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Barcelona's Aitana Bonmati wins FIFA award for best women's player of the year
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Barcelona playmaker Aitana Bonmati continues to dominate the awards for women's soccer while Real Madrid star Vincius Jnior is about to find out if he'll be finally getting his hand...
Dec 17, 2024
Culture of silence at Montreal youth detention facility at centre of sex scandal
MONTREAL - A new report says a culture of silence reigned over a Montreal detention centre where female employees are accused of sexually abusing detainees, with at least one worker becoming pregnant....
Dec 17, 2024
Flames sign defenceman Brayden Pachal to two-year contract extension
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have signed defenceman Brayden Pachal to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of US$1,187,500, the NHL club announced Tuesday. Pachal has a goal and ...
Dec 17, 2024
Saskatchewan Roughriders sign Canadian Zerr to one-year contract extension
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Canadian offensive lineman Noah Zerr to a one-year contract extension Tuesday. The six-foot-six, 325-pound Zerr, from Langenburg, Sask., helped the Riders ...
Dec 17, 2024
B.C.'s Duncan McDonald named Canada Soccer Para Player of the Year
Midfielder Duncan McDonald has been named Canada Soccer's 2024 Para Player of the Year. The 24-year-old from Powell River, B.C., played every minute at the 2024 IFCPF World Cup in Spain, where Canada ...
Dec 17, 2024
Toronto terror suspect charged with multiple war crimes: RCMP
TORONTO - A man facing terror charges for allegedly plotting an attack in Toronto with his son is now also facing multiple war crimes charges. The RCMP say 62-year-old Ahmed Eldidi - who was arrested ...
Dec 17, 2024
Poilievre hails B.C. byelection win for Conservatives as Liberal vote collapses
LANGLEY, B.C. - Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is hailing a decisive British Columbia byelection victory in Cloverdale-Langley City, where Tamara Jansen has won with about two-thirds of ...
Dec 17, 2024
Poilievre hails B.C. byelection win for Conservatives as Liberal vote collapses
LANGLEY, B.C. - Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is hailing a decisive British Columbia byelection victory in Cloverdale-Langley City, where Tamara Jansen has won with about two-thirds of ...
Dec 17, 2024
Israel's Netanyahu tours buffer zone inside Syria
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entered Syrian territory on Tuesday during a security tour of the buffer zone seized by Israel in the past few days since the fall of Bashar ...
Dec 17, 2024
Judge reluctantly gives government three more months to pass 'lost Canadians' bill
OTTAWA - An Ontario Superior Court judge has "reluctantly" given the federal government another three months to pass legislation aimed at granting citizenship to the so-called lost Canadians. That's a...
Dec 17, 2024