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Jonathan Osorio helps lead a new generation of Canadian talent at Toronto FC
TORONTO - Jonathan Osorio recalls watching on TV as Canada upset Colombia to win the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He was seven at the time. "I remember vividly that day," said the Toronto FC midfielder. "T...
Mar 18, 2022
UN: 6.5 million people displaced inside Ukraine due to war
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. migration agency said Friday that nearly 6.5 million people have been displaced inside Ukraine, on top of the 3.2 million who have already fled the country. The estimates from t...
Mar 18, 2022
Alberta and Lethbridge record deadliest year for drug overdoses in 2021
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta, the South Zone, and Lethbridge all recorded their deadliest year on record for drug overdoses in 2021.The province released data late Thursday, showing that 176 people died i...
Mar 18, 2022
Convoy protest cost Ottawa $36.3 million, city memo says
OTTAWA - Local leaders in Ottawa are being told that the city's response to the three-week convoy protest last month cost municipal coffers over $36 million. A memo to councillors released by the city...
Mar 18, 2022
The Canadian Press receives four National Newspaper Award nominations for photos
The National Newspaper Awards have named the finalists for its annual journalism honours and given four nominations to The Canadian Press. The national newswire agency received the nominations in vari...
Mar 18, 2022
Charest says leaders must listen to health experts on lifting federal COVID mandates
OTTAWA - Jean Charest says when it comes to lifting federal COVID-19 mandates, leaders should listen to health experts and not replace that advice with their own judgment. Federal Conservatives and th...
Mar 18, 2022
Millions of dollars worth of MDMA "precursor" seized in Calgary
CALGARY, AB - Officers say they have prevented what could have been upwards of $5 million worth of MDMA or ecstasy from hitting the streets in Alberta.That comes after ALERT and the Canada Border Serv...
Mar 18, 2022
Canada's Einarson ran pandemic gauntlet to compete in a 'normal' world championship
Kerri Einarson's team spent the back half of their four years together curling through a pandemic, and posted some of their greatest successes during that time. Eyebrows raised when a team of former s...
Mar 18, 2022
Receiver Justin Hardy among three Americans signed by Ottawa Redblacks.
American receiver Justin Hardy, who played in a Super Bowl with the Atlanta Falcons, was among three players signed Friday by the Ottawa Redblacks. Hardy, 30, spent five seasons with Atlanta (2015-19)...
Mar 18, 2022
NACI recommends kids get Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, calls Moderna suitable alternative
OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization has released new guidelines that favour giving kids a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine over the newly approved Moderna version.Health Canada ap...
Mar 18, 2022