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Marco Estrada pitched eight efficient innings, Josh Donaldson homered twice among his four hits and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 7-2 on Saturday night. Minnesota’s loss clinched the AL Central for the Cleveland Indians and gave teams a chance to gain on the Twins for the final AL wild card. Minnesota entered […]

Tony Tchani scored the equalizer against his former team in second-half stoppage time as the Vancouver Whitecaps tied the Columbus Crew 2-2 on Saturday. Fredy Montero also scored for the host Whitecaps (13-9-6). Kekuta Manneh, who was traded by Vancouver to Columbus for Tchani in March, scored and set up Ola Kamara’s goal for the […]

Substitute Abu Danladi scored in the 89th minute as Minnesota United dealt the Montreal Impact’s playoff hopes a body blow with a 3-2 victory before a sellout crowd of 20,801 at Saputo Stadium on Saturday night. Blerim Dzemaili put Montreal ahead 2-1 in the 55th minute but Christain Ramirez responded in the 68th and Danladi […]

There’s something about the Ricoh Woodbine Mile that definitely agrees with jockey John Velazquez. Velazquez rode 2/1 favourite World Approval to an easy 2 1/2-length win in the $800,000 turf race Saturday evening at Woodbine Racetrack. It was a record fifth victory for Velazquez in the event. “That’s awesome,” Velazquez said. “I guess this race […]Read More

The Calgary Stampeders extended their win streak at home to six in a row this season with a 27-13 win over the B.C. Lions on Saturday. The Stampeders (10-1-1) haven’t lost a regular-season game at home since 2015 for a run of 16 games without a loss at McMahon Stadium. Calgary gained more separation atop […]

Canada’s foreign affairs minister says the government is very concerned about the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and plans to speak up on their behalf. Chrystia Freeland says both she and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plan to “focus” on the issue at next week’s United Nations General Assembly in New York. She did not […]Read More

Palestine’s Hamas group has agreed to talks with rival Fatah movement, to dissolve the Gaza administrative committee and hold general elections as a way to implement a deal to end their long-running feud, the group said in a statement on Sunday. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Western-backed Palestine Authority, controlled by Fatah, fought a war with […]

Gennady Golovkin retained his middleweight titles Saturday night, fighting to a draw with Canelo Alvarez in a brutal battle that ended with both fighters with their hands aloft in victory. The middleweight showdown lived up to its hype as the two fighters traded huge punches and went after each other for 12 rounds. Neither fighter […]

IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY You will be a fighter for truth and justice over the coming 12 months. It won’t matter to you that the odds are against you or that powerful people try to stop you, it matters only that you insist on speaking the truth, and living it too. ARIES (March 21 […]

Comments Share via email Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on LinkedIn Print Richard Shimooka is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad. David McDonough is deputy editor at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and a research fellow at Dalhousie University’s Centre for the Study of Security and Development. On […]Read More

The Cleveland Indians can return to clinching their division and playoff preparations. Their historic winning streak is, well, history. Cleveland had its AL record run stopped at 22 straight games on Friday night as the Indians were beaten 4-3 by the Kansas City Royals, who became the first team to conquer the defending league champions […]