When the contraceptive pill first became available in the US, women weren’t warned of possible side effects, such as heart attacks and blood clots. It took around a decade before anything was done. In her 1969 book The Doctor’s Case Against The Pilljournalist and activist Barbara Seaman collected testimonies from women who had long experienced … Read more
Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo advanced to the second round of qualifying at the Madrid Open tennis tournament with a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 win over American Nicolas Moreno De Alboran on Monday. The 23-year-old Diallo, seeded third in the qualifying tournament for the ATP Masters clay-court event, had nine aces to Moreno de Alboran’s one. The six-foot-eight … Read more
Canada’s Denis Shapovalov reached the third round of men’s singles at the Miami Open while Leylah Fernandez was ousted in the third round of women’s singles in the tennis tournament Saturday. Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., battled through a 6-3, 6-7(1), 7-6(3) win over Argentina’s Thiago Tirante that lasted just under two hours 25 minutes. … Read more
Canada’s Rachel Homan topped South Korea’s Gim Eun-ji 6-5 in an extra end on Saturday in the semifinals of the women’s curling world championship in Uijeongbu, China. The Canadians will face Switzerland for gold on Sunday in a rematch of last year’s final, which saw Homan deny Swiss skip Silvana Tirinzoni’s bid for a fifth straight world title with a 7-5 win … Read more
Marty Makary is one step closer to becoming the head of the Food and Drug Administration. On March 13, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted to advance Makary’s nomination to the full Senate. It is likely that he will be approved because he received Democratic support in Thursday’s vote, with Senate committee … Read more
Canada’s Denis Shapovalov advanced to the third of the Indian Wells tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Australia’s Adam Walton on Saturday. The Richmond Hill, Ont., native went 5-for-6 on his break point opportunities and won 67 per cent of his first-serve points. Shapovalov held Walton to just two break point conversions on … Read more
Canada advanced to the playoffs at the wheelchair curling world championship with a 9-3 win over Italy in its final round-robin game Thursday in Stevenston, Scotland. The Canadian squad skipped by Gil Dash of Wolseley, Sask., put the game away with four points in the sixth end. Canada needed the win in the final draw after … Read more
Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Quentin Halys of France Friday 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 and will play Saturday for a third ATP tournament win in a row. Source link
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime pulled out a 7-6 (7), 6-7 (4), 6-3 win over Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik in opening-round action on Tuesday at the Dubai Tennis Championships. The Montreal native had eight aces to five double faults and won 77 per cent of his first-serve points. He broke on three of his 17 opportunities in the … Read more
Canada’s senior men’s basketball team endured a 90-minute delay at the start of the game, and then worked through a couple on-court issues of their own before dropping a 98-94 decision to Mexico on Monday in a FIBA Men’s AmeriCup qualifier game in San Luis Potosi City. Despite the loss, Canada still finished first in Pool … Read more
