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MLS Commissioner Don Garber's contract extended through 2027
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber's contract has been extended by the league's Board of Governors through 2027. The league confirmed the extension on Wednesday ahead of this weekend's MLS Cu...
Dec 04, 2024
Northern Super League players to get helping hand in building their new home
TORONTO - Stephanie Labbe remembers arriving at a new club abroad and having to start from the ground up in building a home. "So many times when I was an athlete and I was playing in Sweden or in the ...
Dec 04, 2024
Head of Canada's diplomatic service holds interference briefing for foreign diplomats
OTTAWA - The head of Canada's diplomatic service says he recently briefed diplomats working in Canada about where their work might cross the line from influence into foreign interference. Deputy Forei...
Dec 04, 2024
Israeli strike on a Gaza tent camp kills at least 21 people, hospital says
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - A Palestinian health official said Wednesday that at least 21 people were killed by an Israeli strike on a camp housing displaced people in Gaza. Atif Al-Hout, the dir...
Dec 04, 2024
Israeli strike on a Gaza tent camp kills at least 21 people, hospital says
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - A Palestinian health official said Wednesday that at least 21 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a camp housing displaced people in Gaza. Atif Al-Hout, the dir...
Dec 04, 2024
Canadian Elite Basketball League unveils 2025 schedule, longest in league history
An all-Alberta rivalry game will tip off the Canadian Elite Basketball League's longest season ever. The Edmonton Stingers host the Calgary Surge on May 11 in the first matchup of the league's new 24-...
Dec 04, 2024
Canadian Dante Leon looks to make mark in One Championship's submission grappling
Canadian Dante Leon has already turned heads - and twisted more than a few limbs - at the highest level of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Now the 29-year-old looks to make his mark in One Championship's submiss...
Dec 04, 2024
Blue Bombers sign linebacker Tony Jones to two-year contract extension
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed American linebacker Tony Jones to a two-year contract extension, the CFL club announced Wednesday. Jones was scheduled to become a free agent in Februa...
Dec 04, 2024
New York police searching for 22-year-old Quebec hiker missing in Adirondacks
MONTREAL - Authorities in northeastern New York state are searching by ground and air for a 22-year-old Quebec man who failed to return from a hike in the Adirondack Mountains over the weekend. New Yo...
Dec 04, 2024
Torture and amputations: Dave Turmel of Blood Family Mafia is most-wanted fugitive
MONTREAL - The alleged leader of a notorious street gang that is involved in brutal turf wars in Quebec during which victims have been tortured and have had their limbs amputated is the most-wanted fu...
Dec 04, 2024