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Royce Lewis hits go-ahead 3-run homer in 8th, lifting the Twins past the Blue Jays 4-3
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Royce Lewis hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the eighth inning and the Minnesota Twins rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Sunday. Bailey Ober started and pitched six s...
Sep 01, 2024

Post-Secondary Students and Back-to-School Finances
"The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of Pattison Media and this site."When we think about back-to-school, we tend to th...
Sep 01, 2024

Toronto Argonauts chase third straight Labour Day win over Hamilton Tiger-Cats
HAMILTON - It's an anniversary Scott Milanovich would much rather forget. On Monday, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats will host the archrival Toronto Argonauts in the annual Labour Day clash. The contest will ...
Sep 01, 2024

Defending champs Dabrowski, Routliffe advance to U.S. Open women's doubles quarters
NEW YORK - Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe run at a possible repeat at the U.S. Open lives on. The defending women's doubles champions defeated Italy's Angelica Moratelli ...
Sep 01, 2024

Paralympic debut in the books, para rower Jacob Wassermann looks to L.A. in 2028
PARIS - The Paralympic learning curve was steep, but worth it for Jacob Wassermann. Less than two years after taking up the sport of para rowing and six years after he survived a bus crash that killed...
Sep 01, 2024

Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos earns Paralympic silver in men's 400m
PARIS - Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos has earned a silver medal at the Paralympic Games. The Dorval, Que., native finished with a season-best time of 47.24 seconds in the men's T53 400-metre...
Sep 01, 2024

Toronto woman grappling with grief, anger after death of cousin held hostage by Hamas
TORONTO - A Toronto-based woman whose family lives in Israel says she is wrestling with both anger and grief after learning a cousin taken hostage by Hamas has died in the Gaza Strip. Maayan Shavit sa...
Sep 01, 2024
With men at the front lines, women watch over Ukraine’s night sky for Russian drones
When the air raid siren bellows in the dead of night, the women in arms rush to duty.Barely two months since joining the mobile air-defense unit, 27-year-old Angelina has perfected the drill to a tee:...
Sep 01, 2024

Cyclist Mike Sametz withdraws from Paralympic road races with injury
PARIS - Para cyclist Mike Sametz of Calgary withdrew from the Paralympic Games in Paris because of injury. The 28-year-old crashed in training for road races. Sametz fractured his right hip and will r...
Sep 01, 2024

German exit polls show far-right party leading in one state election and close second in another
BERLIN (AP) - The far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, was on track to become the strongest party in a state election for the first time Sunday in the country's east, and was roughly level with ...
Sep 01, 2024