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Winger Kris Twardek joins Valour FC from Atletico Ottawa in CPL transfer
Valour FC has acquired winger Kris Twardek from Atltico Ottawa, looking to boost an attack that finished with the third-fewest goals in the Canadian Premier League last season. Financial details of th...
Jan 10, 2025
Prosecutors seek 15 years in prison for former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez after bribery conviction
NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors say former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should be imprisoned for 15 years, after the Democrat from New Jersey became the first to be convicted of abusing a Senate committee leade...
Jan 10, 2025
Former WWE CEO Vince McMahon reaches deal with SEC over undisclosed settlement agreements
The Securities and Exchange Commission says that it has settled charges against former WWE CEO Vince McMahon over his failure to disclose to the sports entertainment company's board and others that he...
Jan 10, 2025
A look at the career of newly named Toronto FC coach Robin Fraser
TORONTO - A look at Robin Fraser, Toronto FC's new head coach: Age: 58. Background: Born in Kingston, Jamaica. Moved to Miami as a child. As a Player: Began his pro career in the American Soccer Leagu...
Jan 10, 2025
Yvonne Jones, longtime Liberal MP for Labrador, retiring from federal politics
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. - Yvonne Jones, Liberal member of Parliament for Labrador, says she won't be running in the next federal election. Jones has been public about her past battles with breast...
Jan 10, 2025
Senators forward Nick Cousins fined for elbowing on Sabres defenceman Jacob Bryson
NEW YORK - Ottawa Senators forward Nick Cousins has been fined US$2,083.33 - the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining agreement - for elbowing Buffalo Sabres defenceman Jacob Bryson, the ...
Jan 10, 2025
Ottawa Senators sign forward Ridly Greig to four-year contract extension
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Ridly Greig to a four-year, US$13-million contract extension, the club announced Friday. The deal carries an average annual value of $3.25 million. Gre...
Jan 10, 2025
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly off to Washington next week to talk tariffs
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly heads to Washington next week to press the incoming Trump administration not to impose damaging tariffs on Canada. President-elect Donald Trump has threat...
Jan 10, 2025
Source: Former assistant coach Robin Fraser returns to Toronto FC as head coach
TORONTO - Toronto FC has named Robin Fraser its new head coach, according to a source. The 58-year-old Fraser is a former assistant coach with the franchise, leaving Toronto in August 2019 to take ove...
Jan 10, 2025
Human rights group asks Canada to join U.S. and declare another genocide in Sudan
OTTAWA - A prominent human rights group is calling on Ottawa to follow the U.S. and declare that recent actions by Sudan's paramilitary force amount to genocide. The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human ...
Jan 10, 2025