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Schenk getting results in 10th straight week, leads Valspar
PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) - Adam Schenk is playing for the 10th consecutive week on the PGA Tour and finally seeing some good results, making enough putts Friday for a 2-under 69 that gave him a one-shot...
Mar 17, 2023
United States downs Canada 9-3 in para hockey series
ELMIRA, ONTARIO - Canada's para hockey team lost 9-3 to the United States in Friday's second game of a three-game series. Brody Roybal's hat trick and assist for the U.S. gave him a career 100 goals a...
Mar 17, 2023
City of Yellowknife, civic workers' union ratify deal after strike/lockout
YELLOWKNIFE - Unionized workers with the City of Yellowknife have ratified a new collective agreement after a labour dispute that began in early February that included a strike and a lockout. The Unio...
Mar 17, 2023
Aston-Reese scores twice, Rielly bags another as Maple Leafs down Hurricanes 5-2
TORONTO - Zach Aston-Reese scored twice as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Friday night. Morgan Rielly, with a goal and an assist, Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner prov...
Mar 17, 2023
Knee injury knocks Canada's Janine Beckie out of this summer's World Cup
Canada's World Cup hopes took a body blow Friday with news that Janine Beckie has been sidelined by a torn anterior cruciate in her right knee. Beckie was taken off on a stretcher in the 19th minute o...
Mar 17, 2023
Clippers coach sidelined pending 'discipline and complaints policy' investigation
NANAIMO - The Clippers will be without their bench boss for a while.Through a social media post on Friday, March 17, the Nanaimo Clippers announced Colin Birkas has been temporarily suspended from his...
Mar 17, 2023
B.C. school support staff for K-12 ratify new three-year contracts
VICTORIA - More than 40,000 school support staff in British Columbia have ratified new contracts. Employees including education assistants, Indigenous support workers and custodians working in kinderg...
Mar 17, 2023
Man who crashed through gates of Rideau Hall to threaten PM loses sentence appeal
OTTAWA - The Ontario Court of Appeal has quashed a sentencing appeal in the case of a Manitoba man who stormed the gates of Rideau Hall in 2020 and sought an armed confrontation with the prime ministe...
Mar 17, 2023
Woodbine Entertainment, HBPA reach agreement on two-year contract
TORONTO - The 2023 thoroughbred racing season at Woodbine Racetrack will start on time. Woodbine Entertainment and the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association of Ontario (HBPA) agreed on a tw...
Mar 17, 2023
Girard scores twice as Whale opens PHF semifinal with 5-3 win over Six
TORONTO - Taylor Girard scored the game-winning goal and added an empty-netter as the Connecticut Whale held on for a 5-3 win over the Toronto Six to open a Premier Hockey League semifinal series. Gir...
Mar 17, 2023