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Toronto FC's growing injury list impacts Canada with a hip injury sidelining Osorio
A hip injury has prevented Toronto FC captain Jonathan Osorio from joining Canada for a key Copa America qualifying playoff next Saturday against Trinidad and Tobago. The veteran midfielder has been r...
Mar 17, 2024
Homan remains undefeated with 10-6 win over U.S. at women's curling worlds
SYDNEY, N.S. - Rachel Homan improved to 3-0 at the world women's curling championship with a 10-6 victory over the United States' Tabitha Peterson on Sunday. Canada entered the contest having earned 7...
Mar 17, 2024
No stranger to firsts, TFC teenager Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty opens MLS scoring account
Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty has been around long enough at Toronto FC that it's hard to believe he's still only 19. Signing a homegrown contract as a 15-year-old - in January 2020 - gives you a long runwa...
Mar 17, 2024
In B.C.'s forests, a debate over watershed science with lives and billions at stake
Ross Muirhead stood at the edge of a forestry cut blockfilled with stumps, rain pelting down as he watched water rushing over the barren ground. Theenvironmental advocatewas storm watching during the ...
Mar 17, 2024
10-year-old girl wins Cypress County t-shirt contest
A 10-year-old girl has won Cypress County's t-shirt contest with a design that shows off elements of Indigenous heritage, landscapes, wildlife, sun and Cypress Hills. When Mikayla Irwin first heard ab...
Mar 17, 2024
Sri Lankan family slain in Ottawa to be remembered at funeral service today
OTTAWA - The victims of a mass killing in Ottawa will be remembered today at a multi-faith funeral service. The service is open to the public and scheduled for 1 p.m. at the city's Infinity Convention...
Mar 17, 2024
'Resurgence' of French in Maine gives francophones hope, but fears, challenges remain
MONTREAL - For decades, Cecile Thornton had little motivation to speak French. Born into the minority francophone community in Lewiston, Maine, she says she and her family were often the target of rid...
Mar 17, 2024
Lehkonen scores in OT as rolling Avalanche tip Oilers 3-2
EDMONTON - Artturi Lehkonen scored with one second remaining in overtime as the Colorado Avalanche battled their way to a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. Nathan MacKinnon sent it acr...
Mar 16, 2024
Ovechkin scores as Washington Capitals edge Vancouver Canucks 2-1
VANCOUVER - Alex Ovechkin inched his way closer to the top of the history books Saturday with a goal that lifted his Washington Capitals to a 2-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks. Ovechkin now sits at 8...
Mar 16, 2024
Whitecaps score three first-half goals to dump Dallas 3-1
FRISCO, Texas (AP) - Brian White had a goal and an assist, and the Vancouver Whitecaps scored three goals in the first half and beat Dallas 3-1 on Saturday night. Vancouver (2-0-1) has won two straigh...
Mar 16, 2024