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Vancouver Whitecaps add Canadian striker Tosaint Ricketts
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have signed Canadian striker Tosaint Ricketts. The deal is for the rest of the season and includes a club option for 2020. A former Toronto FC player, Ricketts, 32,...
Aug 09, 2019
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Feds go around Manitoba government to get carbon tax funds to schools
Ottawa is going around the Manitoba government in order to give $5.4 million in carbon tax revenues to the province's schools in the latest carbon-tax battle between the ...
Aug 09, 2019
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Man filmed committing 'hateful act' against mother identified by Montreal police
Montreal police say they have identified a man seen in a widely shared video verbally harassing a woman and a crying child. The woman in the video has told media outlets&...
Aug 09, 2019
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Former international Rhian Wilkinson named head coach of women's youth teams
TORONTO - Former Canadian international Rhian Wilkinson has been appointed head coach of the Canadian women's under-17 and under-20 soccer teams. The 37-year-old Wilkinson will remain an assistant coa...
Aug 09, 2019
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B.C. man detained in Syria last year freed after Lebanese mediation
BEIRUT - A British Columbia man detained in Syria since late last year has been released, Lebanese authorities said Friday. Kristian Lee Baxter, who has been descri...
Aug 09, 2019
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Ex-brothers-in-law battle over Habs season tickets spills into courtroom
MONTREAL - Quebec Superior Court has awarded nearly $45,000 to a man whose former brother-in-law deprived him of their Montreal Canadiens season tickets over a family dispute, ruling that he...
Aug 09, 2019
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Bombers' Bighill says no disrespect to Arbuckle, but not facing Mitchell is a break
WINNIPEG - Linebacker Adam Bighill figures the Blue Bombers are catching a bit of a break since veteran Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell remains sidelined recovering from a shoulder inj...
Aug 09, 2019
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Ex-brothers-in-law battle over Habs season tickets spills into courtroom
MONTREAL - Quebec Superior Court has awarded nearly $45,000 to a man whose former brother-in-law deprived him of their Montreal Canadiens season tickets over a family dispute, ruling that he...
Aug 09, 2019
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Wolfpack forward Ashton Sims announces plans to retire at end of season
Toronto Wolfpack forward Ashton Sims has announced plans to retire at the end of the season. The 34-year-old Australian, a pony-tailed man-mountain at six foot four and 245 pounds, has made his living...
Aug 09, 2019
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No parole for more than a decade for man who killed Winnipeg bus driver
WINNIPEG - A man convicted of killing a Winnipeg bus driver in what a judge described as a brutal and explosive stabbing will not be eligible for parole for 12 years. Irvine Jubal Fraser, 58, was at t...
Aug 09, 2019