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Canada's Fernandez, American Townsend advance in women's doubles at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Canada's Leylah Fernandez and American Taylor Townsend advanced Thursday to the second round of women's doubles at the Indian Wells tournament. The duo defeated Latisha Chan and...
Mar 09, 2023
Ramey grabs Players lead in his debut at golf's fickle test; Canada's Pendrith tied for third
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Chad Ramey managed to avoid stress and bogeys Thursday in The Players Championship for an 8-under 64, making him an unlikely leader on a TPC Sawgrass course that rarely ...
Mar 09, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond speaks out after award revoked over heritage
VANCOUVER - Former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says she is satisfied in her "past work, identity and self-worth" after the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association stripped her of an award beca...
Mar 09, 2023
Canada falls 5-3 in World Baseball Classic tune-up against MLB's Seattle Mariners
PEORIA, Ariz. - Kaden Polcovich's two-run homer in the eighth inning lifted the Seattle Mariners to a 5-3 win over Canada on Thursday in an exhibition game leading up to the World Baseball Classic. Do...
Mar 09, 2023
Federal Court approves 'historic' $2.8B residential day schools settlement
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has approved a $2.8 billion settlement agreement between the Canadian government and plaintiffs representing 325 First Nations whose members went to residential day s...
Mar 09, 2023
Texas executes inmate for killing 4 during drug robbery
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Texas has executed an inmate convicted of the drug-related killings of four people more than 30 years ago, including a woman who was 9-months pregnant. Arthur Brown Jr., 52, r...
Mar 09, 2023
Report: Trump invited to testify before NY grand jury
NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Donald Trump has been invited to testify next week before a New York grand jury that has been investigating hush money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 pres...
Mar 09, 2023
Emergency crews respond to window cleaning platform stuck on Vancouver building
VANCOUVER - A double malfunction on a window-cleaning platform meant a pair of glaziers working on an office building in downtown Vancouver spent hours suspended 10 storeys above the busy city sidewal...
Mar 09, 2023
Liberals set to begin consultation on creation of foreign influence registry
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is poised to take the next step toward creating a registration system to help prevent foreign meddling in Canadian affairs. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino plans...
Mar 09, 2023
Blue Jays beat Braves, lose to Rays in split-squad spring training games
George Springer hit a two-run homer as a Toronto Blue Jays split squad beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 in spring training baseball action Thursday. Another Jays split squad was defeated 6-1 by Tampa Bay a...
Mar 09, 2023