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Canadian surfer finishes ninth in El Salvador after close round-of-16 battle
LA LIBERTAD - Canadian Erin Brooks finished ninth at the Surf City El Salvador Pro on Saturday after being edged out by American Bella Kenworthy in a tight round-of-16 battle. It was a battle of teena...
Apr 05, 2025
Swiss-born midfielder Maxime Dominguez happy to trade Rio de Janeiro for Toronto
After disappointment in Brazil, Maxime Dominguez hopes to have found a home with Toronto FC. The Swiss-born midfielder arrives in MLS on a season-long loan from Brazil's Vasco da Gama with a purchase ...
Apr 05, 2025
Five years without answers for family of Canadian businessman held in Chinese jail
VANCOUVER - Wang Yan vividly recalls the last time she heard her husband's voice, more than five years ago. It was Dec. 13, 2019, and Canadian citizen Li Yonghui had gone to a public square in Shijiaz...
Apr 05, 2025
'We are not the gods': Fire-torn Jasper prepares for diminished summer tourism season
JASPER, ALTA. - Every summer for 61 years, tourists have piled onto Jasper's SkyTram to see the boomerang-shaped town nestled inside the sprawling Rocky Mountains. It'll happen again this summer, but ...
Apr 05, 2025
Thomas Muller to leave Bayern Munich after this season
MUNICH (AP) - Thomas Muller will leave Bayern Munich this summer after a 25-year career at the German club. The 35-year-old Muller said Saturday, in a joint announcement with Bayern, that his "incredi...
Apr 05, 2025
Federal leaders set to campaign across the country today
OTTAWA - Federal party leaders are starting the second full weekend of the federal election campaign at opposite ends of the country. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is in B.C. while NDP Leader J...
Apr 05, 2025
Medicine Hat Tigers defeat Swift Current Broncos 3-2, advance to the second round for the first time since 2017
Markus Ruck, Schaeffer Gordon-Carroll, and Ryder Ritchie each found the back of the net Friday night, as the Medicine Hat Tigers secured a 3-2 victory over the Swift Current Broncos to advance to the ...
Apr 05, 2025
Senate GOP approves framework for Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts after all-night session
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework, hurling past a hard line of De...
Apr 05, 2025
How close is Alex Ovechkin to breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record?
Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals has tied the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin scored twice on home ice Friday night and needs one more to take sole possession of the re...
Apr 04, 2025
Rose scores, Canadian women's soccer team blanks Argentina 3-0
VANCOUVER - Jade Rose scored her first goal for Canada's women's soccer team, helping the country to a 3-0 victory over Argentina in a friendly matchup on Friday. The 22-year-old defender from Markham...
Apr 04, 2025