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Canada's Leylah Fernandez moves in semifinals at Jiangxi Open in China
NANCHANG, China - Canadian tennis player Leylah Fernandez moved closer to her second straight WTA Tour title Friday with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Aliaksandra Sasnovich in quarterfinal action at the Jiangxi...
Oct 20, 2023
The White House details its $105 billion funding request for Israel, Ukraine, the border and more
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House on Friday released a sweeping set of proposals to bolster Israel and Ukraine in the midst of two wars as well as invest more in domestic defense manufacturing, humani...
Oct 20, 2023
Humana-Paredes, Wilkerson named Canada's flag-bearers for Pan Am opening ceremonies
SANTIAGO, Chile - The beach volleyball team of Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson have been named Canada's flag-bearers for the Pan American Games opening ceremonies. The Toronto athletes wi...
Oct 20, 2023
Transgender Manitoba MLA aims to bring personal experience to justice, health issues
WINNIPEG - Logan Oxenham is celebrating a number of firsts this month. He was elected for the first time to Manitoba's legislature with the New Democrats in the Oct. 3 election. The 46-year-old's win ...
Oct 20, 2023
Goals, goals, goals: A timeline of Canada captain Christine Sinclair's career
A look at the career of Canadian soccer icon Christine Sinclair, who has announced she is retiring from international soccer at the end of the year: March 12, 2000 - A 16-year-old Sinclair, then Canad...
Oct 20, 2023
A look at Canada captain Christine Sinclair's honour roll
Canada captain Christine Sinclair has announced plans to retire from international soccer at the end of the year. A look at her glittering resume. - Sinclair is the world's all-time leading goal-score...
Oct 20, 2023
Canada's Christine Sinclair retiring from international soccer at end of the year
After leading Canada to gold at the Tokyo Olympics in August 2021, captain Christine Sinclair came to a realization. "After Tokyo, deep down inside, I knew I didn't want to play in Paris," she said, r...
Oct 20, 2023
Banning plastic waste exports won't solve the world's plastic trash woes: Guilbeault
OTTAWA - The mountains of trash from foreign countries seen piling up around homes and temples in Myanmar are renewing calls for Canada and other wealthy countries to deal with their own plastic garba...
Oct 20, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Canada's Christine Sinclair retiring from international soccer
Canada captain Christine Sinclair, who is the world's all-time scorer with 190 international goals, is retiring from international soccer at the end of the year. The 40-year-old Sinclair is expected t...
Oct 20, 2023
India defends actions after Ottawa's alleges precedent-setting diplomatic move
OTTAWA - India is defending its diplomatic actions a day after Ottawa announced it had pulled most of its envoys from the country over what it called a precedent-setting diplomatic threat. India's Min...
Oct 20, 2023