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Medvedev ends Djokovic's bid for year Slam at US Open
NEW YORK (AP) - Novak Djokovic's bid for the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men's tennis since 1969 ended one victory short with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 loss to Daniil Medvedev in the U.S. Open final on Su...
Sep 12, 2021
RCMP make 27 more arrests at B.C. old-growth logging blockades
PORT RENFREW, B.C. - RCMP enforcement of a B.C. Supreme Court injunction against blockades set up to prevent old-growth logging on Vancouver Island continued this weekend. The Mounties say they arrest...
Sep 12, 2021
Blue Jays hit five homers, pound Orioles 22-7
BALTIMORE (AP) - Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Teoscar Hernndez each hit a grand slam, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. slugged his 44th homer, and the Toronto Blue Jays overpowered the Baltimore Orioles 22-7 Sunday, ...
Sep 12, 2021
O'Toole promises to hike benefits for parents grieving the death of a child
VANCOUVER - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is pledging to boost financial support to grieving parents as the election campaign enters its final stretch. At a hotel in downtown Vancouver today, O'Too...
Sep 12, 2021
Leaders argue over how to pay for promises as voters head to advance polls
OTTAWA - The fifth and final week of the federal election campaign kicked off Sunday with the Liberals and New Democrats each questioning whether their opponent's plan to pay for the billions of campa...
Sep 12, 2021
Canada's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen win ice dance silver
BERGAMO, Italy - Montreal ice dancers Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen won silver at the Lombardia Trophy figure skating competition on Sunday. Italy's Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri...
Sep 12, 2021
Advance polls in three Newfoundland ridings reopen after hurricane forced shutdown
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Advance polls in three of Newfoundland's seven federal ridings have reopened after hurricane Larry forced them to shut down for a day. Elections Canada opted to shutter the polls in...
Sep 12, 2021
Trudeau on the offensive against Blanchet and O'Toole while campaigning in Quebec
CANDIAC, Que. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau went on the offensive against Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole and Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet on Sunday as he spent a second straight day t...
Sep 12, 2021
Canadian men face longer road to Rugby World Cup after loss to the U.S.
Canada coach Kingsley Jones had hoped the road to the Rugby World Cup would lie through the U.S. and Uruguay. But, in the wake of a qualifying playoff loss to the U.S. Eagles that saw Canada blow a 13...
Sep 12, 2021
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh promises to crack down on corporate loopholes, tax cheats
SUDBURY, Ont. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh hammered in on the billions of dollars of lost tax revenue from corporations and billionaires today as he placed the blame on Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's i...
Sep 12, 2021
