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Joe Highsmith goes from making the cut to a PGA Tour winner at the Cognizant Classic
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) - Two days after Joe Highsmith made a nervy par putt to make the cut, he won the Cognizant Classic with the lowest weekend ever at PGA National and is going to the Master...
Mar 02, 2025

Vancouver Whitecaps fans latest to boo U.S. national anthem
VANCOUVER - The trend of Canadian sports fans jeering the United States' national anthem has bled from hockey over to soccer. Fans in Vancouver booed as the "The Star-Spangled Banner" was sung before ...
Mar 02, 2025

"Nothing more than a distraction," says B.C. forest minister on Trump's lumber order
VANCOUVER - B.C.'s Forest Minister said the latest executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump is "nothing more than a distraction" after Trump signed two orders to increase his country's domesti...
Mar 02, 2025

Bo Bichette has homer, single as Blue Jays defeat Phillies 5-4
DUNEDIN - Bo Bichette had two hits including a home run, Philadelphia pitcher Konnor Ash walked in the winning run, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Phillies 6-5 Sunday in spring training action. Ph...
Mar 02, 2025

Nylander scores in overtime as the Maple Leafs beat the Penguins 6-5 for their 5th straight win
PITTSBURGH (AP) - William Nylander scored 1:00 into overtime, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-5 on Sunday. Nylander, Auston Matthews and Matthew Knies each...
Mar 02, 2025

Canada's Dubreuil, Blondin win speedskating silver medals as World Cup season ends
HEERENVEEN - Canada's Laurent Dubreuil and Ivanie Blondin earned silver medals Sunday as the World Cup speedskating season wrapped up. Dubreuil, from Lvis, Que., finished second in a time of 34.51 sec...
Mar 02, 2025

Saskatchewan's Kleiter and McEwen post victories in early draw at Montana's Brier
KELOWNA, B.C. - Both Saskatchewan teams posted victories in the early round-robin draw Sunday at the Montana's Brier. Rylan Kleiter defeated Prince Edward Island's Tyler Smith 7-4 and Mike McEwen held...
Mar 02, 2025

Excitement for Canadian company as Firefly's Blue Ghost lands on moon
MONTREAL - The head of a Quebec aerospace company says he's thrilled by the confirmation that a private lunar lander has touched down on the moon with his company's technology aboard. Firefly Aerospac...
Mar 02, 2025

Canadian ice dancer Fournier Beaudry forms new French team with Olympic champ Cizeron
Canadian figure skater Laurence Fournier Beaudry has formed a partnership with Olympic ice dance champion Guillaume Cizeron months after former partner Nikolaj Sorensen was handed a six-year suspensio...
Mar 02, 2025
Freeland 'uniquely qualified' to lead Canada through 'greatest threat' since WWII
When former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland enters her campaign rallies in her bid to become the next Liberal leader, speakers always blare Nelly Furtado's 2006 hit "Maneater."It is a nod to t...
Mar 02, 2025