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Canada sanctions more Russian officials in response to death of opposition leader
Canada's foreign affairs minister has announced another round of sanctions against the Russian government, which she says are in response to last month's death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Nava...
Mar 03, 2024

Iowa's Caitlin Clark breaks Pete Maravich's NCAA Division I scoring record
Caitlin Clark stood alone at the free throw line on Sunday and made the foul shots that left her standing alone atop the all-time NCAA Division I scoring chart. The flash and pizzazz of her game have ...
Mar 03, 2024

Caitlin Clark makes 2 free throws to break Pete Maravich's NCAA Division I scoring record
Iowa star Caitlin Clark became the all-time NCAA Division I scoring leader on Sunday, breaking the late Pete Maravich's 54-year-old record when she made two free throws after a technical foul was call...
Mar 03, 2024

Montreal winter second-warmest on record, Environment Canada says
MONTREAL - Environment Canada says the 2023-2024 winter season in Montreal was the second-warmest since record-keeping began in 1871. Meteorologist Gregory Yang says the mean temperatures for December...
Mar 03, 2024

Canada's Zsombor-Murray, Wiens place fifth in 10-metre synchro at diving World Cup
MONTREAL - Paris Olympics-bound Canadians Nathan Zsombor-Murray and Rylan Wiens placed fifth in the men's 10-metre synchronized competition Sunday at the World Aquatics Diving World Cup. Zsombor-Murra...
Mar 03, 2024

Alberta's Bottcher remains unbeaten at Brier with win over Scoffin
REGINA - Alberta's Brendan Bottcher improved to 2-0 at the Canadian men's curling championship with an 8-3 win over Yukon's Thomas Scoffin on Sunday morning. Scoffin made it a 2-2 game in the fourth e...
Mar 03, 2024

A Supreme Court decision could come Monday in a case about barring Trump from the 2024 ballot
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Supreme Court decision could come as soon as Monday in the case about whether former President Donald Trump can be kicked off the ballot over his efforts to undo his defeat in the ...
Mar 03, 2024

Canada's Grondin earns second silver of weekend in World Cup snowboard cross
SIERRA NEVADA, Spain - Canada's Eliot Grondin has won his second silver medal in as many days in World Cup men's snowboard cross action. The Sainte-Marie, Que., native is now up to seven World Cup med...
Mar 03, 2024

Inaccurate data on forest fuels may stoke B.C. wildfires, study finds
VANCOUVER - Wildfire fighting and forest management decisions are potentially being hampered by inaccurate government data that misrepresents forest fuel loads in British Columbia's Interior, a new st...
Mar 03, 2024

Long time between Briers, Newfoundland and Labrador lead back in it 35 years later
REGINA - Alex Smith is back in the Canadian men's curling championship 35 years after his last appearance in Saskatoon in 1989. Newfoundland and Labrador's lead at the Montana's Brier in Regina was a ...
Mar 03, 2024