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Max Domi, four other Habs, given qualifying offers by Canadiens
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens submitted qualifying offers to five players, including forward Max Domi, on Saturday. Domi, 25, scored 17 goals and 44 points in 71 games this season. He added three ...
Oct 3, 2020
Chiefs-Patriots game off amid report Newton has COVID-19
The NFL postponed this week's game between New England and the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs after "positive COVID-19 tests on both teams." ESPN reported on Saturday that Patriots quarterback...
Oct 3, 2020
Leylah Annie Fernandez loses in straight sets to Petra Kvitova at French Open
PARIS - Leylah Annie Fernandez's run at the French Open has is over, ending Canadian hopes in the singles draws. The 18-year-old from Laval, Que., lost to No. 7 seed Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republi...
Oct 3, 2020
Vegas re-signs goalie Robin Lehner to $25M, 5-year deal
The Vegas Golden Knights re-signed Robin Lehner on Saturday to a $25 million, five-year contract that makes him their goaltender of the present and future and plunges one-time face of the franchise Ma...
Oct 3, 2020
Titans' outbreak now 18, with Bills' game possibly at risk
NASHVILLE - The positive test results keep coming for the Tennessee Titans in the NFL's first outbreak of COVID-19. One game already has been postponed and another rescheduled. If the positive results...
Oct 3, 2020
Black singer of regional Mexican music sparks buzz, emotion
RIO RANCHO, N.M. - Before clicking the Instagram video, the sight intrigued most. Sarah Palafox, a Black woman, held an iPhone while standing in front of mariachis. When users turned on the volume, th...
Oct 3, 2020
Newfoundland and Labrador Tories vote against leadership review of Ches Crosbie
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador has voted down a motion to hold a leadership review of its leader. The party says in a news release th...
Oct 3, 2020
Malls say visits with Santa will be different this year, but still magical
Shopping centres say meeting Santa will be just as magical for children this Christmas, even if it has to be at a distance of two metres - or via webcam. At some malls, like Carrefour de l'Estrie in S...
Oct 3, 2020
Hermes plays with depth in Surrealist Paris show
PARIS - Hermes headlined Saturday's installment of Paris Fashion Week with a cinematic, surrealist runway staging, but the lack of celebrities attending and the patchy drizzle put a slight dampener on...
Oct 3, 2020
'Justice for Joyce' rally planned in Montreal to honour Indigenous woman
MONTREAL - A protest is planned in Montreal in honour of an Indigenous woman who was subjected to insults as she lay dying in hospital. The Native Women's Shelter is organizing the "Justice ...
Oct 3, 2020