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'No backup plan': Funding for HIV self-testing kits ending in March
Prossy Luzige often gets calls from people looking for HIV tests that they can do in the privacy of their own homes. The program co-ordinator at CAYR Community Connections in Ontario says the take-hom...
Feb 19, 2024

Hideki Matsuyama wins at Riviera with 62. He becomes Asia's most prolific PGA Tour winner
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hideki Matsuyama set the Riviera record for the lowest closing round by a winner Sunday in the Genesis Invitational, giving the Japanese star another record that means far more to h...
Feb 18, 2024

Amcor screw cap workers launch job action, possibly hitting Quebec's alcohol retailer
MONTREAL - Workers at global packaging company Amcor are hitting the picket lines in Quebec, launching temporary strikes that kicked off Sunday. The CSN union, which represents 97 Amcor employees, say...
Feb 18, 2024

Chuli gets fourth win as Montreal holds off Minnesota 2-1 in battle of top PWHL teams
LAVAL, Que. - Elaine Chuli made 21 saves for her fourth win in as many starts as Montreal defeated Minnesota 2-1 in the Professional Women's Hockey League on Sunday afternoon. Chuli, who's playing bac...
Feb 18, 2024

Dutch speedskaters dominate women's 5,000 metres at world championship
CALGARY - Joy Beune and Irene Schouten finished one-two for the Netherlands in the world speedskating championship's 5,000 metres Sunday. Beune skated the fastest 5K of her life in six minutes 47.72 a...
Feb 18, 2024

Suspect dead amid shooting that claimed the lives of 2 officers, 1 first responder, group says
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) - A suspect has died in connection with a shooting in Minnesota that claimed the lives of two police officers and a first responder early Sunday, a police organization says. The...
Feb 18, 2024

Manitoba's Jennifer Jones stays perfect at her last Scotties Tournament of Hearts
CALGARY - Manitoba's Jennifer Jones scored five in the final end to rout Yukon's Bayly Scoffin in eight ends in Sunday's morning draw at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Jones improved to 2-0 in her...
Feb 18, 2024

Canada's Jeffrey Read earns World Cup silver in men's super-G
KVITFJELL, Austria - Canada's Jeffrey Read placed second in the men's super-G on Sunday for the first FIS Alpine World Cup podium finish of his career. Read, from Canmore, Alta., finished in one minut...
Feb 18, 2024

Jays pitcher Bassitt sounds off on repeated rule changes in Major League Baseball
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Count Blue Jays right-hander Chris Bassitt among the early critics of Major League Baseball's rule changes for the 2024 season. "We're yet again having to learn new rules," Bassitt sai...
Feb 18, 2024

Canadian women to open inaugural CONCACAF W Gold Cup campaign against El Salvador
Canada will open the CONCACAF W Cup against El Salvador, which made the inaugural tournament's 12-team main field by beating Guatemala 3-1 in a qualifying match. Saturday night's win at Dignity Health...
Feb 18, 2024