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Canada's Auger-Aliassime defends Swiss Indoors title with win over Hurkacz
BASEL, Switzerland - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Poland's Hubert Hurkacz 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) on Sunday to successfully defend his Swiss Indoors tennis title. Auger-Aliassime, from Montreal, c...
Oct 29, 2023

Montreal police say fire set at Montreal bakery in third criminal attack since May
Montreal police say they're investigating after a fire was set at a bakery that has been targeted by criminals two other times since May. Police say they were called to the bakery, in the northern Mon...
Oct 29, 2023

Wrong distance takes women's walk race athletes to mistaken record at Pan Am Games
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Peru's Kimberly Garca thought she set the world record in the women's 20 kilometers walk race at the Pan American Games. She later found out she didn't. Organizers of the larges...
Oct 29, 2023

Celine Boutier wins LPGA Malaysia after epic nine-hole playoff
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - In fading light and with another thunderstorm approaching, Celine Boutier made a birdie on the ninth playoff hole to defeat Atthaya Thitikul and win the Maybank Champions...
Oct 29, 2023

Wind cancels men's World Cup season opener after 47 starters with Austrian skier Schwarz leading
SOELDEN, Austria (AP) - Strong winds forced the cancellation of the season-opening men's World Cup giant slalom Sunday after 47 of the 73 skiers in the first run had started. Gusts high up on the Rett...
Oct 29, 2023

American hockey player Adam Johnson dies after 'freak accident' during game in England
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) - American hockey player Adam Johnson, who appeared in 13 NHL games with the Pittsburgh Penguins, has died after a "freak accident" during a game in England on Saturday, his c...
Oct 29, 2023

Montreal restaurants adapt to rising costs, but worry customers might be priced out
MONTREAL - As Montreal restaurants adapt to rising costs and impending deadlines to repay loans issued during the pandemic, one well-known chef says she worries about the future of the city's famed di...
Oct 29, 2023

Quebec government to present contract offer to unions on cusp of strike Sunday
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is expected to present a contract offer today to public sector unions who are on the cusp of a strike. Several union federations, representing around 430,000 workers, ...
Oct 29, 2023

Sikh independence vote takes place in B.C. amid Canada-India tensions
SURREY, B.C. - Thousands of Sikh voters are expected to turn out today in the Metro Vancouver municipality of Surrey, to vote in an unofficial referendum at the centre of Canada's ongoing tensions wit...
Oct 29, 2023

NHL roundup: Pastrnak score twice as Bruins beat Red Wings 4-1
BOSTON (AP) - David Pastrnak scored his second penalty-shot goal of the season and banked in an empty-netter, leading the Boston Bruins past the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Saturday night. Pavel Zacha an...
Oct 28, 2023