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CF Montreal sends defender Ruan to FC Dallas for up to $150K
MONTREAL - CF Montreal is sending Brazilian right back Ruan to FC Dallas for up to US$150,000 in general allocation money. The trade, announced Monday, guarantees Montreal $50,000 in 2024. The club co...
Aug 12, 2024
Ultrafine particles linked to 1,100 deaths per year in Montreal, Toronto: study
MONTREAL - A study by researchers at McGill University has found that a microscopic air pollutant generated from vehicles and industry plays a role in the deaths of an estimated 1,100 people in Canada...
Aug 12, 2024
Quebec municipalities hit by remnants of tropical storm Debby face months of cleanup
MONTREAL - Quebec municipalities hit by the remnants of tropical storm Debby say they're looking at months of recovery. The mayors of La Macaza and St.-Lin-Laurentides, which have both declared states...
Aug 12, 2024
Chief human rights commissioner resigns after investigation into Israel comments
The recently appointed chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission said Monday that he agreed to resign after an investigation into past comments related to Israel.Birju Dattani has pre...
Aug 12, 2024
Saskatchewan Roughriders sign Americans Jean Delance, Aubrey Miller Jr.
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed offensive lineman Jean Delance and linebacker Aubrey Miller Jr., the CFL club announced Monday. The six-foot-five, 305-pound Delance attended the B.C....
Aug 12, 2024
Judge starts reading Medicine Hat mayor's judicial review case ahead of Tuesday hearing
The justice who will decide the fate of city council's sanctions on Medicine Hat Mayor Linnsie Clark has started reading the materials from both sides ahead of a Tuesday hearing.Presiding judge Rosema...
Aug 12, 2024
Crews begin demolishing Texas church where gunman killed more than two dozen in 2017
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) - Crews on Monday began to tear down a Texas church where a gunman killed more than two dozen worshippers in 2017, using heavy machinery to raze the small building even ...
Aug 12, 2024
Quebec Liberals say province needs own constitution to affirm 'who we are'
MONTREAL - The Quebec Liberal Party is proposing that the province adopt its own constitution, a project it says will be "unifying." The idea was announced this morning by members of the party's polic...
Aug 12, 2024
Argentina striker Julian Alvarez joins Atletico Madrid from Man City in deal worth around $103M
Argentina striker Julian Alvarez joined Atletico Madrid from Manchester City in a deal reportedly worth more than $103 million on Monday, ending his trophy-laden two-year spell at the English champion...
Aug 12, 2024
Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, being turned away from ERs despite federal law
WASHINGTON (AP) - Bleeding and in pain, Kyleigh Thurman didn't know her doomed pregnancy could kill her. Emergency room doctors at Ascension Seton Williamson in Texas handed her a pamphlet on miscarri...
Aug 12, 2024