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Italian star Lorenzo Insigne returns to training with Toronto FC
TORONTO - Italian star Lorenzo Insigne returned to training Wednesday after missing Toronto FC's weekend loss in Atlanta due to what the MLS team described as a "personal family situation." The club d...
Sep 14, 2022
Red Deer area unemployment rate drops lower in August
The Red Deer area saw a notable drop in its unemployment rate last month.According to Statistics Canada, the Red Deer area's jobless rate was 4.4 per cent in August, down from 5.4 per cent in July and...
Sep 14, 2022
Canadian caster Jen (LemonKiwi) Pichette helps provide Overwatch League soundtrack
TORONTO - Standing in front of a bank of screens, Jen (LemonKiwi) Pichette's arms are in constant motion as she documents the carnage in front of her. "Toronto runs London over like a truck," she says...
Sep 14, 2022
Hockey Canada says 2019 email does not reflect the federation's "current direction"
TORONTO - Hockey Canada says a 2019 email detailing its desire to self-govern its safe-sport cases does not reflect the organization's current direction. The national federation, which has been under ...
Sep 14, 2022
Four-time Olympian and moguls specialist Chloe Dufour-Lapointe is retiring
VANCOUVER - Six months after becoming the first Canadian freestyle skier to compete in four Olympic Games, Chloe Dufour-Lapointe is retiring. The 30-year-old moguls skier from Montreal won silver at t...
Sep 14, 2022
Some Indigenous leaders concerned about reconciliation with new monarch
Some Indigenous leaders and community members say they're concerned about making progress on reconciliation with King Charles III. Treaty 8 Grand Chief Arthur Noskey says the Queen's death last week w...
Sep 14, 2022
Zelenskyy visits liberated, but devastated, city of Izium
IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the recently liberated city of Izium on Wednesday, greeting soldiers and thanking them for their efforts in retaking the area, as ...
Sep 14, 2022
China's Xi visits Kazakhstan ahead of summit with Putin
NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday started his first trip abroad since the outbreak of the pandemic with a stop in Kazakhstan ahead of a summit with Russia's Vladi...
Sep 14, 2022
Some Indigenous leaders concerned about reconciliation with new monarch
Some Indigenous leaders and community members say they're concerned about making progress on reconciliation with King Charles III. Treaty 8 Grand Chief Arthur Noskey says the Queen's death last week w...
Sep 14, 2022
'Out of control': Quebec politicians facing repeated intimidation on campaign trail
MONTREAL - Gilles Blanger, a candidate for the Coalition Avenir Qubec, recently moved his children and partner out of his house, and he makes sure the doors are always locked. The drastic steps come a...
Sep 14, 2022