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Whitecaps edge Pacific 1-0 in opening leg of Canadian Championship semifinal
LANGFORD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The Vancouver Whitecaps continued their Canadian Championship title defence Wednesday, downing Pacific FC in the opening leg of the semifinals. Ryan Gauld scored o...
Jul 10, 2024
Colombia beats Uruguay 1-0 and will face Lionel Messi and Argentina in Copa America final
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Jefferson Lerma scored in the 39th minute, and Colombia played a man short the entire second half in a 1-0 win over Uruguay on Wednesday night to reach the Copa America final ag...
Jul 10, 2024
Forge defeats slumping Toronto FC in opening leg of Canadian Championship semifinal
HAMILTON - Toronto FC's free fall continued Wednesday as the slumping Major League Soccer side was beaten 2-1 by Canadian Premier League champion Forge FC in the opening leg of their Canadian Champion...
Jul 10, 2024
Biden's candidacy faces new peril as Pelosi, Clooney and more Democrats weigh in
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's imperiled re-election campaign hit new trouble Wednesday as House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said merely "it's up to the president to decide" if he should sta...
Jul 10, 2024
Surrey, B.C., police transition deal from RCMP to local force complete, says minister
VANCOUVER - A long-running and fractious dispute between the British Columbia government and the City of Surrey over its police department has ended with a cash agreement. Solicitor General Mike Farnw...
Jul 10, 2024
Gregg Berhalter fired as U.S. men's soccer coach after Copa America first-round exit, AP source says
NEW YORK (AP) - Gregg Berhalter was fired as U.S. men's soccer coach on Wednesday after his team's first-round exit from the Copa America flamed doubts he was the right person to remain in charge for ...
Jul 10, 2024
Former Quebec junior hockey players sentenced for sex assault to appeal sentences
QUEBEC CITY, Que. - Two former Quebec junior hockey players will appeal their prison sentences for sexually assaulting a minor at a hotel in June 2021 during a celebration of a Victoriaville Tigres ch...
Jul 10, 2024
Former Quebec junior hockey players sentenced for sex assault to appeal sentences
QUEBEC CITY, Que. - Two former Quebec junior hockey players will appeal their prison sentences for sexually assaulting a minor at a hotel in June 2021 during a celebration of a Victoriaville Tigres ch...
Jul 10, 2024
B.C. war veteran John Hillman, dead at 105, raised thousands for children's charity
OAK BAY - Second World War veteran John Hillman, who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity in the last years of his life, died Monday at the age of 105. In 2020, Hillman gained widesprea...
Jul 10, 2024
Toronto Blue Jays looking to restock minor system at MLB Draft this weekend
It's time for the Toronto Blue Jays to restock their minor league system. Amateur scouting director Shane Farrell spoke with media on Wednesday ahead of this weekend's Major League Baseball draft and ...
Jul 10, 2024