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Quebec votes: Quebecers head to the polls for province's general election
MONTREAL - Quebecers are heading to the polls today after a five-week provincial election campaign dominated by issues such as immigration, the environment and the rising cost of living. Polls have su...
Oct 03, 2022
Sex workers challenging criminal laws in court, citing Charter violation
OTTAWA - An alliance of sex worker rights groups is in Ontario Superior Court today asking for several sections of the Criminal Code to be deemed unconstitutional. The Canadian Alliance for Sex Work L...
Oct 03, 2022
Nobel panel to announce winner of medicine prize
STOCKHOLM (AP) - The winner, or winners, of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will be announced Monday at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Among the researchers who may be honore...
Oct 03, 2022
Hughes wins Sanderson Farms with birdie on 2nd playoff hole
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Whether it was sheer confidence or remarkable resilience, Mackenzie Hughes never doubted he would win the Sanderson Farms Championship. He just never imagined how it would unfold...
Oct 02, 2022
Dominant Raptors feed off crowd to beat Jazz 114-82 in pre-season debut
EDMONTON - The Toronto Raptors opened their exhibition season on Sunday by being simply dominant in their Canadian home away from home. Pre-season or not, holding an NBA team - even one that is in reb...
Oct 02, 2022
Canadian Mackenzie Hughes wins Sanderson Farms Championship in two-hole playoff
JACKSON, Miss. - Mackenzie Hughes of Hamilton, Ont. and Sepp Straka of Vienna, Austria battled in an intense playoff Sunday at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi. Both golfers fi...
Oct 02, 2022
Canada's Shapovalov loses in straight sets to Japan's Nishioka in Korea Open final
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Canada's Denis Shapovalov fell just short of capping off a strong week with a title as he lost 6-4, 7-6 (5) to Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka in the Korea Open final on Sunday....
Oct 02, 2022
Hernandez helps Jays top Red Sox 6-3; Toronto sweeps Boston as post-season approaches
TORONTO - Whit Merrifield has never played in Major League Baseball's post-season but as the playoffs approach for the Toronto Blue Jays he knows one thing: his team is eager to get started. Teoscar H...
Oct 02, 2022
Charley Hull wins in Texas to end 6 years without LPGA title
THE COLONY, Texas (AP) - Charley Hull put a little extra time into putting practice and it paid off for her in a big way Sunday when she ran off four birdies on the back nine for a 7-under 64 to win T...
Oct 02, 2022
Senator calls for answers from RCMP over actions prior to mass stabbing
A Saskatchewan senator is demanding answers from the RCMP.Denise Batters called on the Senate leader to demand Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government have the RCMP answer questions surroundi...
Oct 02, 2022