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Three young players jump from Whitecaps' development squad to MLS team
VANCOUVER - Ali Ahmed knows his new Major League Soccer contract doesn't mean the hard work has come to an end. Moving from the Vancouver Whitecaps' development squad in the MLS Next Pro League to the...
Jan 19, 2023
Ottawa spends additional $80M on Inuvik airport upgrades
INUVIK, N.W.T. - The federal government is increasing its funding contribution for upgrades to an airport in the Northwest Territories by $80 million. It has now spent $230 million to extend and moder...
Jan 19, 2023
Fired CF Montreal reserve squad coach apologizes for past social media comments
MONTREAL - A soccer coach who was fired this month over years-old Twitter comments suggesting the former premier of Quebec should be assassinated is publicly apologizing. Sandro Grande was named CF Mo...
Jan 19, 2023
Midfielder David Choiniere signs new multi-year deal with CPL champion Forge FC
HAMILTON - Attacking midfielder David Choiniere has signed a new multi-year contract with Forge FC. The 25-year-old from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., scored in Forge's 2-0 championship win over Atl...
Jan 19, 2023
Federal government should direct RCMP to end use controversial neck hold: NDP leader
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino should push back against the RCMP continuing to use a controversial neck hold. Mendicino directed the RCMP to stop using t...
Jan 19, 2023
Panthers coach Maurice fined for complaining about refs after loss to Leafs
NEW YORK - The NHL has fined Florida Panthers head coach Paul Maurice US$25,000 after he complained about the officiating in his team's recent 5-4 overtime loss at Toronto. The Maple Leafs had seven p...
Jan 19, 2023
Canada to repatriate six women, 13 children from Syrian detention, lawyer says
OTTAWA - The lawyer for six Canadian women and 13 children being held in Syrian camps says the federal government has agreed to help bring them home. Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon says a "mutually accepta...
Jan 19, 2023
Retired senator 'stunned' by reports about Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond's heritage
Retired senator Lillian Dyck says she was "stunned" to hear questions about the Indigenous heritage of former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, whose career she had recognized as barrier-breaking. Dyck,...
Jan 19, 2023
No pharmacare bill this year would be a deal-breaker, says NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh
OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says if the Liberal government does not introduce a pharmacare bill in the House of Commons this year, he will consider it a deal-breaker. Both parties signe...
Jan 19, 2023
Supreme Court says it hasn't found abortion opinion leaker
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Thursday it has not determined who leaked a draft of the court's opinion overturning abortion rights, but that the investigation continues. Eight months after ...
Jan 19, 2023