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Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime withdraws from Italian Open tennis tournament
ROME - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime withdrew from Italian Open tennis tournament Saturday. Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, was slated to face Braziian Thiago Seyboth Wild on Saturday. No reason was gi...
May 10, 2025
Stuart Skinner replaces injured Calvin Pickard as Oilers' starter for Game 3
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers switched goaltenders for Game 3 of their playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights with Stuart Skinner replacing Calvin Pickard. Pickard, who took over as Edmonton...
May 10, 2025
Canadians could stay visa-free longer in U.S. under proposed bill
Canadian snowbirds could stay longer in the United States without a visa if a bill recently proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law. The bipartisan bill put forward by Reps. Elise St...
May 10, 2025
Canada downs Slovenia 4-0 to open world men's hockey championship event
STOCKHOLM - Bo Horvat scored twice while Dylan Garand stopped 11 shots as Canada defeated Slovenia 4-0 on Saturday in its first game of the world hockey championship. Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and t...
May 10, 2025
Canadian under-20 women's rugby team downs Ireland 26-15 in first of two-match series
DUBLIN - The Canadian under-20 women's rugby team ran in four tries en route to a 26-15 win over Ireland on Saturday. Ava Ference, Amber Edgerton, Fiona Day and Ivy Poetker scored tries for Canada whi...
May 10, 2025
Pope Leo XIV lays out his vision and identifies AI as a main challenge for humanity
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV made a surprise visit Saturday to a sanctuary south of Rome that is dedicated to the Madonna. Italy's TV2000 showed images of residents in the town of Genazzano gather...
May 10, 2025
An earthquake of 4.1 preliminary magnitude has been reported in Tennessee and was felt in Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) - An earthquake of 4.1 preliminary magnitude was reported Saturday morning in Tennessee and was felt in Atlanta, Georgia, and western North Carolina, according to the U.S. Geological Surv...
May 10, 2025
Edmonton Stingers and Calgary Surge renew Alberta rivalry to start CEBL season
An intra-provincial rivalry will kick off the 2025 Canadian Elite Basketball League season. The Edmonton Stingers will host the Calgary Surge in the first CEBL game of the year on Sunday. Stingers gua...
May 10, 2025
Jets star defenceman returns to play key role in Winnipeg's Game 2 win over Dallas
WINNIPEG - Josh Morrissey expanded his role for the Winnipeg Jets in Friday's key 4-0 victory over the Dallas Stars. The star defenceman drew a penalty that led to Winnipeg's first goal, assisted on i...
May 10, 2025
Ottawa looks to off-load costly, seldom-used mobile hospitals bought for the pandemic
OTTAWA - The federal government expects to spend about $7 million this fiscal year to store and maintain four custom-made, portable hospitals that cost taxpayers more than $200 million to buy - facili...
May 10, 2025