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U Sports Roundup: Laval Rouge et Or advance to 21st straight Dunsmore Cup final
QUBEC - The Laval Rouge et Or are going back to the Dunsmore Cup final for a 21st straight year. Quarterback Arnaud Desjardins threw for 327 yards and two touchdowns as the No. 3-ranked Rouge et Or de...
Nov 02, 2024
Amber Glenn overcomes a fall to win her first Grand Prix figure skating title
ANGERS, France (AP) - Amber Glenn overcame a fall and her own doubts to win a maiden Grand Prix figure skating title Saturday at the Grand Prix de France. The American skater had the lead from Friday'...
Nov 02, 2024
Florida Panthers top Dallas Stars 4-2 and sweep 2-game series in Finland
TAMPERE, Finland (AP) - AJ Greer scored his first goal for Florida early in the third period, Aleksander Barkov and Niko Mikkola each had assists in their homeland and the Panthers beat the Dallas Sta...
Nov 02, 2024
Israeli military official says Israeli forces capture senior Hezbollah operative in north Lebanon
BATROUN, Lebanon (AP) - An Israeli military official said Saturday that Israeli naval forces captured a senior Hezbollah operative in north Lebanon. The operation took place in the northern Lebanese t...
Nov 02, 2024
Anti-suicide religious group files constitutional challenge against Waterloo, Que.
MONTREAL - A Quebec religious group headed by a man who lost his son to suicide has filed a constitutional challenge against the municipality of Waterloo after it was ticketed for going door-to-door t...
Nov 02, 2024
Cole exercises opt out but Yankees can keep him by adding 2029 salary, Rizzo option declined
NEW YORK (AP) - Gerrit Cole exercised his opt out from his New York Yankees contract, giving the team two days to void the opt out by adding a $36 million salary for 2029, a person familiar with the d...
Nov 02, 2024
Clocks turning back for yet another wildly unpopular time change
NANAIMO - Despite multiple promises over recent years to ditch the switch, seasonal time change will occur once more this weekend.Daylight saving time officially ends on Sunday, Nov. 3 at 2 a.m. as we...
Nov 02, 2024
Canada's Fernandez falls to Shnaider of Russia in Hong Kong Open semifinal
HONG KONG - Canada's Leylah Fernandez is out of the Hong Kong Open tennis tournament following a 6-4, 6-2 semifinal loss to top-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia on Saturday. Fernandez, the tournament's...
Nov 02, 2024
India protests Ottawa's allegation its home minister ordered targeting of Sikh activists in Canada
NEW DELHI (AP) - India officially protested on Saturday the Canadian government's allegation that the country's powerful home minister Amit Shah had ordered the targeting of Sikh activists inside Cana...
Nov 02, 2024
B.C. deluge shows why cities struggle to keep up with extreme rain
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - Heavy rain isn't unusual for the community of Deep Cove in North Vancouver, but when Ashifa Saferali saw an e-bike floating down the middle of the street she knew this storm wa...
Nov 02, 2024