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Canada Soccer bullish on future, Herdman says we're going to 2022 World Cup
TORONTO - On a day when the Canadian Soccer Association unveiled its 2019-21 strategic plan with slick videos and speeches, Canada men's coach John Herdman got straight to the point. World Cup, here w...
Feb 11, 2019
National youth policy a matter of 'managing expectations'
OTTAWA - Three years after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised a national youth policy, the federal government is still trying to determine what it should include. Trudeau appointed himself the min...
Feb 11, 2019
Muyres and Marsh brothers heading to 2019 Brier
There will be some local flair at this year's Tim Hortons Brier in Brandon, Manitoba.St. Gregor, Saskatchewan's own Kirk Muyres won the SaskTel Tankard in Whitewood and will be joined by his brother D...
Feb 11, 2019
'Linsanity' revisited - A look at Jeremy Lin's brief time as a basketball phenomenon
TORONTO - For at least part of one season, Jeremy Lin might have been the most popular player in the NBA. Starting the 2011-12 campaign as a deep bench player sleeping on his brother's couch, he led a...
Feb 11, 2019
More immigrants sue US over end to protected status
Immigrants from Honduras and Nepal have filed a lawsuit alleging the Trump administration unfairly ended a program that lets them live and work in the United States. The lawsuit filed late Sunday in f...
Feb 11, 2019
Trost, Tories, settle leadership dispute over leak of membership list
OTTAWA - The federal Conservative party has cleared Saskatchewan MP Brad Trost's leadership campaign over a leak of the party's membership list to the National Firearms Association ...
Feb 11, 2019
Stone scores twice against hometown team, Senators topple Jets 5-2
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators received a bit of a morale boost by beating one of the best teams in the league. Winnipeg native Mark Stone scored twice to lead the Senators to a 5-2 victory ov...
Feb 11, 2019
Bezos probe concludes mistress' brother was Enquirer source
WASHINGTON - Private investigators working for Jeff Bezos have determined the brother of the Amazon CEO's mistress leaked the couple's intimate text messages to the National Enquirer. That's according...
Feb 11, 2019
Minister of Sport hints at big changes for handling of abuse cases
TORONTO - There could be a major shift in the way sexual abuse and harassment cases are handled in Canadian amateur sport. Kirsty Duncan, Canada's Minister of Science, Sport and People with Disabiliti...
Feb 11, 2019
PBS' 'Finding Your Roots' looks into political leaders' past
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., hopes this season of his popular PBS series "Finding Your Roots" helps a divided U.S. see how all Americans have unique family links and how...
Feb 11, 2019