TORONTO - This time, it feels right for Justin Stein to hang up his tack. The veteran jockey is retiring after 19 seasons riding thoroughbreds. Stein, 44, left horse racing after 2016 but returned to Woodbine Racetrack in 2019 feeling he was too young then to have called it a career. Eight years later, Stein feels much...

TORONTO - In acquiring Brazilian winger Thiago Andrade, Toronto FC picks up pace and potential - at a reasonable price. "An interesting addition to our current group," Toronto GM Jason Hernandez said Thursday. The 24-year-old Andrade came from New York City FC via San Diego FC in a trade executed around the M...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has hired Edmonton Police Chief Dale McFee to be her new top bureaucrat.McFee is to be deputy minister of executive council and head of the Alberta Public Service starting Feb. 24.He has been the capital city's chief of police since 2019 and has also been in leadership positions with the ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli airstrike hit the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 25 Palestinians and wounding dozens more, Palestinian medics said, just hours after President Joe Biden's national security adviser raised hopes about a ceasefire deal to end the war in Gaza. Officials at two ...

Goaltender Zach Zahara is back with the Medicine Hat Tigers, after a trade with the Wenatchee Wild on Thursday.Traded to the Wild is a 2027 4th round draft pick originally owned by the Moose Jaw Warriors.The Tigers had previously traded Zahara to Wenatchee on Oct. 16 in a deal that sent the Tigers a 2025 8th round pick...

MONTREAL - A Montreal suburb is declaring the "end of the deer saga" today after completing its plan to cull a growing herd of white-tailed deer in one of its parks. The City of Longueuil says a total of 105 deer have been killed in an operation it says was needed to restore the ecological balance in Michel-C...

OTTAWA - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is brushing off threats from Ontario to restrict electricity exports. On Wednesday, Ford said Ontario is contemplating restricting electricity exports to Michigan, New York state and Minnesota if Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on all Canadian products. American network CNBC as...

Through the Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Program (APIP), the Government of Alberta is investing more than $20 million into Rocky Mountain Clean Fuels' synthetic diesel facility in Wheatland County, and all in an effort to continue bringing more investments and jobs to the province.The grant is intended to support a...

VICTORIA - A Vancouver Island First Nation whose people were the first to greet European explorers in the region almost 250 years ago is taking British Columbia to court, seeking title to their traditional territories and financial compensation. Chief Mike Maquinna, a descendent of Chief Maquinna who met British explor...

VANCOUVER - Star centre J.T. Miller will return to the Canucks' lineup on Thursday when Vancouver hosts the Florida Panthers. The 31-year old forward took an indefinite leave from the team last month for personal reasons. Miller declined to say Thursday why he stepped away, but says he's excited to be back with his tea...