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Fourteen clubs from five leagues to contest Canadian Championship soccer tournament
TORONTO - Fourteen clubs, including three newcomers, will take part in the 2024 Canadian Championship, a four-round competition set to kick off in April. The winner hoists the Voyageurs Cup and advanc...
Feb 22, 2024

Canada's Clarke leads halfway through women's world skeleton championship
WINTERBERG, Germany - Canada's Hallie Clarke was the leader at the halfway point of the women's skeleton competition at the bobsled and skeleton world championships. The 19-year-old from Brighton, Ont...
Feb 22, 2024

Mother of Kremlin critic Navalny says she's resisting pressure to agree to a secret burial
MOSCOW (AP) - The mother of Russia's top opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that she has seen her son's body and that she is resisting strong pressure by authorities to agree to a secret b...
Feb 22, 2024

Dabrowski, Routliffe move on to women's doubles semifinals in Dubai
DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates - The second-seeded team of Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe moved on to the semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a 6-4, 6-4 q...
Feb 22, 2024

Quebec to table budget on March 12 amid warnings of larger deficit
QUEBEC - The Quebec government will present a budget on March 12 that is expected to have a larger deficit than originally estimated. Quebec's Finance Minister Eric Girard said today the government's ...
Feb 22, 2024

Soccer star Dani Alves found guilty of rape, sentenced to four and a half years in prison
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Dani Alves, one of the most successful soccer players of his generation, was found guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub and sentenced to four years and six months ...
Feb 22, 2024

Peiyun Chien leads by two strokes after first round of the LPGA Thailand tournament
CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) - Peiyun Chien shot an 8-under 64 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA Tour event in Thailand, the first of three tournaments on the LPGA's A...
Feb 22, 2024

Albanian Parliament approves controversial deal to hold migrants for Italy
TIRANA, Albania (AP) - Albania's Parliament on Thursday approved a deal for the country to hold thousands of migrants rescued in international waters by Italy while their asylum applications are proce...
Feb 22, 2024

Barcelona court finds Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves guilty of sexual assault
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves was found guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman in a Barcelona nightclub, a Spanish court ruled on Thursday. The three-judge panel senten...
Feb 22, 2024

In the news today: Canadians back aid to Ukraine, Sentencing for London truck killer
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Support for military aid to Ukraine rising: poll More Canadians want the federa...
Feb 22, 2024