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Politics not a factor Canadian athletes chasing their varsity dreams in the U.S.
Despite its challenges, the dream of going to a Division 1 school on the United States was too great for Liam Miller. The pole vaulter from Milton, Ont., who turns 19 on Saturday, is committed to Wich...
May 29, 2025
Head coach Jesper Sorensen guiding Vancouver Whitecaps to new highs
VANCOUVER - Jesper Sorensen believes in giving his players room to make mistakes. "If you're afraid of making mistakes, you'll make nothing. That's the problem. Because you will end up making mistakes...
May 29, 2025
UN official says Russia isn't imminently turning on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
VIENNA (AP) - Inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog haven't seen signs of Russia moving to immediately restart the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, an agency official said Thursday, after Greenpe...
May 29, 2025
In Barkov They Trust: The Panthers, led by their captain, are headed back to the Stanley Cup Final
The entire play took eight seconds, and basically summed up why the Florida Panthers have enormous, nonstop belief in Aleksander Barkov. Third period, Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals, game tie...
May 29, 2025
Long-shuttered US ambassador's residence in Damascus is reopened as Washington mends ties with Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The U.S. flag was hoisted Thursday outside of the long-shuttered ambassador's residence in Damascus, in a sign of growing ties between Washington and the new Syrian government. ...
May 29, 2025
China launches spacecraft it says will return samples and yield 'groundbreaking discoveries'
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - China launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from an asteroid near Mars and yield "groundbreaking discoveries and expand humanity's knowledge of the cosmos," the c...
May 29, 2025
Provinces 'hold the key' to unlocking homebuilding, new report argues
OTTAWA - While the federal government and cities across Canada are making strides on expanding the housing supply, the provinces still need to get serious about building quality homes, a new report re...
May 29, 2025
Hockey players' sex assault trial continues after court hears police interviews
LONDON - The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team is set to continue today after court heard interviews some of the accused gave to police months after the ...
May 29, 2025
South Korean navy patrol plane crashes in country's south
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean navy plane carrying four people crashed during a training flight on Thursday and it was not immediately known if there were casualties, the navy said. The patr...
May 28, 2025
Israel says it will establish 22 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel said Thursday it would establish 22 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. They would include new settlements and the legalization of outposts already built without ...
May 28, 2025