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Even on easier Ocean Course, low scores elusive at PGA
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - The wind was more manageable at Kiawah Island on Saturday, there were plenty of friendly hole locations and Pete Dye's punishing seaside track still wasn't set up to play it...
May 22, 2021

Killorn, Kucherov pace Lightning's 6-2 rout of Panthers
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The sight of Nikita Kucherov crumpled to the ice in pain left a sour taste in the mouths of the Tampa Bay Lightning. The reigning Stanley Cup champions beat the Florida Panthers 6-2...
May 22, 2021

Dua Lipa blasts group that condemned her for Mideast stance
NEW YORK (AP) - Singer Dua Lipa is blasting an organization that paid for a full-page ad in The New York Times that called her antisemitic for her support of Palestinians, saying it used her name "sha...
May 22, 2021

Volcano erupts near Congolese city of Goma; residents flee
GOMA, Congo (AP) - Congo's Mount Nyiragongo erupted for the first time in nearly two decades Saturday, turning the night sky a fiery red and sending lava onto a major highway as panicked residents tri...
May 22, 2021

Advance Polls open for Métis Nation-SK Election
Advance Polls for the Mtis Nation-SK Election open on Saturday in select communities across the until 8 p.m. Polls will also be open on Election Day from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on May 29. Polls will be set ...
May 22, 2021

14,801 COVID-19 vaccines given; 180 new cases, 2 new deaths
An additional 14,801 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 645,384. The 14,801 doses of COVID-19 vaccine repo...
May 22, 2021

Cloistered nuns get vaccinated to do their 'duty as citizens' and neighbours
MONTREAL - Cloistered nuns in Montreal's Carmelite monastery lined up to complete their COVID-19 vaccinations yesterday. Inside a 125-year-old convent in the city's Plateau neighbourhood, 11 sisters -...
May 22, 2021

More than half of Canadians have now received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose
MONTREAL - More than 50 per cent of Canadians have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Data compiled from provincial and territorial health authorities shows that more than 20.6 mill...
May 22, 2021

Canada's Shapovalov loses to Ruud of Norway in Geneva Open final
GENEVA - Denis Shapovalov might have lost final of the Geneva Open, but the Canadian said his solid week set him up nicely for the red clay courts of the French Open in less than two weeks. The No. 2 ...
May 22, 2021

Canada's 50 per cent vaccine milestone a psychological boost to keep going: experts
Raywat Deonandan is feeling more hopeful these days, and he's noticed a renewed optimism in many of his epidemiology and infectious disease colleagues. After months of observing negative COVID-19 tren...
May 22, 2021