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Canada's Maltais, Blondin take silver, bronze in mass start at speedskating World Cup
TOMASZW MAZOWIECKI, Poland - Canada's Valrie Maltais and Ivanie Blondin won silver and bronze in the mass start event to finish off the speedskating World Cup season in Poland. It marked the first tim...
Feb 19, 2023

Schneider with the Save: Blue Jays skipper uses Heimlich manoeuvre to help woman
DUNEDIN, Fla. - In baseball, it's usually the closer who makes the save. In this case, it was the manager who got the job done. Blue Jays skipper John Schneider recently helped save a woman who was ch...
Feb 19, 2023

Canada plans for justice ahead of grim anniversary of war in Ukraine
LVIV, Ukraine - Nearly one year ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walked up to a podium in Ottawa, flanked by three of his top ministers, and declared the world had changed overnight. "This morning, ...
Feb 19, 2023

Harassment in sports: St-Onge asks provinces for investigative systems by end of 2023
OTTAWA - Federal Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge is calling on her provincial and territorial counterparts to establish independent bodies to handle harassment complaints from athletes by the end of th...
Feb 19, 2023

Delgado scores from distance to sink former team as Galaxy beat Toronto FC 2-1
CARSON, Calif. - Mark Delgado scored the winning goal on a long-range rocket in the 52nd minute against his former team as the Los Angeles Galaxy beat Toronto FC 2-1 at Dignity Health Sports Park. Efr...
Feb 19, 2023

Canada's Jonathan David scores for Lille but Mbappe, Messi inspire PSG to 4-3 comeback win
PARIS (CP-AP) - Canadian international Jonathan David scored his 15th goal of the season for Lille to move into a tie for the scoring lead in France, albeit in a 4-3 loss to Paris Saint-Germain on Sun...
Feb 19, 2023

Multiple Indigenous people take part in first-of-its-kind Sask. RCMP recruitment initiative
The Saskatchewan RCMP recently held a first-of-its-kind event aimed at getting more Indigenous people interested in joining the police force.Earlier this month, they held a three-day recruiting sessio...
Feb 19, 2023

Swiss museum returns two artifacts to the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) confederacy
MONTREAL - Two artifacts sacred to some of Canada's Indigenous peoples are now back on home territory after a Swiss museum returned them to the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) confederacy this month. The obj...
Feb 19, 2023

Silvernagle evens record at Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Saskatchewan is in the win column at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.After dropping its opening game Friday, Robyn Silvernagle's North Battleford rink scored two in an extra end to beat Alberta's Ka...
Feb 19, 2023

Federal funding for Black entrepreneurs a 'beacon of hope,' though barriers persist
OTTAWA - When Sean Whyte opened a fashion store in early 2020, he had no idea a global pandemic would force him to throw out his business plan within a couple of months. Whyte's Kelowna business, Grey...
Feb 19, 2023