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Calgary Wild name Lydia Bedford the women's pro soccer's team's first head coach
CALGARY - The Calgary Wild women's pro soccer team has named Lydia Bedford the team's first head coach. The Wild are part of the six-team Northern Super League starting its inaugural season in April. ...
Jan 03, 2025
Museum of whale skeletons, painstakingly rebuilt over years, consumed by B.C. fire
It takes years to rebuild a whale. Just ask Jim Borrowman, co-founder of the Whale Interpretive Centre museum that housed numerous whale skeletons on the boardwalk of Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Islan...
Jan 03, 2025
CF Montreal signs German midfielder Fabian Herbers to two-year contract
MONTREAL - CF Montreal has signed German midfielder Fabian Herbers to a contract for the next two seasons. The Major League Soccer club announced the deal Friday after Herbers spent the last six seaso...
Jan 03, 2025
Team Einarson adds Karlee Burgess to lineup after her departure from Team Carey
Team Kerri Einarson is adding three-time world junior champion Karlee Burgess to its lineup. Burgess will fill in for second Shannon Birchard, who will miss the rest of the season due to a knee injury...
Jan 03, 2025
Hockey Canada picks up the pieces after another quarterfinal exit at world junior
OTTAWA - Hockey Canada executive Scott Salmond says "the buck stops" with him. The country's men's under-20 team was eliminated from the world junior hockey championship in the quarterfinals for a sec...
Jan 03, 2025
Quebec emergency rooms reporting major overcrowding, some at more than 200% capacity
MONTREAL - Quebec is experiencing serious overcrowding in its emergency rooms after the holidays, with some major hospitals in Montreal operating at more than 200 per cent capacity. Around midday, Mon...
Jan 03, 2025
Google sends funds to journalism collective in exchange for Online News Act exemption
Google has sent the $100 million it agreed to pay Canadian news outlets in exchange for an exemption from the Online News Act to a journalism organization designed to disperse the funds. The U.S. tech...
Jan 03, 2025
Maple Leafs sign veteran defenceman Philippe Myers to two-year extension
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Philippe Myers to a two-year contract extension, the NHL team announced Friday. The contract carries an average annual value of US850,000. The ...
Jan 03, 2025
Trudeau attending U.S. relations cabinet committee meeting amid calls for resignation
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking part in a virtual meeting of the Canada-U.S. relations cabinet committee, as people inside and outside the Liberal caucus call for him to resign as lea...
Jan 03, 2025
In the news today: Champagne talks TikTok, Musk and AI bill
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Champagne talks TikTok, Musk and AI bill As the federal government battles TikTok in court over Ottawa's order...
Jan 03, 2025