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Canadian welterweight Mike Malott looks for bounceback win on UFC Edmonton card
Canadian welterweight (Proper) Mike Malott can't wait to get back in the UFC cage Saturday in Edmonton. "I've been looking forward to it big time. There's been a lot of growth since the last one," sai...
Oct 29, 2024
Quebec politician closes riding office indefinitely because of threats to safety
MONTREAL - A legislature member with the Coalition Avenir Qubec government is closing her riding office north of Montreal indefinitely because she fears for her safety and the safety of her employees....
Oct 29, 2024
Decathlon world champ LePage dealing with low of missing Olympics while rehabbing
It's still difficult to put into words for reigning world decathlon champion Pierce LePage. The 28-year-old from Whitby, Ont., had to withdraw from the Paris Olympics due to a herniated disc in his ba...
Oct 29, 2024
Final report coming today on unmarked graves, missing children in residential schools
OTTAWA - A final report is set to be released today by Canada's special interlocutor for missing children and unmarked graves associated with residential schools. Kimberly Murray, who has been serving...
Oct 29, 2024
Canadiens' Slafkovsky set to return from three-game absence against Kraken
MONTREAL - Montreal Canadiens winger Juraj Slafkovsky is set to return from a three-game absence Tuesday against the Seattle Kraken. Slafkovsky, who missed time with an upper-body injury, skated on th...
Oct 29, 2024
Canada's Fernandez begins Hong Kong defence with win over Britain's Watson
HONG KONG - Defending champion Leylah Fernandez advanced to the second round of the Hong Kong Open tennis tournament with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Britain's Heather Watson on Tuesday. Fernandez, the third ...
Oct 29, 2024
Judge continues to block Florida officials from threatening TV stations over abortion ads
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge has continued to block the head of Florida's health department from taking any more steps to threaten TV stations that air commercials for an abortion rights m...
Oct 29, 2024
Veteran goalkeeper Erin McLeod the first player to sign with NSL's Halifax Tides
Veteran goalkeeper Erin McLeod, whose soccer career has taken her to Sweden, Germany, Iceland and the Unites States, is coming back to Canada as the first player signed by the Northern Super League's ...
Oct 29, 2024
Trump ally Steve Bannon is released after serving 4 months in prison for contempt of Congress
DANBURY, Conn. (AP) - Longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon was released from prison early Tuesday, after serving a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into...
Oct 29, 2024
Diver transfers Olympic dream to bobsled, with a Jamaican twist
CALGARY - Yohan Eskrick-Parkinson couldn't have imagined when his high school Halloween costume was a Jamaican bobsledder that he'd eventually intersect with that world of sleds and ice. He grew up in...
Oct 29, 2024