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Amy Yang captures her first American LPGA title and cashes in on $2 million
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Amy Yang picked a lucrative time for her first LPGA title on American soil. Yang birdied her last two holes for a 6-under 66 to win the CME Group Tour Championship and claim the $2...
Nov 19, 2023

Hayward, Clement strike gold, Canadian para cyclists win 4 medals at Parapan Am Games
SANTIAGO, Chile - Alexandre Hayward and Nathan Clement each won gold medals as Canada's athletes starred on the opening day of para cycling competition Sunday at the 2023 Santiago Parapan Am Games. Ha...
Nov 19, 2023

Imperious Djokovic wins record 7th ATP Finals title by beating Sinner in straight sets
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Top-ranked Novak Djokovic won a record-breaking seventh ATP Finals title with a straight-set victory over home favorite Jannik Sinner on Sunday. Djokovic took 1 hour, 43 minutes to...
Nov 19, 2023

McDougall, Blondin and Pearman hit the podium in first race of the World Cup season
BEIJING - Brooklyn McDougall, Ivanie Blondin and Maddison Pearman raced to silver in in the women's team sprint Sunday as Canada finished the World Cup speed skating stop in Beijing with four medals. ...
Nov 19, 2023

Canadians Pavan, McBain win bronze at Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Challenge
CHIANG MAI, Thailand - Canada's Sarah Pavan and Molly McBain won the bronze medal at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Challenge with a 2-1 victory over China's Jie Dong and Fan Wang on Sunday in th...
Nov 19, 2023

Public sector strike: Quebec government calls on unions to submit counter-offer
MONTREAL - Quebec's treasury board president is imploring unionized workers to table a counter-offer to the government's last contract proposal ahead of this week's planned, provincewide public sector...
Nov 19, 2023

William Nylander scores in overtime, Maple Leafs down Wild 4-3 for Swedish sweep
STOCKHOLM - William Nylander scored at 3:09 of overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs survived a blown 3-1 lead in the third period to down the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Sunday and pick up their fourth strai...
Nov 19, 2023

Australia restricts India to 240 all out in Cricket World Cup final as Kohli makes 54
AHMEDEBAD, India (AP) - Australia appeared in command of the Cricket World Cup final on Sunday after restricting India to 240 all out, with a disciplined bowling performance by the five-time champions...
Nov 19, 2023

Tiny beetle to the rescue of N.S. hemlocks attacked by woolly invasive insect
FREDERICTON - On comfortable beds of wood shavings inside multiple boxes, 3,600 Laricobius nigrinus beetles made overnight journeys last month from the forests of British Columbia all the way to south...
Nov 19, 2023

Argentines begin voting in an election that could lead a Trump-admiring populist to the presidency
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentines began voting Sunday in a presidential runoff pitting the candidate of the ruling Peronist party against a populist, anti-establishment candidate whose electio...
Nov 19, 2023