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New additions look to make quick impact for Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - Hours before puck drop, Drew O'Connor still wasn't sure what he would wear to the rink Sunday. The winger made it to Vancouver after being traded from the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Canuck...
Feb 02, 2025

Devotees pay homage to Afro-Brazilian sea goddess on Rio de Janeiro beach
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Thousands of worshippers clad in white robes spilled onto Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to pay homage to Yemanja, the Afro-Brazilian sea goddess. Devotees waded into...
Feb 02, 2025

Rubio says Panama must reduce Chinese influence around the canal area or the US will act
PANAMA CITY (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panama's president in a face-to-face meeting Sunday that the Central American ally must reduce alleged Chinese influence over the Panama Can...
Feb 02, 2025

Support, silence and confusion: Republicans respond to Trump's trade war
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's unprecedented move to pull America's closest neighbours into a trade war has left some Republican lawmakers precariously navigating how to support the leader...
Feb 02, 2025

Veteran linebacker Wynton McManis re-signs with Toronto Argonauts
TORONTO - Wynton McManis will help the Toronto Argonauts defend their Grey Cup title. The veteran linebacker re-signed with the CFL club Sunday, less than an hour after the league's free-agent window ...
Feb 02, 2025

Canada prevails in must-win doubles match, trails Hungary 2-1 in Davis Cup qualifier
MONTREAL - Canada prevailed in a must-win doubles match to stay alive at the Davis Cup on Sunday. Vasek Pospisil of Vernon, B.C., and Liam Draxl of Newmarket, Ont., defeated Hungary's Mate Valkusz and...
Feb 02, 2025

Toronto FC's pre-season game against Swedish side in Spain called off
MARBELLA - Toronto FC's pre-season game scheduled for Monday against Sweden's BK Hacken in Spain has been called off. The Marbella Football Center, which was to have hosted the contest, cited "technic...
Feb 02, 2025

USAID security leaders on leave after trying to keep Musk's DOGE from classified info, officials say
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricte...
Feb 02, 2025

Auger-Aliassime defeats American Kovacevic to win Open Occitanie men's title
MONTPELLIER - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated American Aleksandar Kovacevic to win the Open Occitanie men's tennis tournament Sunday. The second-seeded Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, took the v...
Feb 02, 2025

Thompson downs Maier again in final to win World Cup ski cross crown
VEYSONNAZ - Another day, another women's World Cup ski cross win for Canadian Marielle Thompson. Thompson, of Whistler, B.C., defeated Germany's Daniela Maier to capture the women's event. It marked t...
Feb 02, 2025