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Vancouver Whitecaps look to bring pre-season momentum to home opener
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps' season started early. A shortened pre-season due to CONCACAF Champions Cup action in January and February meant the Whitecaps were back on the field sooner than in...
Mar 01, 2024
Gov. Abbott says Texas wildfires may have destroyed up to 500 structures
STINNETT, Texas (AP) - The largest wildfire in state history may have destroyed as many as 500 structures in the Texas Panhandle and that number could rise as damage assessments continue, Republican G...
Mar 01, 2024
Ottawa pledges $58.8M to continue local journalism program to 2027
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is extending a program that funds 400 local reporting jobs across the country. Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge says Ottawa will spend another $58.8 million to continu...
Mar 01, 2024
Biden approves military air drops of aid into Gaza after chaotic encounter left dozens dead
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Friday that the U.S. will begin air-dropping humanitarian assistance into Gaza, a day after dozens of Palestinians were killed during a chaotic encounter wit...
Mar 01, 2024
Brad Gushue hopes to replicate winning feeling in Regina's Brier
REGINA - Brad Gushue was cruising at the 2018 Canadian men's curling championship in Regina. After winning a first Brier in storybook fashion in his hometown of St. John's N.L. and a world championshi...
Mar 01, 2024
Canada's Morales Williams's world-best 400m effort shows rapid progression
Christopher Morales Williams's progression has been as rapid as his world-best performance last Saturday was shocking. The 19-year-old from Vaughan, Ont., a sophomore at the University of Georgia, won...
Mar 01, 2024
Argos quarterback Kelly denies harassment allegations made by former team employee
Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly is denying allegations that he harassed a former employee of the CFL club. A woman who worked as a strength-and-conditioning coach with the Argos filed a lawsu...
Mar 01, 2024
New Jersey businessman pleads guilty and agrees to cooperate in case against Sen. Bob Menendez
NEW YORK (AP) - A New Jersey businessman pleaded guilty Friday to trying to bribe U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez after signing a cooperation deal with prosecutors. Jose Uribe entered the plea in Manhattan fed...
Mar 01, 2024
Brian Mulroney: The last, and so far only, conservative to taste victory in Quebec
OTTAWA - Ask Brian Mulroney's chief political rival about the former prime minister's greatest success, and the answer runs through Quebec. Jean Chrtien cites Mulroney's 1984 breakthrough, which deliv...
Mar 01, 2024
3 MLS teams are celebrating 50 years of North American pro soccer this season
Well before Major League Soccer kicked off, the North American Soccer League was at the top of professional soccer in the United States. And in 1974, three new teams joined that fold: the Seattle Soun...
Mar 01, 2024