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CF Montréal acquires Canadian defender Edwards from LA Galaxy
MONTREAL - CF Montral has acquired Canadian defender Raheem Edwards from the Los Angeles Galaxy in return for US$400,000 in general allocation money next year. The 28-year-old Edwards had two goals an...
Dec 11, 2023
‘Not true reconciliation:’ FSIN reacts to federal bill on water
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is not impressed with new federal legislation on clean water.The Canadian government announced Bill C-61, the proposed First Nations Clean Water A...
Dec 11, 2023
North Battleford's Healey lands spot on Baseball Canada's winter roster
Heather Healey remembers the moment she knew she would be a pitcher.It was during a game in St. Johns, Newfoundland when the girl - about seven or eight-year-old - stepped up onto the mound. This came...
Dec 11, 2023
New app helps active women understand menstrual cycle for best possible training
When Olympic swimmer Allison Schmitt was 20 years old, doctors advised her to have an intrauterine device implanted to help with her anemia. A naturally inquisitive person, she said that the only ques...
Dec 11, 2023
Macklin Celebrini turning heads at Canada's world junior camp: 'He's already a pro'
OAKVILLE, Ont. - Macklin Celebrini arrived as a bit of an unknown. Sure, his fellow invitees at Canada's selection camp for the 2024 world junior hockey championship had seen the highlights and heard ...
Dec 11, 2023
'You never want to give up': Paralympic swimmer Diehl shines in pool despite injury
Paralympic swimmer Ali Diehl didn't let a wrist injury stop her from competing at the Ken Demchuk International Para Swimming Championships in Surrey, B.C. earlier this month.Diehl, who was born in Sa...
Dec 11, 2023
Police say person took loaded gun into Ibrahim Ali murder trial: lawyer
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Ibrahim Ali in his first-degree murder trial says police told him a person close to the proceeding brought a handgun into the Vancouver courtroom on Friday with "intent to kil...
Dec 11, 2023
1 in 5 players at Women's World Cup abused online, FIFA says
ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) - Players at the Women's World Cup were 29% more likely to receive online abuse than those at the men's tournament in 2022, said a report published on Monday. One in five play...
Dec 11, 2023
Toronto Argonauts re-sign veteran offensive lineman Isiah Cage
The CFL's Toronto Argonauts have re-signed American offensive lineman Isiah Cage. The six-foot-five, 313-pound lineman started 10 games at left tackle in a 2023 season affected by thigh and hamstring ...
Dec 11, 2023
Texas woman who sought court permission for abortion leaves state for the procedure, attorneys say
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A pregnant Texas woman who sought court permission for an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S. has left the state to obtain the p...
Dec 11, 2023