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Toronto FC, Austin FC swap places in Stage 1 of MLS re-entry draft
Toronto FC has traded the first overall pick in Stage 1 of the league's re-entry process to Austin FC for Austin's No. 5 position plus a third-round pick in next week's MLS SuperDraft. The re-entry pr...
Dec 14, 2023
Canada to host South Korea in first Davis Cup tie in Montreal since 2012
Montreal will host a Davis Cup qualification tie between Canada and South Korea in February, Tennis Canada announced Thursday. The tie, scheduled for Feb. 2-3 at IGA Stadium, will determine which coun...
Dec 14, 2023
European Union agrees to open membership negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova
BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union decided Thursday to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. European Council President Charles Michel called it "a clear signal of hope for their peopl...
Dec 14, 2023
Explaining Quebec's new French requirement for out-of-province university students
MONTREAL - Not only is Quebec hiking annual tuition for out-of-province students at McGill and Concordia universities to $12,000, the government will also require that 80 per cent of them graduate wit...
Dec 14, 2023
Tim Hortons, Telus reinstate support for Hockey Canada following scandal
TORONTO - Two sponsors who previously pulled support for Hockey Canada, when it was embroiled in scandal last year, say they are backing the organization once more. Fast food chain Tim Hortons and tel...
Dec 14, 2023
Liberal MPs ask universities if calling for genocide of Jews violates school codes
OTTAWA - Five Liberal members of Parliament are asking 25 Canadian university presidents to say whether calling for a genocide against Jewish people or the elimination of Israel violates their school ...
Dec 14, 2023
New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh, wife Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu welcome second baby girl
TORONTO - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and his wife, Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu, are the proud parents of their second baby girl. Party officials say the baby is healthy and doing well, as is her mother. The bab...
Dec 14, 2023
Vancouver passes motion to ask province to amend charter, remove elected Park Board
Vancouver's municipal council has passed a motion aimed at removing the city's elected Park Board. At a meeting last night, council passed a motion by Mayor Ken Sim to ask the province to amend the Va...
Dec 14, 2023
2010 Olympics an inspiration to Whistler slider in second senior luge event
WHISTLER, B.C. - Embyr-Lee Susko describes taking part in the upcoming second leg of the 2023 Luge World Cup in Whistler, B.C., as a "full circle moment." Susko, 18, grew up in Whistler and got into t...
Dec 14, 2023
Fergus should stay as Speaker, pay a fine for controversial video: committee
OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee says Greg Fergus should stay in his job as Speaker, but he should apologize again and reimburse Parliament for using its resources to make a video that was shown ...
Dec 14, 2023