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Dominant Raptors feed off crowd to beat Jazz 114-82 in pre-season debut
EDMONTON - The Toronto Raptors opened their exhibition season on Sunday by being simply dominant in their Canadian home away from home. Pre-season or not, holding an NBA team - even one that is in reb...
Oct 02, 2022

Canadian Mackenzie Hughes wins Sanderson Farms Championship in two-hole playoff
JACKSON, Miss. - Mackenzie Hughes of Hamilton, Ont. and Sepp Straka of Vienna, Austria battled in an intense playoff Sunday at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi. Both golfers fi...
Oct 02, 2022

Canada's Shapovalov loses in straight sets to Japan's Nishioka in Korea Open final
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Canada's Denis Shapovalov fell just short of capping off a strong week with a title as he lost 6-4, 7-6 (5) to Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka in the Korea Open final on Sunday....
Oct 02, 2022

Hernandez helps Jays top Red Sox 6-3; Toronto sweeps Boston as post-season approaches
TORONTO - Whit Merrifield has never played in Major League Baseball's post-season but as the playoffs approach for the Toronto Blue Jays he knows one thing: his team is eager to get started. Teoscar H...
Oct 02, 2022

Charley Hull wins in Texas to end 6 years without LPGA title
THE COLONY, Texas (AP) - Charley Hull put a little extra time into putting practice and it paid off for her in a big way Sunday when she ran off four birdies on the back nine for a 7-under 64 to win T...
Oct 02, 2022

Quebec votes: Party leaders work to get the vote out on final campaign day
MONTREAL - Quebec's major party leaders made one final appeal to voters on the eve of Monday's general election as polls continued to show Franois Legault's party with a considerable lead over his adv...
Oct 02, 2022

'The lunatics are trying to take over:' Quotes from Kenney's time in Alberta politics
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative Party is to vote in a new leader and premier on Thursday. Premier Jason Kenney announced in May, following a leadership review, that he would be stepping down....
Oct 02, 2022

Jason Kenney on list of past Alberta premiers to resign amid party strife
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced in May that he would be stepping down as United Conservative Party leader after receiving 51.4 per cent support in a leadership review. Kenney said th...
Oct 02, 2022

Cougars fall to Rockets 5-1 Saturday
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars dropped the final game of their home stand to the visiting Kelowna Rockets Saturday (October 1) 5-1.After winning the first of the two-game series, the Cougar...
Oct 02, 2022

Mediator: Ousted Burkina Faso leader offers resignation
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) - Burkina Faso's ousted coup leader has offered his resignation as long as his security and other conditions were met, and the new junta leader who overthrew him has acc...
Oct 02, 2022