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Red Sox turn it on late to send Blue Jays to fourth straight pre-season loss
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Nathan Hickey hit the go-ahead RBI single followed by a run of his own later in the eighth inning as the Boston Red Sox handed the Toronto Blue Jays their fourth straight pre-season loss on Sunday, 3-1. Lucas Luetge (1-0) struck out two batters and walked one in the eighth inning ... Read More »
Insigne scores with audacious chip as Toronto FC finally wins on the road
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Lorenzo Insigne scored with an audacious chip and Toronto FC hung on to defeat the New England Revolution 1-0 on Sunday for its first MLS victory away from home since Aug. 27, 2022, when it won 2-1 at Charlotte FC. Having started the season with a scoreless draw at FC Cincinnati, Toronto ... Read More »
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark breaks Pete Maravich’s NCAA Division I scoring record
Caitlin Clark stood alone at the free throw line on Sunday and made the foul shots that left her standing alone atop the all-time NCAA Division I scoring chart. The flash and pizzazz of her game have made her the biggest name in all of college basketball. Yet it was two free throws after a ... Read More »
Toronto Police reviewing protest that prompted cancellation of PM’s reception
Toronto Police say they are reviewing whether illegal activity occurred during a protest on Saturday that led to the cancellation of a reception hosted by the Prime Minister for a visiting G-7 leader. The event at the Art Gallery of Ontario was meant to cap off a day of meetings between Justin Trudeau and Italian ... Read More »
Montreal winter second-warmest on record, Environment Canada says
MONTREAL – Environment Canada says the 2023-2024 winter season in Montreal was the second-warmest since record-keeping began in 1871. Meteorologist Gregory Yang says the mean temperatures for December, January and February were each approximately four degrees warmer than usual. He said the city experienced a record-breaking high of 14.9 degrees on Feb. 27, and the ... Read More »
Canada’s Zsombor-Murray, Wiens place fifth in 10-metre synchro at diving World Cup
MONTREAL – Paris Olympics-bound Canadians Nathan Zsombor-Murray and Rylan Wiens placed fifth in the men’s 10-metre synchronized competition Sunday at the World Aquatics Diving World Cup. Zsombor-Murray, from Pointe-Claire, Que., and Wiens, from Pike Lake, Sask., held on to second place through four rounds of the six-leg event before losing pace on their fifth dive, ... Read More »
Alberta’s Bottcher remains unbeaten at Brier with win over Scoffin
REGINA – Alberta’s Brendan Bottcher improved to 2-0 at the Canadian men’s curling championship with an 8-3 win over Yukon’s Thomas Scoffin on Sunday morning. Scoffin made it a 2-2 game in the fourth end, with neither side scoring in the fifth. But Bottcher picked up three points in both the sixth and the ninth ... Read More »
A Supreme Court decision could come Monday in a case about barring Trump from the 2024 ballot
WASHINGTON (AP) – A Supreme Court decision could come as soon as Monday in the case about whether former President Donald Trump can be kicked off the ballot over his efforts to undo his defeat in the 2020 election. Trump is challenging a groundbreaking decision by the Colorado Supreme Court that said he is disqualified ... Read More »
Canada sanctions more Russian officials in response to death of opposition leader
OTTAWA – Canada’s foreign affairs minister has announced another round of sanctions against the Russian government, which she says are in response to last month’s death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Russia’s “continued gross and systematic violations of human rights.” Mélanie Joly announced the sanctions in a statement released early Sunday morning, which ... Read More »
Paris Fashion Week: Valentino puts on opulent study in black, as McGirr unveils McQueen debut
PARIS (AP) – The gilded salons of a grand 18th-century townhouse were the hallowed venue for Valentino’s latest fashion display on Sunday ““ an ode to black. This monochromatic collection gleamed and glistened under crystal chandeliers amid myriad textures and materials, inspired by great artists such as the French master of black, Pierre Soulages Moons ... Read More »
‘Dune: Part Two’ brings spice power to the box office with $81.5 million debut
Movie theaters were looking for a savoir and ” Dune: Part Two “ is delivering on the promise. Armed with sandworms, big screen spectacle and the star power of Timothée Chalamet, Denis Villeneuve ‘s science fiction epic stormed the North American box office this weekend earning $81.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates ... Read More »
