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Toronto FC's Insigne made available in MLS expansion draft but unlikely to be taken
Toronto FC has left designated player Lorenzo Insigne unprotected in the MLS expansion draft, knowing the Italian star's big-ticket salary will likely deter expansion San Diego FC. MLS teams are allow...
Dec 10, 2024

Fifteen fisheries charges laid a decade after Mount Polley dam breached in B.C.
VICTORIA - Fifteen charges under the federal Fisheries Act have been laid against Imperial Metals Corp. more than a decade after a tailings pond collapsed the Mount Polley mine, spilling more than 20 ...
Dec 10, 2024

Fifteen fisheries charges laid a decade after Mount Polley dam breached in B.C.
VICTORIA - Fifteen charges under the federal Fisheries Act have been laid against Imperial Metals Corp. more than a decade after a tailings pond collapsed the Mount Polley mine, spilling more than 20 ...
Dec 10, 2024

Sturko refuses to meet former police board vice-chair, defying B.C. Opposition leader
VANCOUVER - B.C. Conservative public safety critic Elenore Sturko is refusing to meet a former Vancouver Police Board vice-chair in defiance of the wishes of party leader John Rustad and a group of co...
Dec 10, 2024

Curling Canada unveils 16 mixed doubles teams vying to wear Maple Leaf in 2026
LIVERPOOL, N.S. - The field for the Olympic mixed doubles curling trials includes a who's who of Canadian curling. The 16 teams announced Tuesday compete Dec. 30, 2024, to Jan. 4, 2025, in Liverpool, ...
Dec 10, 2024

Premiers to meet with Trudeau Wednesday about trade and tariffs, Ford says
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the country's premiers are meeting virtually Wednesday with the prime minister to discuss the threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports. It comes two weeks af...
Dec 10, 2024

FIFA economic assessment sees positive numbers arising from 2026 World Cup
TORONTO - The 2026 FIFA World Cup will contribute up to $3.8 billion in "positive economic output" for Canada as a host nation, according to a FIFA economic impact assessment. That amount is split bet...
Dec 10, 2024

McIntosh sets world record in 400 freestyle at short-course swimming championships
BUDAPEST - Summer McIntosh won the women's 400-metre freestyle in a world-record time Tuesday at the world short-course swimming championships. The 18-year-old from Toronto swam to victory in three mi...
Dec 10, 2024

Catholic bishops in Quebec oppose premier's suggestion to ban public prayer
MONTREAL - Quebec's Catholic bishops have come out against Premier Franois Legault's desire to end prayer in parks and other public places. Martin Lalibert, president of the assembly of Catholic bisho...
Dec 10, 2024

Israeli warplanes pound Syria as troops reportedly advance deeper into the country
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country, a Syrian opposition war monitor said Tuesday, and the Israeli defense ...
Dec 10, 2024