Author Archives:
Sask gymnastics team qualifies for international event in Amsterdam
An interprovincial gymnastics team will be competing in the Netherlands next year.The group, which features 80 members from across Saskatchewan and Alberta, recently qualified to compete at Gymnaestra...
Jul 16, 2022
Canada's Charles (Air) Jourdain loses majority decision on UFC Fight Night card
ELMONT, N.Y. - Canadian featherweight Charles (Air) Jourdain lost a majority decision to (Hurricane) Shane Burgos on a UFC Fight Night card Saturday. The judges scored it 29-28, 29-28 for Burgos with ...
Jul 16, 2022
Canadiens send Petry, Poehling to Penguins for Matheson, fourth-round pick
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have traded defenceman Jeff Petry and forward Ryan Poehling to the Pittsburgh Penguins for defenceman Mike Matheson and a fourth-round pick in 2023. The trade ends a ...
Jul 16, 2022
Canadian judoka Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard wins gold at Zagreb Grand Prix
ZAGREB, Croatia - Canada's Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard won the gold medal in the women's under-63-kilogram category Saturday at the Zagreb Grand Prix judo tournament. The Montreal native was awarded g...
Jul 16, 2022
Herta takes pole position at Honda Indy Toronto qualifying, Canadian DeFrancesco 12th
TORONTO - Colton Herta has taken pole position at the Honda Indy Toronto. Herta won qualifying on Saturday afternoon in 59.2698 seconds. Three-time Honda Indy champion Scott Dixon was second in 59.359...
Jul 16, 2022
Decision to exempt gas turbines from sanctions right thing to do: Freeland
Canada's decision last week to send repaired parts of a Russian natural gas pipeline back to Germany was difficult but necessary, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Saturday. The Liberals ar...
Jul 16, 2022
6 people die after storm causes Montana highway pileup
Six people have died after a dust storm fueled by wind gusts topping 60 mph caused a pileup on Interstate 90 in Montana, authorities said. Twenty-one vehicles crashed Friday evening and Montana Highwa...
Jul 16, 2022
Mo Farah's story draws horror, understanding in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Many Somalis are reacting with horror - and a sense of understanding - at British runner Mo Farah's tale of being trafficked to Britain as a child and forced to look after ot...
Jul 16, 2022
Ottawa exploring criminal reform as Liberal MP tables bill on long-term care neglect
OTTAWA - Cathy Legere saw firsthand the conditions that elder residents of long-term care were enduring, and the intense pressure that personal care staff were under, in the early days of the COVID-19...
Jul 16, 2022
Mo Farah's story draws horror, understanding in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Many Somalis are reacting with horror - and a sense of understanding - at British runner Mo Farah's tale of being trafficked to Britain as a child and forced to look after ot...
Jul 16, 2022
