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Montreal’s unhoused try out for team Canada ahead of Homeless World Cup tournament
MONTREAL - Fabrice Mugabe passes the ball beyond the opposition defender to Jean-Philippe Dur, who strikes it into the gloves of the goalkeeper, an intervention worker at the Montreal homeless shelter...
Jan 25, 2025
Australian Open: Keys upsets 2-time champion Sabalenka in women's final for 1st Grand Slam title
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Madison Keys of the United States upset two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in the Australian Open final on Saturday night to collect her f...
Jan 25, 2025
Montreal’s unhoused try out for team Canada ahead of Homeless World Cup tournament
MONTREAL - Fabrice Mugabe passes the ball beyond the opposition defender to Jean-Philippe Dur, who strikes it into the gloves of the goalkeeper, an intervention worker at the Montreal homeless shelter...
Jan 25, 2025
Trump's sweeping pardon of rioters highlights differences in U.S., Canadian systems
OTTAWA - In one of his first acts upon taking office Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned or moved to dismiss the cases of some 1,500 people charged in the Capitol riots of Jan. 6, 2021. The s...
Jan 25, 2025
Australian Open: Keys upsets 2-time champion Sabalenka in women's final for 1st Grand Slam title
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Madison Keys of the United States upset two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in the Australian Open final on Saturday night to collect her f...
Jan 25, 2025
Hamas hands over 4 Israeli hostages to the Red Cross as part of ceasefire deal
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas militants have handed over four female Israeli soldiers to the Red Cross after parading them in front of a crowd in Gaza City. Television footage showed the hand...
Jan 25, 2025
Yemen's Houthi rebels unilaterally release 153 war detainees, Red Cross says
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Yemen's Houthi rebels unilaterally released 153 war detainees Saturday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. They had signaled Friday night they planne...
Jan 25, 2025
Bill Wilson, father of former cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, dies
Bill Wilson, a hereditary chief and the father of former cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, has died. Wilson-Raybould announced his death on social media, saying her father's life was "one of lead...
Jan 24, 2025
Cole Perfetti registers first NHL hat trick as Winnipeg Jets down Utah 5-2
WINNIPEG - Cole Perfetti scored three goals - his first NHL hat trick -- to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-2 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Friday night. Nikolaj Ehlers, who had three points to r...
Jan 24, 2025
U.S. speedskating star Jordan Stolz continues dominance, wins 1,500 metres in Calgary
CALGARY - American speedskating star Jordan Stolz won the men's 1,500 metres race at Calgary's World Cup event Friday night. A six-time world champion at the age of 20, Stolz set a track record of one...
Jan 24, 2025