to question main contractor on ArriveCan app at House committee
OTTAWA - MPs will have another chance to question the people behind the main contract for the ArriveCan app at a House committee meeting today. This will mark the third time GC Strategies partner Kris...
Mar 13, 2024

Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if threatened, Putin tells state media
President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to Russian statehood, sovereignty, or independence. Speaking in an interview with Russian state televisio...
Mar 13, 2024

Pothole repairs underway in Medicine Hat
Now that warmer weather has arrived, and the snow is all gone, pesky potholes are popping up on city streets across Medicine Hat and area causing damage to cars and trucks. The most common types of da...
Mar 12, 2024