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Expansion Vancouver FC to play CPL home opener against Cavalry FC on May 7
TORONTO - Expansion Vancouver FC will open with three games on the road before hosting Cavalry FC on May 7 in its Canadian Premier League home opener. Vancouver will play its home games at Willoughby ...
Jan 30, 2023
Tiedemann among internal non-roster invitees for major-league spring training
Top pitching prospect Ricky Tiedemann was among the 14 internal non-roster players invited by the Toronto Blue Jays to major-league spring training on Monday. Tiedemann, 20, was 5-4 with a 2.17 earned...
Jan 30, 2023
6th Memphis officer relieved of duty in Nichols arrest
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A sixth Memphis Police Department officer has been disciplined for his involvement in the brutal beating and arrest of Tyre Nichols, a department spokeswoman said Monday. Officer...
Jan 30, 2023
Quebec calls for resignation of federal government's anti-Islamophobia representative
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is calling for the resignation of the federal government's special representative to combat Islamophobia. Quebec Secularism Minister Jean-Franois Roberge says Ottawa s...
Jan 30, 2023
Tamil groups ask Ottawa to bring Sri Lanka officials to International Criminal Court
OTTAWA - Tamil diaspora groups are praising Ottawa's sanctions on Sri Lanka officials, while asking Canada to bring that country to international tribunals. Ottawa sanctioned four high-ranking officia...
Jan 30, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Hockey Hall of Fame Bobby Hull dies at 84
Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull has died at age 84, according to sources. More coming. The Canadian Press
Jan 30, 2023
Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull dead at 84; First NHLer to score more than 50 goals
Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull has died at the age of 84. He played for the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks and Hartford Whalers as well as the World Hockey Association's Winnipeg Jets over a 23-year pro ca...
Jan 30, 2023
Ottawa Redblacks sign Canadian offensive lineman Drew Desjarlais to two-year contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks signed Canadian offensive lineman Drew Desjarlais to a two-year contract Monday. Desjarlais, 25, of Belle River, Ont., spent the '22 season with New England Patriots and ...
Jan 30, 2023
Girl, 6, dead after accident at ski resort north of Montreal on Sunday
MONTREAL - A young girl is dead after an accident at a ski resort on Sunday morning north of Montreal. Police say the six-year-old died after suffering injuries at the Val-Saint-Cme ski resort while u...
Jan 30, 2023
Tropical storm leaves 30 dead, 20 missing in Madagascar
ANTANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) - Flooding and landslides caused by the passage of tropical storm Cheneso across Madagascar caused 30 deaths, left 20 people missing and affected tens of thousands across t...
Jan 30, 2023