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Canadian Premier League on the move, in part due to funds from FIFA Forward program
As the Canadian Premier League wraps up its sixth season on Saturday in Calgary, it can thank the world governing body of soccer for help getting there. FIFA has earmarked US$500,000 a year to the Can...
Nov 8, 2024
Raptors rookie Ja'Kobe Walter out again after re-spraining shoulder
TORONTO - Toronto Raptors rookie Ja'Kobe Walter has re-sprained his right acromioclavicular joint. The injury occurred in the third quarter of Toronto's 122-107 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Wednesd...
Nov 8, 2024
B.C. police officer stabbed during arrest in stolen vehicles investigation
SURREY, B.C. - Police say an officer in Surrey, B.C., was stabbed during an arrest linked to a vehicle theft investigation. RCMP say officers working on a number of alleged motor vehicle thefts found ...
Nov 8, 2024
Roles reversed: Defending champion Alouettes host Argonauts in East final rematch
MONTREAL - Cody Fajardo knows the roles are reversed. The reigning Grey Cup MVP still likes where his Montreal Alouettes stand compared to the Toronto Argonauts 12 months ago, because they know what i...
Nov 8, 2024
Magnitude 5.3 quake hits northern Yukon, no damage reported
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck in northern Yukon, but Natural Resources Canada says there have been no reports of damage and none would be expected. The quake struck about 167 kilometres north ...
Nov 8, 2024
B.C. forecaster downgrades north coast flood risk after atmospheric river event
KITIMAT, B.C. - British Columbia's River Forecast Centre has downgraded a flood warning for the province's north coast after what it describes as a strong atmospheric river event this week. A high str...
Nov 8, 2024
Parts of B.C. parks closed after storms damage roads, trails, campsites
SOOKE, B.C. - Large sections of provincial parks in southern British Columbia remain closed after recent heavy rain and wind storms that caused flooding and damaged trails, campsites and roads. The Mi...
Nov 8, 2024
Maple Leafs put superstar Auston Matthews on injured reserve, call up Connor Dewar
TORONTO - Superstar Auston Matthews has been placed on the Toronto Maple Leafs' injured reserve. The move is retroactive to Nov. 3 when the Leafs captain suffered an upper-body injury in a 2-1 overtim...
Nov 8, 2024
Canadian Premier League wants to expand by two teams in 2026
CALGARY - The Canadian Premier League intends to expand by two teams in 2026. CPL commissioner Mark Noonan says the league is in discussions with groups in Edmonton, Laval, Que., Kelowna, B.C., Kitche...
Nov 8, 2024
Canada Soccer studying drone-spying review, says it shows past 'unacceptable culture'
Canada Soccer says an independent review has confirmed that the Paris Olympics drone-spying scandal was not an isolated misstep. Canada Soccer CEO Kevin Blue says the spying "was a symptom of a past p...
Nov 8, 2024