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Jewish group seeks removal of anti-Semite's name from Quebec street and park
MONTREAL - A Jewish advocacy group is calling on a city south of Montreal to rename a street and a park honouring a man who sought to prevent Jews from ever buying his land. David Ouellette,...
Jan 14, 2020

Toronto FC officially parts ways with French winger Nicolas Benezet
Toronto FC officially parted ways with French winger Nicolas Benezet on Tuesday, sending his rights to the Colorado Rapids in exchange for US$50,000 general allocation money. Toronto will get another ...
Jan 14, 2020

Villanova Wildcats to retire Kyle Lowry's jersey during a game next month
Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry will see his Villanova jersey raised to the Finneran Pavilion rafters next month. As part of the team's 100th-season celebrations, the Wildcats are retiring the j...
Jan 14, 2020

N.S. hockey group withdraws from Hockeyville competition to support P.E.I. rival
HALIFAX - A minor hockey organization in Nova Scotia has withdrawn its entry from a national competition for funding, saying it is throwing its support behind a smal...
Jan 14, 2020

Canada looks to add to valuable FIFA ranking points in friendly against Iceland
Two wins, eight goals but just 2.26 ranking points. A pair of comfortable 4-1 victories over No. 162 Barbados has given Canada confidence but done little to move the needle when it come...
Jan 14, 2020

'He messed with the wrong guy': Kassian sends warning to Tkachuk ahead of rematch
EDMONTON - It doesn't appear Edmonton Oilers forward Zack Kassian is ready to drop his feud with Calgary Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk. Kassian spoke to reporters Tuesday, a day after the NHL handed ...
Jan 14, 2020

Raptors forward Pascal Siakam appreciates Canadian Gilgeous-Alexander's feat
TORONTO - Pascal Siakam knows how tough it is to grab 20 rebounds in a game. And so the Toronto Raptors forward has a ton of respect for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who recorded his first triple-double o...
Jan 14, 2020

Australian village scorched by wildfires struggles with loss
NERRIGUNDAH, Australia - Ash Graham's dog, Kozi, wakes him at 8 a.m., eager for his morning walk. Then Graham realizes he was dreaming, and gets up from the one-man tent he's been sleeping in each nig...
Jan 14, 2020

French director detained, accused of abusing teen actress
PARIS - A French filmmaker is in custody while authorities investigate accusations that he sexually abused an actress when she was between 12 and 15 years old. Director Christophe Ruggia was detained ...
Jan 14, 2020

World's largest asset manager shifts focus to climate change
NEW YORK - BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, will make climate change central to its investment decisions. Founder and CEO Laurence Fink, who oversees the management of about $7 trillion i...
Jan 14, 2020