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Budding B.C. soccer rivals face off Saturday as Canadian Premier League season opens
Rob Friend will be proud but likely conflicted Saturday when expansion Vancouver FC takes the field for the first time in the Canadian Premier League to face Pacific FC at Starlight Stadium in Langfor...
Apr 14, 2023
After coaching around the world, Afshin Ghotbi ready for Vancouver FC's CPL debut
There isn't much Afshin Ghotbi hasn't done when it comes to coaching soccer. Now in charge of expansion Vancouver FC in the Canadian Premier League, the 59-year-old Iranian-American is working in his ...
Apr 14, 2023
US charges 28 members of Sinaloa cartel, sons of El Chapo
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department on Friday charged 28 members of Mexico's powerful Sinaloa cartel, including sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, in a sprawling fentanyl-traf...
Apr 14, 2023
Quebec sex assault trial for ex-fashion mogul Peter Nygard scheduled for June 2024
MONTREAL - Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard will stand trial in Quebec on sexual assault charges in June 2024. Nygard, 81, did not appear in Quebec court today when the dates were set for the trial t...
Apr 14, 2023
Coyotes coach Tourigny to lead Team Canada at world hockey championship
CALGARY - Arizona Coyotes coach Andr Tourigny will be in charge of the Canadian coaching staff at the upcoming men's world hockey championship in Tampere, Finland and Riga, Latvia, Hockey Canada annou...
Apr 14, 2023
Guardsman accused in records leak to remain jailed for now
BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts Air National Guardsman arrested in the leak of highly classified military documents has been ordered to remain behind bars pending a hearing next week. Jack Teixeira, 21,...
Apr 14, 2023
European spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter and its icy moons
A European spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a decadelong quest to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons that could have buried oceans. The journey began with a morning liftoff by Europe's Arian...
Apr 14, 2023
In The News for April 14: Will the PM's chief of staff have any surprises today?
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Friday, April 14, 2023 ... What we are watchin...
Apr 14, 2023
Supreme Court to rule on Quebec law banning homegrown cannabis
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is set to rule today on whether Quebec's ban on growing cannabis plants at home is constitutional. The ruling is in a case first brought before the courts in 2019 ...
Apr 14, 2023
Red Cross: Yemen rebels, Saudi coalition begin prisoner swap
SANAA, Yemen (AP) - An exchange of more than 800 prisoners from Yemen's war held by the Houthi rebels and the Saudi-led coalition battling them began Friday, the International Committee for the Red Cr...
Apr 14, 2023