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Sartini expects tougher road ahead for Whitecaps as MLS playoffs approach
VANCOUVER - After making it look easy the last few games, head coach Vanni Sartini expects things will get harder for the Vancouver Whitecaps as the race for the Major League Soccer playoffs heats up....
Jul 19, 2024

Sports minister Qualtrough announces new Ministerial Athlete Advisory Committee
OTTAWA - Sports minister Carla Qualtrough announced Friday a group of 14 Canadian athletes who will form a Ministerial Athlete Advisory Committee. Gymnast Ellie Black of Halifax, who's heading to her ...
Jul 19, 2024

Canada's Auger-Aliassime loses to Berrettini in Swiss Open quarterfinals
GSTAAD, SWITZERLAND - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated from the Swiss Open clay-court tennis tournament with a 7-6 (9), 7-6 (2) quarterfinal loss to Italy's Matteo Berrettini on Friday....
Jul 19, 2024

Five things to know about Quebec's unique, two-week-long construction holiday
MONTREAL - It's one of Quebec's many idiosyncrasies that in the dog days of summer, when everyone wishes they were on holiday, virtually the entire construction industry and a good chunk of the rest o...
Jul 19, 2024

Toronto flood insurance claims could be 'significant but manageable': ratings agency
TORONTO - Morningstar DBRS says insurance claims caused by the Toronto flood earlier this week could be "significant but manageable" for insurers. The credit rating agency says the insurance industry ...
Jul 19, 2024

CAMP delivers five-day music program for tri-community youth
Participants of the Community Arts Mentorship Program's (CAMP) Youth Music Camp showcased to family and friends on Thursday everything they had learned in the five days the camp ran. "We started progr...
Jul 19, 2024

Bangladesh security forces fire bullets and sound grenades as protests over government jobs escalate
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Police and security officials in Bangladesh fired bullets and tear gas at protesters Friday and banned all gatherings in the capital as internet and mobile services were cut o...
Jul 19, 2024

More than 250 wildfires in B.C. as hot and dry weather persists
More than 250 wildfires are burning in British Columbia as much of the province continues to bake under a heat wave that is expected to last into next week. Cliff Chapman with the BC Wildfire Service ...
Jul 19, 2024

Pogacar moves closer to a 3rd Tour de France title after dominant win in the mountains
Tadej Pogacar took a giant step closer to clinching a third Tour de France title after winning another tough mountain stage on Friday, pulling away from Jonas Vingegaard to move five minutes ahead of ...
Jul 19, 2024

Two men shot dead in Montreal, the city's 19th and 20th homicides in 2024
MONTREAL - Montreal police have opened a homicide investigation after two men in their 30s were gunned down early Friday in the city's St-Michel neighbourhood. Police were alerted to gunshots on 25th ...
Jul 19, 2024