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Canadian women score comfortable win over Brazil in T20 World Cup qualifying play
BUENOS AIRES - Canada rebounded from a painful one-run loss to Argentina to defeat Brazil by seven wickets Thursday at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Region Qualifier. The Canadian women impro...
Mar 13, 2025
Victoire acquire forward Willoughby from Sceptres for defender Kjellbin
TORONTO - The Montreal Victoire have acquired forward Kaitlin Willoughby from the Toronto Sceptres in exchange for defender Anna Kjellbin. It was the lone deal made Thursday before the Professional Wo...
Mar 13, 2025
Columbia University says it expelled some students who seized building last year
NEW YORK (AP) - Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring, and had temporarily revoked the diploma...
Mar 13, 2025
Democratic Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona dies from complications from cancer treatment
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Ral M. Grijalva of Arizona, who championed environmental protection during his 12 terms in Congress, died Thursday from complications from cancer treatments, his...
Mar 13, 2025
Canadian Joshua Palmer feeling very much at home after joining Buffalo Bills
ORCHARD PARK - It might not be Toronto but it definitely feels like home for Joshua Palmer. He signed a three-year, US$36-million contract - $18 million reportedly guaranteed - with the Buffalo Bills ...
Mar 13, 2025
B.C.'s Opposition leader proposes bill that would stop changing of the clocks
VICTORIA - British Columbia Opposition Leader John Rustad has introduced legislation that if passed would put a stop residents from having to change their clocks twice a year. The first reading of the...
Mar 13, 2025
Columbine victim's death from health problems related to 1999 school shooting ruled a homicide
DENVER (AP) - The death of a woman who was partially paralyzed in the Columbine High School shooting has been ruled a homicide, raising the death toll of the 1999 attack to 14. Anne Marie Hochhalter d...
Mar 13, 2025
Varsho hits two-run homer as Blue Jays top Orioles 6-4 in pre-season play
DUNEDIN - Daulton Varsho hit a two-run homer to power the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles in pre-season play Thursday at TD Ballpark. Varsho, who batted in the cleanup spot a...
Mar 13, 2025
Father gets 13 years for shooting youth football coach over son’s playing time
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A father in Missouri was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Thursday for shooting and wounding a St. Louis youth football coach over his son's playing time while 9- and 10-year-olds p...
Mar 13, 2025
BMO Field playing surface 'looking good' ahead of Toronto FC home opener Saturday
TORONTO - Two days before Toronto FC's home opener Saturday against the Chicago Fire, BMO Field was very much a work in progress. Construction workers continued work on upgrading the stadium ahead of ...
Mar 13, 2025