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In wake of humiliating 7-1 loss, Toronto FC fires head coach Chris Armas
Toronto FC fired head coach Chris Armas on Sunday in the wake of a humiliating 7-1 loss at D.C. United, the club's sixth-straight defeat. Under the first-year coach, Toronto (1-8-2) is winless in seve...
Jul 04, 2021
Lytton, B.C., fire shows 'minimal' growth in past day: wildfire service
LYTTON, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service says there has been minimal growth in a fire that destroyed much of the village of Lytton, B.C., in the past day. The service says the fire has remained roughly ...
Jul 04, 2021
Pope Francis hospitalized for planned intestinal surgery
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis went to a Rome hospital on Sunday for scheduled surgery on his large intestine, the Vatican said. The news came just three hours after Francis had cheerfully greeted t...
Jul 04, 2021
Goat walks bring joy to people at Police Point Park
MEDICINE HAT, AB - If you have taken a walk along Police Point Park lately, or have been lucky enough to take part in the interpretive centre's goat walks, you have likely encountered the herd. Some b...
Jul 04, 2021
'Hurts so much:' Over 1,000 Nunavut children on wait-list for dental surgery
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A Nunavut woman says her 12-year-old son lost 15 pounds while waiting to have a tooth removed this year. The boy in Rankin Inlet was recently one of more than 1,000 children on the ...
Jul 04, 2021
'Hurts so much:' Over 1,000 Nunavut children on wait-list for dental surgery
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A Nunavut woman says her 12-year-old son lost 15 pounds while waiting to have a tooth removed this year. The boy in Rankin Inlet was recently one of more than 1,000 children on the ...
Jul 04, 2021
Tory MP fighting gay 'blood ban' says Parliament could have worked 'better' on C-6
OTTAWA - Eric Duncan has spoken more about his sexuality in the past two years than he says he has in his entire 33. The Conservative member of Parliament has talked openly in the House of Commons abo...
Jul 04, 2021
Cyprus: 4 found dead in 'most destructive' forest blaze
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus search crews discovered the bodies of four people outside a fire-swept mountain village on Sunday in what a government minister called the "most destructive" blaze in the...
Jul 04, 2021
Philippine military plane crashes, 17 dead, 40 rescued
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippine defense secretary says at least 17 people have been killed and 40 rescued in the crash of a Philippine air force C-130 aircraft carrying troops in a southern ...
Jul 04, 2021
Choiniere's 1st MLS goal helps Montreal beat Inter Miami 1-0
HARRISON, N.J. - Mathieu Choiniere's smile said it all. The homegrown CF Montreal player was grinning from ear to ear after scoring his first Major League Soccer goal in a 1-0 triumph over Inter Miami...
Jul 03, 2021