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Sarah, the Duchess of York, diagnosed with malignant melanoma found during breast cancer treatment
LONDON (AP) – Sarah, the Duchess of York, has been diagnosed with a malignant skin cancer that was discovered during her treatment for breast cancer, a spokesperson said. The melanoma was found after several moles were removed while she was undergoing reconstructive surgery after a mastectomy. Doctors are analyzing it to see if it was ... Read More »
Marlena Shaw, ‘California Soul’ singer, dead at 81
Marlena Shaw, the jazz and R&B vocalist whose “California Soul” was one of the defining soul songs of the late 1960s, has died. She was 81. Shaw’s daughter, Marla Bradshaw, announced the singer’s death Friday in a video posted on Facebook. A cause of death was not given. “It’s with a very heavy heart for ... Read More »
Flames forward Dillon Dube on indefinite leave to attend to mental health
Calgary Flames forward Dillon Dube has been granted an indefinite leave to attend to his mental health, the team announced Sunday. The 25-year-old from Golden, B.C., is under the care of professionals, the Flames said in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter. Dube was not in Calgary’s lineup for Saturday’s 3-1 loss to ... Read More »
Flames winger Dillon Dube on indefinite leave to attend to mental health
Calgary Flames winger Dillon Dube is on an indefinite leave from the team to attend his mental health. The 25-year-old from Golden, B.C., is under the care of professionals, the club says. Dube was not in Calgary’s lineup for Saturday’s 3-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers at the Saddledome. Dube was a second-round pick of ... Read More »
Ottawa’s Rideau Canal Skateway reopens after last year’s historic closure
OTTAWA – After almost two years, and a few extra hours of waiting, Ottawa’s iconic Rideau Canal has officially reopened to skaters. The skateway’s return comes after last year’s unseasonal warmth kept it closed for the entire winter for the first time in its history. Shortly before the reopening, the National Capital Commission delayed the ... Read More »
Dricus Du Plessis wins middleweight title after gruelling war of attrition at UFC 297
TORONTO – Middleweight champion Sean Strickland and challenger Dricus (Stillknocks) Du Plessis had promised their UFC 297 showdown would be a war. “To the death,” crowed Strickland before the fight. It didn’t reach that stage, fortunately. But Du Plessis (21-2-0) arrived at the post-fight news conference early Sunday morning on crutches and with his right ... Read More »
‘Mean Girls’ fetches $11.7M in second weekend to stay No. 1 at box office
NEW YORK (AP) – On a quiet weekend in movie theaters, “Mean Girls” repeated atop the box office with $11.7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, while a handful of awards contenders sought to make an impact ahead of Oscar nominations Tuesday. With a dearth of new releases in cinemas, Paramount Pictures’ ... Read More »
Canada’s Dabrowski advances to women’s doubles quarters at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia – Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe moved on to the women’s doubles quarterfinals on Sunday. The duo defeated China’s Xinyu Jiang and Hanyu Guo 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 in third-round action. Dabrowski and Routliffe led the way with four aces, while holding their opponents to none. The fourth seeds also had ... Read More »
German skier Strasser takes Kitzbuehel slalom for 1st win in 2 years. Feller leads season standings
KITZBUEHEL, Austria (AP) – German skier Linus Strasser got down on his knees and kissed the snow on an Austrian slope he has known since he was a child, with his wife Maria and their one-year-old daughter watching from the stands. Returning to the place where he learned to ski as a young boy, Strasser ... Read More »
Shiffrin gets career win 95 in first World Cup slalom after season-ending injury for rival Vlhova
JASNA, Slovakia (AP) – Mikaela Shiffrin earned her record-extending career win 95 by triumphing in a women’s World Cup slalom Sunday, a day after the American ski star’s main rival sustained a season-ending injury. In the first race without Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova, Shiffrin edged out Croatian teenager Zrinka Ljutic by 0.14 seconds. Sweden’s ... Read More »
U.S. gun crime, health insurance woes scare off Canadian diplomats, union says
OTTAWA – The union that represents Canadian diplomats abroad says Global Affairs Canada should consider boosting compensation for those posted to the United States because they face increased risk of gun crime and difficulty accessing health care. Pamela Isfeld, head of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers, suggested that Ottawa’s appraisals of security threats ... Read More »
