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'It's an enormous game': Whitecaps relish chance to take on TFC in CanChamps final
VANCOUVER - When the Vancouver Whitecaps next take the field, it will be for the club's most important game in years, says head coach Vanni Sartini. The 'Caps have a chance to hoist the Voyageurs Cup ...
Jul 25, 2022
Quebecer Émile-Antoine Roy-Sirois, code name 'Beaver,' dies on front lines in Ukraine
MONTREAL - mile-Antoine Roy-Sirois, a 31-year-old Quebecer who recently died in Ukraine fighting Russian forces, volunteered on the front lines because he wanted to protect innocent women and children...
Jul 25, 2022
Man charged with killing Muslim family in London, Ont., to be tried elsewhere
LONDON, Ont. - The trial of a man facing terror-related murder charges in the deaths of four members of a Muslim family in London, Ont., will be held in a different city. An Ontario judge ruled Monday...
Jul 25, 2022
Anand calls out 'desecration' after Tomb of the Unknown Solider draped with flags
OTTAWA - The federal government is facing fresh calls to boost security at the National War Memorial after images surfaced showing someone draping flags on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Pictures an...
Jul 25, 2022
Toronto midfielder Michael Bradley named MLS player of the week
NEW YORK - Toronto FC midfielder Michael Bradley has been named the Major League Soccer's player of the week for his two-goal performance in a 4-0 win over Charlotte FC on Saturday. Bradley scored the...
Jul 25, 2022
Dubois denies making trade request, says Montreal comments 'blown out of proportion'
WINNIPEG - Pierre-Luc Dubois says he never asked the Winnipeg Jets for a trade and comments that he wants to play in Montreal were blown out of proportion. The five-year NHL forward spoke with the med...
Jul 25, 2022
MLB players' union rejects international draft proposal
NEW YORK (AP) - The players' association rejected what Major League Baseball called its final offer for an international draft, a move that will keep direct draft-pick compensation in place for free a...
Jul 25, 2022
Feds seek dental care program ideas from industry, no details on shape it will take
OTTAWA - The federal government has asked the private sector to weigh in on how companies could play a role in Canada's national dental care plan. The Liberals set aside $5.3 billion over the next fiv...
Jul 25, 2022
Flames' newest faces Huberdeau, Weegar 'excited' for season following shock of trade
CALGARY - With the initial shock having finally subsided after learning late that they had been traded from the Florida Panthers to Calgary , Jonathan Huberdeau and MacKenzie Weegar are ready to get s...
Jul 25, 2022
David Trimble, architect of N Ireland peace deal, dies at 77
LONDON (AP) - David Trimble, a former Northern Ireland first minister who won the Nobel Peace Prize for playing a key role in helping end Northern Ireland's decades of violence, has died, the Ulster U...
Jul 25, 2022