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Key developments in the aftermath of the Turkey, Syria quake
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is paying his second visit to provinces devastated by the Feb. 6 earthquake as search and rescue efforts for buried survivors in the worst ...
Feb 20, 2023
Toronto FC sends striker Jesus Jimenez to FC Dallas for midfielder Brandon Servania
Toronto FC has acquired midfielder Brandon Servania from FC Dallas in exchange for Spanish striker Jesus Jimenez and an international slot for the 2023 season. The 23-year-old Servania signed as a hom...
Feb 20, 2023
Quebec town votes no to Lac-Mégantic rail bypass project as expropriations loom
MONTREAL - Residents of a Quebec town have voted overwhelmingly against a rail bypass project that would divert trains around Lac-Mgantic, where a freight train derailment killed 47 people nearly 10 y...
Feb 20, 2023
Islanders' Barzal out indefinitely with lower-body injury
PITTSBURGH (AP) - New York Islanders center Mat Barzal is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury, the team announced Monday, a devastating blow to its playoff pursuit. He was injured on a hit from ...
Feb 20, 2023
Jann Arden petitions Ottawa to ban live horse exports for slaughter
OTTAWA - Thousands of Canadians are petitioning the federal Liberals to live up to their election promise to ban the live export of horses for slaughter. Statistics Canada data show since the promise ...
Feb 20, 2023
Quebec premier says Roxham Road must be 'priority' for Trudeau at meeting with Biden
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to make the flow of migrants across the Roxham Road border crossing a priority during an upcoming meeting with the U.S. pr...
Feb 20, 2023
Whitecaps acquire Venezuelan forward Sergio Cordova, agree to three-year deal
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired Venezuelan international forward Sergio Cordova from German Bundesliga side FC Augsburg, the team announced Monday. Cordova, 25, agreed to a three-yea...
Feb 20, 2023
Celebration marks repatriation of B.C. totem to Nuxalk Nation after century-long wait
BELLA COOLA, B.C. - A carved pole that embodies the history and culture of a British Columbia First Nation is being welcomed back to its ancestral home, more than 100 years after it was taken. Dancing...
Feb 20, 2023
Alberta Council of Women's Shelters to release Workforce Survey Report
Building on the Valentine's Day "Love a Shelter" campaign, the Alberta Council of Women's Shelters (ACWS) is releasing a report that demonstrates the unprecedented circumstances the province's domesti...
Feb 20, 2023
'People's court' tries Vladimir Putin for war in Ukraine
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A "people's court" put Russian President Vladimir Putin on trial Monday for the crime of aggression over his invasion of Ukraine, in a symbolic move to close an "accounta...
Feb 20, 2023