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Italy loses 3 more players ahead of final qualifier
FLORENCE, Italy - Italy lost three more players on Saturday ahead of its final World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland. Alessandro Bastoni and Davide Calabria are both injured, while fellow defen...
Nov 13, 2021

Canada survives early red card to beat Belgium 24-0 in rugby test match in Brussels
BRUSSELS - Canada survived an early red card to defeat a young Belgium side 24-0 Saturday, evening its record on its two-game European rugby tour. The Canadian men, ranked 23rd in the world, built an ...
Nov 13, 2021

Verstappen investigated in Brazil, Alonso tops free practice
SAO PAULO (AP) - Red Bull driver Max Verstappen was summoned to meet with stewards Saturday at the Brazilian Grand Prix after video taken from the grandstands at Interlagos showed the Formula One cham...
Nov 13, 2021

Slow start for Cougars as Rockets blast off in 5-2 Friday tilt
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars are winless in their last two games after a 5-2 setback to the Kelowna Rockets on Friday night at the CN Centre. The Cougars will circle the start as their un...
Nov 13, 2021

David scores in 57th minute to help Canada to 1-0 win over Costa Rica
EDMONTON - A second-half goal from Jonathan David has put Canada one step closer to the World Cup. David's 57th-minute goal was all Canada needed to beat Costa Rica 1-0 on Friday in a World Cup qualif...
Nov 13, 2021

COP26 to accelerate climate action already underway in Canada, experts say
The delegates are trickling home and Glasgow's streets are clearing of protesters. Now, experts say, the real work begins of putting meat and bone to the pledges and commitments made by world leaders ...
Nov 13, 2021

Quebec builds fences around caribou as experts decry lack of habitat protection
MONTREAL - The Quebec government's decision to fence in another endangered caribou herd and to kill any wolves that approach the animals is worrying environmentalists, who say the province is again de...
Nov 13, 2021

Documents detail impacts of federal aid on benefits for seniors, families
OTTAWA - Internal government documents are providing the clearest picture yet of the impact that emergency aid is having on federal support to low-income seniors and families. Thousands of benefit rec...
Nov 13, 2021

Stampeders clinch playoff spot, eliminate Lions with 33-23 win over B.C.
VANCOUVER - The Calgary Stampeders clinched a playoff spot with a 33-23 win over the B.C. Lions on Friday night. The result also officially eliminated the lacklustre Lions (4-9) from playoff contentio...
Nov 12, 2021

Pulisic sparks US over Mexico 2-0 in World Cup qualifying
CINCINNATI (AP) - Christian Pulisic scored on a glancing header with his first touch of the game in the 74th minute, Weston McKennie added a goal in the 85th and the United States beat Mexico 2-0 on F...
Nov 12, 2021