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Company behind Sporting Life and Golf Town to launch new Team Town Sports store
TORONTO - Canadian retailer Sporting Life Group is launching a new national sporting goods chain catering to team sports players. The company says its new Team Town Sports banner will open its first t...
Mar 06, 2023

Canadian Tire commits half its sponsorship dollars to women's professional sports
TORONTO - Canadian Tire Corp. has announced a new commitment to improve gender equity in sports, saying at least half the money it spends sponsoring professional sports will go towards women by 2026. ...
Mar 06, 2023

NFL.com lists Canadians Brown, Sow as players who improved NFL draft stock at combine
It appears Canadians Chase Brown and Sidy Sow raised eyebrows at the '23 NFL combine. Brown, a running back at Illinois, and Sow, an offensive lineman at Eastern Michigan, were among five Canadians at...
Mar 06, 2023

CN workers back union strike mandate as contract talks for 3,000 employees continue
MONTREAL - CN workers backed a strike vote with negotiations set to resume on a contract for around 3,000 Canadian employees. Unifor announced Sunday that workers with Local 100 are 98 per cent in fav...
Mar 06, 2023

Belarus sentences exiled opposition leader to 15 years
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - A court in Belarus on Monday sentenced exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years in prison after a trial in absentia on charges including conspiring to over...
Mar 06, 2023

In The News for March 6 : Worker shortages plague vital airlines in the North
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 6 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Mar 06, 2023

Barbashev scores 2, Golden Knights tip Canadiens 4-3
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Ivan Barbashev scored his first two goals with Vegas and Jonathan Quick got his first victory with the Golden Knights in a 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday. Shea Theodore...
Mar 05, 2023

Toms wins Cologuard Classic on PGA Tour Champions by 1, Weir ties for 8th
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - David Toms got up-and-down for his third bogey of the week on the par-4 18th hole at Tucson National on Sunday to beat Robert Karlsson by one stroke in the Cologuard Classic on th...
Mar 05, 2023

Kurt Kitayama breaks through in wild finish at Bay Hill
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Kurt Kitayama let an All-Star cast of contenders back into the tournament with a triple bogey, only to beat them all with a clutch birdie and the best lag putt of his life to win ...
Mar 05, 2023

Marcus Ericsson wins rough IndyCar season-opening race
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Jack Harvey was taken to a hospital for observation and Helio Castroneves needed an ice pack and X-rays. A pair of cars went airborne, the leaders crashed each other and th...
Mar 05, 2023