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Bloc Québécois leader makes final stop in undecided ridings, hoping to recover seats
MONTREAL - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet ended his final day of the federal election campaign on Sunday in Quebec ridings he hopes to wrest from his opponents ahead of Monday's election. H...
Sep 19, 2021

Canada's Katie Vincent wins world sprint canoe title after Olympic bronze
COPENHAGEN - Canadian sprint canoeist Katie Vincent captured world championship gold Sunday in the women's C1 200 metres. The 25-year-old from Misissauga, Ont., outpaced Spain's Antia Jacome and Polan...
Sep 19, 2021

Early run support gives Blue Jays' starter Jose Berrios win over former club
TORONTO - A five-run first inning from his Blue Jays teammates was all starter Jose Berrios required to shut down his former club, the Minnesota Twins, on Sunday. Toronto's early prowess at the plate ...
Sep 19, 2021

New record set in new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan
The Government of Saskatchewan reported 543 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, which is the highest total recorded in a single day since the pandemic began. Out of the new cases, 440 were unvaccinated (81 ...
Sep 19, 2021

Quebec Premier tells party's youth wing Quebec voters elected a nationalist party
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault delivered a nationalist speech to his party's youth wing today, capping off a weekend-long convention where he touted cohesion in the face of the COVID-19 pan...
Sep 19, 2021

Manchester United wins after penalty call backfires; Chelsea beats Spurs
LONDON (AP) - Seeing West Ham win a penalty deep into stoppage time, and presented with an unexpected chance to equalize against Manchester United, David Moyes made a bold call. Having left Mark Noble...
Sep 19, 2021

CF Montreal blanks Chicago Fire 2-0 for second straight MLS win
MONTREAL - A second-half surge propelled CF Montreal to a 2-0 win Sunday over the visiting Chicago Fire FC. Romell Quioto scored for Montreal (10-8-7), with Chicago's Carlos Tern adding an own-goal to...
Sep 19, 2021

Canadian men fall to Britain in rugby sevens quarterfinal
VANCOUVER - An early turnover and a penalty resulted in a pair of tries for Britain in a 31-5 victory over Canada in a men's quarterfinal Sunday at the World Rugby Sevens Series. Canada possessed the ...
Sep 19, 2021

Early limited results in Russia show pro-Kremlin party leads
MOSCOW (AP) - Voting has ended in Russia's parliamentary election and the country's elections commission says early results Sunday from a limited number of polling stations show the country's Kremlin-...
Sep 19, 2021

Chelsea blanks Tottenham 3-0 to stay among English Premier League frontrunners
LONDON (AP) - Anything Liverpool can do, Chelsea can do exactly the same. Chelsea continued matching each of Liverpool's results through the first five rounds of the Premier League season by beating T...
Sep 19, 2021