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Canada's Corey Conners eager for second chance at Presidents Cup
L'LE-BIZARD-SAINTE-GENEVIVE - A combination of intangibles and data-driven analysis has Corey Conners thinking the International team is due at this year's Presidents Cup. Conners, from Listowel, Ont....
Sep 24, 2024
Skip Koe drops second Gauthier on eve of PointsBet Invitational curling tournament
CALGARY - Skip Kevin Koe has dropped second Jacques Gauthier from his team one day before the start of the PointsBet Invitational curling competition. Koe, whose team curls out of Calgary's Glencoe Cl...
Sep 24, 2024
Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he has Parkinson's disease
WASHINGTON (AP) - Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, he told a congressional committee Tuesday. Favre made the disclosure as part of his testimony about a...
Sep 24, 2024
Quebec premier under pressure over $7-billion Northvolt battery plant
MONTREAL - The heat is rising for Quebec Premier Franois Legault as opposition parties demand answers about his government's investment in the planned Northvolt battery factory near Montreal. Oppositi...
Sep 24, 2024
Canada, U.S. to negotiate Beaufort Sea boundary dispute
OTTAWA - Canada and the United States say they have created a task force to negotiate a boundary dispute in the Arctic. The two countries have a long-standing dispute over a section of the Beaufort Se...
Sep 24, 2024
Sri Lanka's new president calls parliamentary elections to consolidate his mandate
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved Parliament late Tuesday and called for parliamentary elections in less than three weeks in an effort to consolida...
Sep 24, 2024
US to send $375 million in military aid to Ukraine, including medium-range cluster bombs
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. will send Ukraine an undisclosed number of medium-range cluster bombs and an array of rockets, artillery and armored vehicles in a military aid package totaling about $375 m...
Sep 24, 2024
Egypt to restore e-visa for Canadian tourists after imposing costly process: Joly
OTTAWA - Canada says Egypt will soon stop requiring cumbersome visas for Canadian tourists nearly a year after Cairo imposed the measure on Canadian passport holders. Last October, Egypt suspended Can...
Sep 24, 2024
Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he has Parkinson's disease
WASHINGTON (AP) - Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, he told a congressional committee Tuesday. Favre made the disclosure as part of his testimony about a...
Sep 24, 2024
Reports: Former star Vince Carter to become first Raptor to have number retired
TORONTO - Former Toronto Raptors star Vince Carter will have his No. 15 retired by the NBA team this season, according to multiple media reports. The 47-year-old Hall of Famer is expected to have his ...
Sep 24, 2024
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