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Raptors swingman RJ Barrett gets green light to play against Nuggets
TORONTO - RJ Barrett will make his regular-season debut tonight as his Toronto Raptors host the Denver Nuggets. The swingman from Mississauga, Ont., missed most of the pre-season and Toronto's first t...
Oct 28, 2024
With squash on Olympic program, Eltorgman plots quad hoping to compete at Games
TORONTO - For the first time in his budding squash career, Canada's Salah Eltorgman can approach the Olympic quadrennial with the goal of playing at the Summer Games. The Western University student is...
Oct 28, 2024
Elvis Stojko, Patrick Chan weigh in on state of Canadian men’s figure skating
Elvis Stojko remembers watching Brian Orser spin through the air with a triple axel on his TV screen, inspiring him to one day follow the path carved out by the Canadian figure skating legend. "It was...
Oct 28, 2024
Spaniards Rodri and Bonmatí win Ballon d'Or award for best men's and women's players in world soccer
PARIS (AP) - Spanish midfielders Rodri and Aitana Bonmat won the men's and women's Ballon d'Or award for the world's best soccer player on Monday. The 28-year-old Rodri won the prestigious award for t...
Oct 28, 2024
Shohei Ohtani leading off for Dodgers in World Series Game 3, two days after dislocating shoulder
NEW YORK (AP) - Shohei Ohtani was in his regular leadoff spot as the Los Angeles Dodgers' designated hitter for Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night, two days after the star slugger partially di...
Oct 28, 2024
Shohei Ohtani leading off for Dodgers in World Series Game 3, two days after dislocating shoulder
NEW YORK (AP) - Shohei Ohtani was in his regular leadoff spot as the Los Angeles Dodgers' designated hitter for Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night, two days after the star slugger partially di...
Oct 28, 2024
Toxicity and tight race fuel B.C. election integrity doubters, says professor
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia political scientist says social media questioning of the provincial election's integrity is an "inevitable" result of political "toxicity" and a tight race. University o...
Oct 28, 2024
Curt Cignetti 'optimistic' QB Kurtis Rourke will start for No. 13 Indiana against Michigan State
Indiana coach Curt Cignetti said Monday he remains "optimistic" starting quarterback Kurtis Rourke can return to the lineup for Saturday's game at Michigan State. Rourke had surgery on his injured rig...
Oct 28, 2024
Minister to launch consultations on advanced requests for assisted dying
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland says the federal government will launch consultations about advanced requests for accessing medical assistance in dying. But Holland says such requests are still ...
Oct 28, 2024
Republicans ask U.S. Supreme Court to block counting of some provisional ballots in Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency order in Pennsylvania that could result in thousands of votes not being counted in this year's election in the bat...
Oct 28, 2024