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Canada's Kira Gupta-Baltazar fast-tracking in women's triathlon
Winning a U.S. women's collegiate title with bags under eyes and a depleted fuel tank has Canada's Kira Gupta-Baltazar feeling bold about her triathlon future. The 19-year-old from Kleinburg, Ont., cl...
Nov 15, 2021
Woman who won freedom from prison in 2011 dies of COVID-19
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A woman who won freedom from prison a decade ago after being convicted with her sister in a 1993 armed robbery in Mississippi, then went on to become an advocate for justice, has...
Nov 15, 2021
Petition for referendum on Surrey's police transition garners 42,942 signatures
SURREY, B.C. - A group opposing the planned transition from the RCMP to a municipal police force in Surrey, B.C., says it has collected close to 43,000 signatures from residents calling for a referend...
Nov 15, 2021
Home field advantage? Cold, heavy snow await Canada and Mexico in Edmonton
EDMONTON - Sam Adekugbe grew up in Calgary, and has played pro soccer in Norway, so he knows a few things about having to deal with inclement weather. When asked about the coldest game he ever played ...
Nov 15, 2021
NHL, Senators postpone next three games as team deals with COVID outbreak
OTTAWA - The NHL and the Ottawa Senators have postponed the team's next three games due to an ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. The league made the announcement on Monday, saying in a release that the Senato...
Nov 15, 2021
Canadian winger Tajon Buchanan up for MLS Young Player of the Year
Canadian winger Tajon Buchanan, Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Ryan Gauld and Toronto FC fullback Justin Morrow are finalists for Major League Soccer's end-of-year-awards. Buchanan, an elusive attacke...
Nov 15, 2021
Argos to start veteran Antonio Pipkin for regular-season finale versus Edmonton Elks
TORONTO - Antonio Pipkin will finally make his first start for the Toronto Argonauts. Pipkin will be under centre Tuesday night when Toronto (9-4) hosts the Edmonton Elks (2-10). The Argos downed the ...
Nov 15, 2021
B.C. forest company says rule of law must apply to ongoing protests at Fairy Creek
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for a British Columbia forest company says it wants the court to defend the rule of law at a protest site on southern Vancouver Island where more than 1,100 people have been arres...
Nov 15, 2021
Roads closed, up to 100 vehicles trapped by mudslides
UPDATE: 2:00 p.m.Canadian Forces helicopters are starting the first of multiple rescue flights for hundreds of people trapped between two mudslides on a British Columbia highway.Vancouver's Urban Sear...
Nov 15, 2021
Russian test blamed for space junk threatening space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A Russian weapons test created more than 1,500 pieces of space junk that is now threatening the seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station, U.S. officials said...
Nov 15, 2021
