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Copa Libertadores saga ends as River Plate wins in Madrid
Madrid turned into Buenos Aires for a night Sunday, with tens of thousands of Argentine fans transforming Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu into a stadium of their own. River Plate fans were the o...
Dec 09, 2018
Equalization formula a hot topic as finance ministers meet
OTTAWA - For the first time in a decade Ontario will not receive an equalization transfer from Ottawa, prompting the province’s finance minister to join calls for the federal government to revie...
Dec 09, 2018
UCP delays Red Deer-South vote for "high profile individual"
It’ll be a while before United Conservative Party members in Red Deer-South choose their candidate for the next provincial election. The nomination vote is being delayed in order to accommodate ...
Dec 09, 2018
Former Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland dies at 90
ROSEAU, Minn. - Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland, a farmer from northern Minnesota who was tasked with selling President Jimmy Carter’s unpopular Soviet Union grain embargo to othe...
Dec 09, 2018
Drayton Valley rally organizers to deliver letters to Energy Minister
Organizers of a rally held last week in Drayton Valley to demand that pipelines get built say they’ll be delivering hundreds of signed letters to Alberta’s Energy Minister on Monday. A gro...
Dec 09, 2018
Maple Leafs forward Hyman suspended two games for hit on Bruins' McAvoy
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Zach Hyman was suspended two games by the NHL on Sunday for interference following his hit on Boston Bruins defenceman Charlie McAvoy a night earlier. Hyman had a hearing w...
Dec 09, 2018
Impact get veteran striker Maximiliano Urruti in trade with FC Dallas for cash
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact acquired Argentine striker Maximiliano Urruti from FC Dallas on Sunday, in exchange for US$75,000 in targeted allocation money and a first-round pick in the 2019 MLS Sup...
Dec 09, 2018
Whitecaps get goalkeeper MacMath in trade with Rapids for midfielder Mezquida
VANCOUVER - Goalkeeper Zac MacMath was acquired by the Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday in a trade with Colorado Rapids for midfielder Nicolas Mezquida and US$100,000 of targeted allocation money. MacMat...
Dec 09, 2018
Goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau traded to Whitecaps by Impact for cash, pick
VANCOUVER - Goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau was traded to the Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday by the Montreal Impact in exchange for US$50,000 in targeted allocation money and a third round pick in the 2020 M...
Dec 09, 2018
Vancouver Whitecaps get defender Victor Giro in trade with Orlando City SC
VANCOUER, B.C. - Defender Victor Giro was acquired by the Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday, sending a natural third round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft to Orlando City SC in return. Giro was acquired b...
Dec 09, 2018