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Quarterbacks O'Connor, Fajardo in the spotlight as Riders visit Lions
VANCOUVER - Three months after Nathan Rourke silenced skeptics with a breakout start to the season, the B.C. Lions will have another Canadian quarterback under centre when they host the Saskatchewan R...
Aug 25, 2022

2 plead guilty in scheme to sell Biden's daughter's diary
NEW YORK (AP) - Two people have pleaded guilty in a scheme to peddle a diary and other items belonging to President Joe Biden's daughter to the conservative group Project Veritas for $40,000, prosecut...
Aug 25, 2022

Path is set as Fernandez, Andreescu look for another deep U.S. Open run
NEW YORK - Leylah Fernandez and Bianca Andreescu learned their first-round opponents at the 2022 U.S. Open Thursday as the Canadians look to make another deep run at the final tennis major of the seas...
Aug 25, 2022

Montreal business group urges parties to hike immigration targets as election nears
MONTREAL - The Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal is calling on Quebec's political parties to commit to raising immigration targets if they're elected on Oct. 3. President Michel Leblanc say...
Aug 25, 2022

Roussin, Kim clubhouse leaders at CP Women's Open; Szeryk low Canadian at 4 under
OTTAWA - France's Pauline Roussin and South Korea's A Lim Kim are the clubhouse leaders in the first round of the CP Women's Open. They both shot 5-under 66 at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club in Thursda...
Aug 25, 2022

Court: Arkansas can't ban treatment of transgender kids
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A federal appeals court on Thursday said Arkansas can't enforce its ban on transgender children receiving gender affirming medical care. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Ci...
Aug 25, 2022

Montreal mayor says she supports police after city sees two murders in one day
Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante is defending herself against accusations she doesn't support police officers, amid a spate of shootings in the city. Plante admits she can be criticized on many subjects b...
Aug 25, 2022

Canada will floor five NBA players in World Cup qualifier against Argentina
VICTORIA - Five NBA players highlight Canada's 12-man roster for the team's World Cup qualifying game Thursday night against Argentina. Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Detroit Pis...
Aug 25, 2022

Serena Williams’ 1st opponent at US Open is Danka Kovinic
NEW YORK (AP) - Serena Williams' first opponent at what is expected to be the last tournament of her career, the U.S. Open, will be Danka Kovinic. Win that, and Williams could face No. 2 seed Anett Ko...
Aug 25, 2022

Canada Olympic bobsled gold medallist Justin Kripps retiring
Canadian Olympic bobsled champion Justin Kripps is retiring. Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton announced in a Twitter post that the 35-year-old from Summerland, B.C., was calling it a career, along with two o...
Aug 25, 2022