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Blue Jays ace Alek Manoah soaking up all the info he can at spring training
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Blue Jays ace Alek Manoah is not resting on his laurels after an all-star season last year. The 25-year-old staff ace is like a sponge at the team's player development complex, regular...
Feb 19, 2023

Jury finds Quebec man guilty in abduction, extortion of N.Y. couple in September 2020
MONTREAL - A Quebec man was found guilty of multiple charges on Sunday for his role in the abduction of a couple in their 70s from Upstate New York in September 2020. A jury convicted Gary Arnold on f...
Feb 19, 2023

Canada's Maltais, Blondin take silver, bronze in mass start at speedskating World Cup
TOMASZW MAZOWIECKI, Poland - Canada's Valrie Maltais and Ivanie Blondin won silver and bronze in the mass start event to finish off the speedskating World Cup season in Poland. It marked the first tim...
Feb 19, 2023

Schneider with the Save: Blue Jays skipper uses Heimlich manoeuvre to help woman
DUNEDIN, Fla. - In baseball, it's usually the closer who makes the save. In this case, it was the manager who got the job done. Blue Jays skipper John Schneider recently helped save a woman who was ch...
Feb 19, 2023

Harassment in sports: St-Onge asks provinces for investigative systems by end of 2023
OTTAWA - Federal Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge is calling on her provincial and territorial counterparts to establish independent bodies to handle harassment complaints from athletes by the end of th...
Feb 19, 2023

Delgado scores from distance to sink former team as Galaxy beat Toronto FC 2-1
CARSON, Calif. - Mark Delgado scored the winning goal on a long-range rocket in the 52nd minute against his former team as the Los Angeles Galaxy beat Toronto FC 2-1 at Dignity Health Sports Park. Efr...
Feb 19, 2023
Spruce Kings fall to Silverbacks 2-1 in OT
PRINCE GEORGE - A hard fought battle by the Spruce Kings on Saturday (Feb.18) resulted in only one point as the Salmon Arm Silverbacks took a 2-1 victory in overtime.The Silverbacks struck first in th...
Feb 19, 2023

Canada's Jonathan David scores for Lille but Mbappe, Messi inspire PSG to 4-3 comeback win
PARIS (CP-AP) - Canadian international Jonathan David scored his 15th goal of the season for Lille to move into a tie for the scoring lead in France, albeit in a 4-3 loss to Paris Saint-Germain on Sun...
Feb 19, 2023

Federal funding for Black entrepreneurs a 'beacon of hope,' though barriers persist
OTTAWA - When Sean Whyte opened a fashion store in early 2020, he had no idea a global pandemic would force him to throw out his business plan within a couple of months. Whyte's Kelowna business, Grey...
Feb 19, 2023

Volunteer's death spurs warnings that B.C.'s avalanche conditions are 'unforgiving'
VANCOUVER - The avalanche deaths of two skiers in British Columbia's central Interior this month have prompted an emotional plea about this season's dangerous conditions from the head of a volunteer s...
Feb 19, 2023