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'It's fundamental': Whitecaps see Canadian Championship success as crucial to season
VANCOUVER - The message from the Vancouver Whitecaps is clear: success in the Canadian Championship is crucial to the club and its fans this season. Vancouver won the tournament last season, beating T...
May 09, 2023
AP sources: US Rep. George Santos facing federal charges
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Rep. George Santos, who faced outrage and mockery over a litany of fabrications about his heritage, education and professional pedigree, has been charged with federal criminal o...
May 09, 2023
Coastal Fire Centre sending resources around B.C. and Alberta as wildfires rage
NANAIMO - Firefighters from the Coastal Fire Centre are being deployed to help with hot spots across western Canada.Information officer Marg Drysdale said over two dozen of their firefighters have bee...
May 09, 2023
Joly to announce Canada's bid for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council
OTTAWA - Canada is throwing its hat in the ring for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, pledging to advance issues from online speech to access to abortion. "There is a clear backlash h...
May 09, 2023
Fernandez eliminated from Italian Open with first-round loss to Sasnovich
ROME - Canada's Leylah Fernandez has been eliminated from the Italian Open tennis tournament after a 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3 loss to Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus in first-round action on Tuesday. Fernan...
May 09, 2023
Canadian judoka Deguchi wins world title, Klimkait claims bronze
DOHA, Qatar - Canadian judoka Christa Deguchi won the gold medal in the women's under-57-kilogram event Tuesday at the judo world championships. The Japanese-born Deguchi, who lives and trains in Leth...
May 09, 2023
Leafs try to block out the noise facing elimination: 'We don't listen to you guys'
SUNRISE, Fla. - Mitch Marner has repeatedly pointed out how little attention he pays to anything that doesn't emanate from inside the Maple Leafs' orbit. The winger insists he stays off social media a...
May 09, 2023
Suncor says person injured by bear north of Fort McMurray
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Suncor Energy says someone was injured by a bear at its oilsands base plant north of Fort McMurray, Alta., on the weekend. Spokesman Leithan Slade says it happened on Saturday a...
May 09, 2023
California to pay $24M for man's death in police custody
LOS ANGELES (AP) - California will pay a $24 million civil rights settlement to the family of a man who died in police custody after screaming "I can't breathe" as multiple officers restrained him whi...
May 09, 2023
Canola industry concerned about export access to China after diplomatic spat
The canola industry is expressing concern that China will retaliate to Canada's expulsion of its diplomat by blocking agricultural shipments. China blocked canola shipments from two major Canadian com...
May 09, 2023