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Star sprinter Andre De Grasse invests in AFC Toronto City women's soccer team
TORONTO - Star sprinter Andre De Grasse has bought into AFC Toronto City, the local entry in the proposed Canadian women's professional soccer league. Th eight-team league, the brainchild of former Ca...
Jan 17, 2024
Reports: Raptors trade two-time all-star Pascal Siakam to Pacers
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have traded Pascal Siakam to the Indiana Pacers, according to multiple media reports. ESPN reported Wednesday the Raptors will receive Bruce Brown, Jordan Nwora and three...
Jan 17, 2024
Alberta releases first report on well cleanup; $33B liability estimate called too low
Alberta's oil and gas producers spent nearly $700 million in 2022 on cleaning up the hundreds of thousands of old wells that dot the province, the regulator's first report on the extent of those liabi...
Jan 17, 2024
Maine judge delays decision on removing Trump from ballot until Supreme Court rules in Colorado case
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A Maine judge on Wednesday paused an election official's decision on former President Donald Trump's ballot status to allow time for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on a similar ...
Jan 17, 2024
Source: Veteran receiver Rhymes, B.C. Lions mutually agree to part ways
VANCOUVER - It appears receiver Dominique Rhymes' time with the B.C. Lions has come to an end. According to a CFL source, the Lions and veteran receiver have mutually agreed to part ways. The source s...
Jan 17, 2024
Family hopes former Cree grand chief's long stay in Montreal ER hallway spurs change
MONTREAL - The family of a Cree elder who spent four days in a Montreal hospital hallway say they hope that sharing his experience might spur change for the treatment of patients in Quebec emergency r...
Jan 17, 2024
Canada should be on 'high alert' for 2024 after record wildfire season: scientist
Canada should be on "high alert" for 2024 wildfires, a scientist with the Canadian Forest Service said Friday, as he offered a sweeping view of last year's record-shattering season. Research scientist...
Jan 17, 2024
Study maps mammoth's 1,000-km trek, suggests species coexisted with humans in Alaska
A new study traces the 1,000-kilometre journey of a woolly mammoth from western Yukon to the interior of Alaska, where she died about 14,000 years ago, seemingly in the prime of her life, near a hunti...
Jan 17, 2024
Whitecaps transfer forward Simon Becher to Danish team AC Horsens
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have transferred forward Simon Becher to Danish side AC Horsens, the Major League Soccer club announced Wednesday. The Whitecaps will retain a percentage of future ...
Jan 17, 2024
Ex-NHL player Ennis announces retirement; winger played with Leafs, Sens and Oilers
MANNHEIM, Germany - Tyler Ennis has called time on his hockey career. The former NHL winger made the announcement Wednesday via his German club after suffering a neck injury in November. The 34-year-o...
Jan 17, 2024