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Excitement, optimism as hundreds line up to ride Montreal's new light-rail train line
MONTREAL - The opening of the Montreal metro area's new light-rail train network is drawing hundreds of curious prospective passengers to the city's central station today, many of them expressing exci...
Jul 29, 2023
Canada's Liendo breaks own national record, wins silver in men's 100-metre butterfly
FUKUOKA, Japan - Canada's Josh Liendo won silver in the men's 100-metre butterfly with a Canadian record time at the World Aquatics Championships on Saturday. The 20-year-old from Toronto clocked in a...
Jul 29, 2023
Canada's Alexandria Loutitt wins ski summer jumping bronze; Strate finishes eighth
Canada's Alexandria Loutitt won bronze at the FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix summer series opener on Saturday. The 19-year-old from Calgary finished third on the women's 132-metre large hill in Courcheval...
Jul 29, 2023
Riders hope to right the ship in Touchdown Atlantic game against Argos
It's all business for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Halifax.For the second straight season, the Green and White is taking on the Toronto Argonauts in the Touchdown Atlantic game taking place at Husk...
Jul 29, 2023
Alouettes looking to put pressure on Stampeders QB Maier as Montreal hosts Calgary
MONTREAL - Danny Maciocia evaluated "everything" during his team's bye week. So what did the Montreal Alouettes general manager identify as one the group's biggest needs as he dissected its performanc...
Jul 29, 2023
Touchdown Atlantic an important game for the CFL
The CFL's Touchdown Atlantic game has turned into a celebration of the sport as the league is fully coast to coast for a single week - and that provides some positivity for what may lay ahead."It's hu...
Jul 29, 2023
B.C. port workers vote to reject mediated agreement
Port workers in British Columbia have voted to reject a mediated contract offer, extending job action that prevented billions in goods from moving for almost two weeks earlier this month.In a letter p...
Jul 29, 2023
Minister's tweet raises spectre of federal action as B.C. port workers vote down deal
Federal Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan has responded to British Columbia port workers' decision to reject a mediated contract offer overnight, raising the spectre of more federal intervention in the m...
Jul 29, 2023
Jamaica edges Panama 1-0 for its first ever Women's World Cup win
PERTH, Australia (AP) - Defender Allyson Swaby scored in the 56th minute and Jamaica hung on to edge Panama 1-0 on Saturday for its first-ever win at the Women's World Cup. Swaby, who grew up in West ...
Jul 29, 2023
Katie Ledecky passes Michael Phelps for most individual golds at world championships
FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) - Here's why Katie Ledecky is one of the greatest freestyle swimmers in the history of the sport. She's never quite satisfied. The 26-year-old American won the 800-freestyle on Sat...
Jul 29, 2023