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Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov look for injury relief as Australian Open set to open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canadian men's tennis was plagued by injuries in 2023. But as the 2024 season begins, Flix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov have both been pronounced - if not good as new - ...
Jan 13, 2024
Italian stars join other Toronto FC players for medicals to kick off training camp
Toronto FC players, including Italian stars Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi, reported for medicals Saturday to kick off their pre-season. A club spokeswoman said all players were on hand, in...
Jan 13, 2024
Bills-Steelers playoff game moved to Monday amid forecast for dangerous winter weather
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The Buffalo Bills' wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers that was scheduled for Sunday was moved to Monday amid a forecast for dangerous winter weather, New York ...
Jan 13, 2024
Bills-Steelers playoff game moved to Monday amid forecast for dangerous winter weather
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The Buffalo Bills' wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers that was scheduled for Sunday was moved to Monday amid a forecast for dangerous winter weather, New York ...
Jan 13, 2024
Child dies after apparent fold-out bed incident at Quebec hotel: provincial police
SAINT-GABRIEL-DE-VALCARTIER, Que. - Quebec provincial police say a five-year-old child has died after sustaining injuries apparently due to a fold-out bed at a hotel outside Quebec City Friday evening...
Jan 13, 2024
Canadian women beaten 2-0 by Britain in Olympic field hockey qualifier
VALENCIA, Spain - Canadian goalkeeper Rowan Harris shone in a losing cause Saturday as the Canadian women's field hockey team fell 2-0 to Britain in its opening match at the FIH Olympic Qualifier tour...
Jan 13, 2024
Hundreds of civilian workers at military bases in Ontario, Quebec going on strike
The Public Service Alliance of Canada says nearly 500 civilian workers at military bases in Ontario and Quebec will go on strike as of Monday. The union says employees of Non-Public Funds, a separate ...
Jan 13, 2024
Montreal man turns reclaimed wood from barns and buildings into custom guitars
MONTREAL - In recent years, Nicolas Delisle has made new guitars from old barns, logs pulled from river bottoms and even window frames from his 1930s-era Montreal apartment. The craftsman specializes ...
Jan 13, 2024
Global Affairs Canada changing policy as gay diplomat wins surrogacy expenses case
OTTAWA - A gay employee of Global Affairs Canada posted in China, who travelled to the U.S. for the birth of his child through surrogacy, will have those expenses covered after a tribunal ruling. The ...
Jan 13, 2024
Forecasters warn of extreme cold in Prairies and B.C., storms in Ontario, Quebec
Weather warnings cover much of Canada this weekend, from arctic outflows on British Columbia's coast to extreme cold through the Prairies and storms through southern Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes....
Jan 13, 2024