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Conservatives to close Quebec City convention with votes on party policy
QUEBEC - Conservatives gathered in Quebec City will vote today on a series of changes to their policy handbook on the final day of a three-day convention. More than 2,500 delegates have been gathered ...
Sep 09, 2023

Foreign aid: Ottawa overhauling 'risk-averse' red tape for charities operating abroad
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada is reforming its bureaucratic system for funding foreign-aid initiatives in a bid to approve funding requests faster and eliminate multiple layers of red tape. Charities...
Sep 09, 2023

Trudeau arrives at G20 Summit as most powerful countries focus on Global South
NEW DELHI - The G20 has kicked off in New Delhi, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arriving alongside other leaders from the world's richest and powerful countries. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Mod...
Sep 09, 2023

Phyllis Ellis, Michael Woods among winners at Canadian Sport Awards
VANCOUVER - The Canadian Soccer Players Association, former field hockey player Phyllis Ellis and cyclist Michael Woods were honoured at the Canadian Sport Awards on Friday night. AthletesCAN named th...
Sep 08, 2023

Daniil Medvedev ousts US Open defending champion Carlos Alcaraz to reach the final. Djokovic awaits
NEW YORK (AP) - Daniil Medvedev ended Carlos Alcaraz's reign as the U.S. Open champion by eliminating him in the semifinals 7-6 (3), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 on Friday night to set up a rematch in the final agai...
Sep 08, 2023

Novak Djokovic will face Daniil Medvedev in the US Open final. It's a rematch from 2021
NEW YORK (AP) - Novak Djokovic limited big-serving Ben Shelton to five aces and broke him five times in their U.S. Open semifinal Friday. Djokovic pushed back when the 20-year-old unseeded American pr...
Sep 08, 2023

Hamilton Tiger-Cats hang on for 27-24 win over Ottawa Redblacks
OTTAWA - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats swept the season series against the Ottawa Redblacks with a 27-24 win at TD Place on Friday night. The Redblacks (3-9) dropped their sixth straight game and find thems...
Sep 08, 2023

Toronto Blue Jays kick off homestand with 5-4 victory over Kansas City Royals
TORONTO - Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s hit a two-run double in Toronto's four-run seventh inning and the Blue Jays hung on for a 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday. Bo Bichette drove in two ...
Sep 08, 2023

New Mexico governor issues order to suspend open and concealed carry of guns in Albuquerque
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday issued an emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque and the surrounding county for at l...
Sep 08, 2023

Belgium's De Lie wins Quebec cycling race, Canada's Boivin finishes 41st
QUEBEC - Belgium's Arnaud De Lie finished first in the UCI World Tour Quebec City Grand Prix men's road race on Friday. He had a time of four hours 47 minutes 36 seconds. New Zealand's Corbin Strong w...
Sep 08, 2023