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Major League Soccer releases full schedule for 25th anniversary season
Toronto FC will have to wait until July 18 to have another crack at the MLS champion Seattle Sounders. Vancouver misses out on facing Inter Miami CF while Montreal will have to wait a year to play Nas...
Dec 21, 2019
Benoit-Olivier Groulx final cut as Canada prepares for world juniors
BRNO, Czech Republic - Benoit-Olivier Groulx of the Halifax Mooseheads was the final cut Hockey Canada made on Saturday as Canada finalized its roster ahead of the world junior hockey championship. Th...
Dec 21, 2019
Canada's Noah Bowman earns halfpipe skiing gold; teammate Karker takes silver
SECRET GARDEN, China - Calgary's Noah Bowman won gold in the skiing halfpipe and Rachael Karker of Erin, Ont., took silver in the women's event at a World Cup freestyle skiing event. The third stop on...
Dec 21, 2019
Man City beats Leicester, shows stomach for EPL title fight
If any team has a chance of stopping Liverpool marching to a first English league title in 30 years, it looks to be Manchester City rather than Leicester. City gave a timely reminder of its champion q...
Dec 21, 2019
England's 1966 World Cup winner Martin Peters dies at age 76
Martin Peters, whose place in English soccer lore was secured by scoring one of the national team's goals in its victory over West Germany in the 1966 World Cup final, died Saturday after a long battl...
Dec 21, 2019
Liverpool beats Flamengo to win its 1st Club World Cup title
DOHA, Qatar - Roberto Firmino clinched Liverpool's first Club World Cup title on Saturday, scoring in extra time to seal a 1-0 victory in the final over Flamengo to assert Europe's footballing dominan...
Dec 21, 2019
Wheeler becomes franchise scoring leader, Jets beat Wild 6-0
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Blake Wheeler had a goal and assist to become the all-time leading scorer in franchise history, Connor Hellebuyck made 31 saves for his third shutout of the season, and the Winnipeg ...
Dec 21, 2019
Potential threat forces lockdowns at Stettler schools
Stettler, AB - Two males are in custody after RCMP followed up on a report Friday from a concerned parent that there may be a shooting at the Wm. E. Hay Stettler Seconday campus.RCMP say they received...
Dec 21, 2019
PM asks U.S. not to sign final trade deal with China until Canadians released
OTTAWA - Canada has asked the United States not to sign any final trade agreement with China until two Canadians detained in China have been released, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a Fr...
Dec 21, 2019
Quebec's Chantier Davie only shipyard to qualify for icebreaker work: Feds
OTTAWA - The Quebec shipbuilding industry got a boost from the federal Liberal government Thursday, with news that the Davie shipyard outside Quebec City will be the only builder eligible for potentia...
Dec 21, 2019