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Canadian tennis up-and-comer Victoria Mboko off to torrid start in 2025
Victoria Mboko is winning so many trophies, she can hardly get them home. The up-and-coming Canadian tennis star is off to a stellar start this season with a 27-1 record and five tournament wins in si...
Mar 14, 2025
Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes returns from injury hungry for playoff push
VANCOUVER - Watching games from afar hasn't been easy for Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes. The 25-year-old star defenceman has remained remarkably healthy for much of his career - until this se...
Mar 14, 2025
Bills have 2 free-agent additions facing 6-game NFL suspensions for PEDs, GM Beane reveals
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - The Buffalo Bills stand to open the season minus two new free-agent defensive line additions upon learning Larry Ogunjobi and Canadian Michael Hoecht both face six-game suspe...
Mar 14, 2025
Disability, gender equality advocates slam Carney's elimination of cabinet positions
TORONTO - Advocacy groups are panning Prime Minister Mark Carney for eliminating the cabinet positions dedicated to people with disabilities and women and gender equality issues. Carney was sworn in a...
Mar 14, 2025
Rugby Canada names 28-player roster for U-20 women's tour of Ireland in May
LANGFORD, B.C. - Coach Dean Murten has named his 28-player Canadian under-20 women's rugby squad for a tour of Ireland in May. The young Canadians will play their Irish counterparts on May 10 and May ...
Mar 14, 2025
Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to the US 'is no longer welcome' in the country
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that South Africa's ambassador to the United States "is no longer welcome" in the country. Rubio, in a post on X, accused Ebrahim Rasool of...
Mar 14, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Eby announces ending of provincial carbon tax
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's Premier David Eby says his government will repeal the province's carbon tax this legislative session, after new Prime Minister Mark Carney moved to eliminate the fede...
Mar 14, 2025
Bill to avert government shutdown clears key hurdle with help from Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) - A spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown narrowly cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate, paving the way for passage as a midnight Friday deadline loomed. Ten De...
Mar 14, 2025
Azteca Stadium has changed its name ahead of its third men's World Cup next year
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Azteca Stadium has been renamed Banorte Stadium before it hosts its third men's World Cup next year. Latin America's largest soccer stadium - 87,500 seats - has taken the name of on...
Mar 14, 2025
Min Woo Lee and Akshay Bhatia grab early lead at Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Min Woo Lee and Akshay Bhatia shared the lead at The Players Championship with vastly different finishes Friday morning on a TPC Sawgrass course that didn't let anyone g...
Mar 14, 2025