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Struggling Whitecaps go back to basics as they look for answers in Austin
VANCOUVER - It's been a rough start to the season for the Vancouver Whitecaps. With a single win in seven games, the 'Caps (1-5-1) linger near the bottom of Major League Soccer's Western Conference st...
Apr 22, 2022
Canada's top athletes begin mobilizing to change high-performance culture
Canada's top athletes are willing to repair breaches in trust with those who manage them, say their leaders, but the question is how. In what she's called a crisis, new Canadian sports minister Pascal...
Apr 22, 2022
City of Ottawa reclaims some of the $558,000 stolen in fraud scam
OTTAWA - The City of Ottawa says it will reclaim at least some of the funds that were stolen after the local Salvation Army homeless shelter was targeted by fraudsters. Last week, city treasurer Wendy...
Apr 22, 2022
Intraparty war in Alberta Premier Kenney's UCP sees Twitter fight over clown image
EDMONTON - An internal fight plaguing Alberta's governing party has taken a new twist with one of Premier Jason Kenney's senior political staffers comparing Kenney's backbench critics to clowns.Bryan ...
Apr 22, 2022
Ottawa Redblacks announce that quarterback Devlin (Duck) Hodges has retired
OTTAWA - Quarterback Devlin (Duck) Hodges has retired, the Ottawa Redblacks announced Friday. The six-foot-one, 210-pound Hodges appeared in four games with Ottawa last season, his first in the CFL. T...
Apr 22, 2022
Province signs new deals with chartered facilities for more eye surgeries
Alberta's health minister said Friday that as the world begins to learn to live with COVID, the government will speed up its push to transform the province's surgical system. New contracts have been s...
Apr 22, 2022
NFL draft guru Jeremiah suggests Canadian Metchie could be nice fit with Browns
If Jarvis Landry is done with the Cleveland Browns, NFL draft guru Daniel Jeremiah suggests Canadian John Metchie III could be a nice fit with the club. Cleveland released Landry, a five-time Pro Bowl...
Apr 22, 2022
Three Canadian companies win $1-million awards each for carbon removal technology
VANCOUVER - Three Canadian companies with carbon capture technologies have won $1 million each from entrepreneur Elon Musk's foundation. The University of British Columbia says in a news release that ...
Apr 22, 2022
Quebec man pleads guilty in February 2020 killing of teen girl, sentenced to life
SAINT-JRME, Que. - A Quebec man was sentenced to life in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to the February 2020 murder of 13-year-old Ocane Boyer. Franois Sncal entered the plea Friday on a reduc...
Apr 22, 2022
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime knocked out of Barcelona Open quarterfinals
BARCELONA, Spain - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime fell to Argentina's Diego Schwartzman 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open. The 21-year-old from Montreal fell despite nailing eig...
Apr 22, 2022