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Gorman hits 2 homers in St. Louis' 9-4 win over Toronto
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Nolan Gorman hit a pair of two-run homers - including a first-inning blast that capped off a three-homer inning - and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-4 on Sunday....
Apr 02, 2023
Canada's Gushue rolls to 8-2 victory over New Zealand's Hood at men's curling worlds
OTTAWA - Canada's Brad Gushue needed only seven ends to complete an 8-2 rout of New Zealand's Anton Hood on Sunday at the world men's curling championship. Gushue opened with a deuce and made a hit fo...
Apr 02, 2023
Finland's center-right party claims win in tight election
HELSINKI (AP) - Finland's center-right National Coalition Party claimed victory with 94.2% of votes counted in Sunday's extremely tight three-way parliamentary race, appearing to beat the ruling Socia...
Apr 02, 2023
Raptors inch closer to securing spot in play-in tournament
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Pascal Siakam scored 36 points, Fred VanVleet added 20 points and a career-high 20 assists and the Toronto Raptors beat the undermanned Charlotte Hornets 128-108 on Sunday to in...
Apr 02, 2023
Potter fired by Chelsea after 6 months in charge
LONDON (AP) - Chelsea has fired manager Graham Potter with the club languishing in the middle of the Premier League standings despite spending around $630 million on players in the last two transfer w...
Apr 02, 2023
Inquiry into N.S. killings calls for bold change to tackle family violence 'epidemic'
OTTAWA - The public inquiry into the April 2020 shootings in Nova Scotia is calling for an overhaul of the way society handles the "epidemic" of gender-based, intimate-partner and family violence. In ...
Apr 02, 2023
Legislation for physician assistants introduced in Saskatchewan
In a bid to help heal Saskatchewan's limping health-care system, the province's health minister has introduced legislation to allow physician assistants to practice in Saskatchewan."This is another to...
Apr 02, 2023
Explosion in Russian cafe kills prominent military blogger
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - An explosion tore through a cafe in Russia's second-largest city Sunday, killing a prominent military blogger who had supported the fighting in Ukraine and was speaking at a p...
Apr 02, 2023
Man United stumbles at Newcastle, top-4 EPL spot not assured
It wasn't long ago that Manchester United was being talked up, somewhat optimistically, as a potential outsider for the Premier League title. Now, even a top-four finish is looking far from assured fo...
Apr 02, 2023
For want of a pipeline: Canadian LNG should power low-carbon revolution, report says
WASHINGTON - As the world struggles to find the right balance between a carbon-free future and a present that still runs on fossil fuels, Canada could be leveraging its natural-gas riches to help fuel...
Apr 02, 2023