Author Archives:
Bichette sets records in home debut, but Blue Jays fall to Yankees 12-6
TORONTO - Coming into Thursday's game with a franchise-record 10-game hitting streak to start his career, Toronto Blue Jays rookie Bo Bichette put on quite the show in his first game at home. "Wow, ho...
Aug 10, 2019
US defeats Canada 18-6 to win Pan Am men's water polo gold and Olympic berth
LIMA, Peru - Canadian assistant men's water polo coach Brian Parillo grimly looked at his clipboard. The players sitting near him looked despondent. Their teammates in the water didn't have answe...
Aug 10, 2019
Canadian hurdler Watson races to gold medal at Pan Am Games
LIMA, Peru - Sage Watson won gold in the women's 400-metre hurdles Thursday as Canada continued to pile up track and field hardware at the 2019 Pan American Games. Watson, from Medicine Hat, Alta., ra...
Aug 10, 2019
Cyrus and Hemsworth split after less than year of marriage
LOS ANGELES - Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth have separated after less than a year of marriage. A representative for the singer said Saturday the pair decided a break was best while they focus on "the...
Aug 10, 2019
Toronto FC settles for home tie against Orlando
TORONTO - Patrick Mullins scored the equalizer in the 77th minute as Toronto FC played to a 1-1 draw with Orlando City SC at BMO Field on Saturday. TFC (9-10-6) had a chance to move into the top seven...
Aug 10, 2019
Monfils to face Nadal in Rogers Cup semi after three-set win over Bautista Agut
MONTREAL - The semifinals are finally set at the men's Rogers Cup tennis tournament. Sixteenth-seed Gael Monfils of France will face top seed Rafael Nadal in the final four after a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2) w...
Aug 10, 2019
Wolfpack extend winning streak to 18 games with 56-6 rout of York
TORONTO - Gareth O'Brien had three tries and added five conversions as the Toronto Wolfpack routed the visiting York City Knights 56-6 in rugby league action Saturday. Josh McCrone and Andy Ackers had...
Aug 10, 2019
Guerrero's propels victory over one of the best teams in baseball
TORONTO - A two-run triple from Blue Jays rookie Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the seventh inning propelled Toronto past one of the best teams in baseball, the New York Yankees, for a 5-4 win on Saturday. ...
Aug 10, 2019
Inuk woman bikes across Canada to raise awareness about Indigenous suicides
MONTREAL - Hannah Tooktoo, an Inuk mother from Nunavik, Que., descended from her bike Thursday, 55 days after pedalling across the country to raise awareness to the suicides that are ravagin...
Aug 10, 2019
Canadian 'so grateful' to be back in B.C. after eight-month detention in Syria
VANCOUVER - A Canadian man says he wrote a diary on the walls of his cell in Syria every day to keep his mind busy as he wondered whether anyone knew where he was. Kristian Baxter of Nanaimo...
Aug 10, 2019
