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Canada blanks St. Vincent and the Grenadines 4-0 n CONCACAF U-20 qualifying play
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad And Tobago - Tavio Ciccarelli scored three goals to help Canada defeat St. Vincent and the Grenadines 4-0 on Sunday and improve to 2-0-0 in CONCACAF Under-20 Championship quali...
Feb 25, 2024

Toronto FC shows signs of new life in scoreless draw in season opener at Cincinnati
CINCINNATI - Toronto FC, showing signs of new life under coach John Herdman, gave supporters something to cheer about in a 0-0 draw with FC Cincinnati in the teams' MLS season opener Sunday. The game ...
Feb 25, 2024

Jennifer Jones beats Kate Cameron in Hearts semifinal, faces Homan for title
CALGARY - Jennifer Jones will face Rachel Homan in the Canadian women's curling championship final. Jones defeated fellow-Manitoban Kate Cameron 12-7 in the semifinal Sunday to advance to the evening'...
Feb 25, 2024

Canadian Brittany Phelan wins her first women's ski cross World Cup gold medal
REITERALM, AUSTRIA - Canadian Brittany Phelan finally has her first women's ski cross World Cup gold medal. Phelan, 32, finished first in the women's final Sunday. The Canadian has been competing in W...
Feb 25, 2024

Freeland pledges pharmacare deal won't jeopardize federal finances
WARSAW, Poland - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says pharmacare will not jeopardize Canada's fiscal standing as the federal government intends to abide by the spending rules it pledged in the fall...
Feb 25, 2024

Liverpool beats Chelsea 1-0 to win the English League Cup
LONDON (AP) - Virgil van Dijk headed Liverpool to a record-extending 10th English League Cup title by securing a 1-0 win against Chelsea at Wembley on Sunday. The center back's header in the 28th minu...
Feb 25, 2024

Quebec City police make four arrests linked to violent conflict between crime groups
Quebec City police say four more people have been arrested in connection with a series of police operations targeting a violent conflict between criminal groups. Police say three men and one woman, ag...
Feb 25, 2024

Vancouver firefighter recovering abroad after losing leg to 'flesh-eating' infection
VANCOUVER - An assistant fire chief with Vancouver Fire Rescue Services is recovering in a Hong Kong hospital after contracting an infection commonly known as flesh-eating disease, forcing the amputat...
Feb 25, 2024

'A white man's war': Calgary military museum focuses on Black Canadian soldiers
CALGARY - Oral Virtue first met Newfoundland-based Canadian soldiers as a child growing up in Jamaica, never forgetting their friendliness, openness and the way they spoke this "funky foreign language...
Feb 25, 2024

Canadian women's rugby 7s squad to compete in semifinals at HSBC SVNS
VANCOUVER - The Canadian women's rugby sevens squad will have a shot at a medal on Sunday in the HSBC SVNS tournament at B.C. Place. Canada edged the United States 12-10 in quarterfinal action to secu...
Feb 25, 2024