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Defensive lineman Haba looking forward to CFL free-agent experience
Celestin Haba is again in unchartered waters. In 2023, the six-foot-two, 250-pound defensive lineman joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers knowing little about Canadian football. Two years later, Haba is p...
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Canada draws Romania, Japan in qualifying group for 2025 Billie Jean King Cup
MONTREAL - Canada will face Romania and Japan in its qualifying group for the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup international women's tennis tournament. The qualifying draw was held Thursday in London. Top-ra...
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Suburban Seattle officer gets over 16 years in prison for fatally shooting a homeless man
A suburban Seattle police officer was sentenced Thursday to over 16 years in prison for the 2019 shooting death of a homeless man he was trying to arrest for disorderly conduct, marking the first conv...
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Bill 21 at the Supreme Court: Five things about Quebec’s contentious secularism law
MONTREAL - Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21, was challenged in court as soon as it was adopted more than five years ago. With the Supreme Court of Canada announcing Thursday it will hear argu...
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Joly off to Washington to talk tariffs with Rubio as Trump floats 5% target for NATO
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly will press Canada's case against damaging tariffs with Donald Trump's new secretary of state next week in Washington. Trump is threatening to impose 25 pe...
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Freeland says she's abandoning capital gains tax change because of Trump
OTTAWA - Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland says her promise to repeal changes to the capital gains tax was made in response to Donald Trump's election in the United States. Freeland is running...
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California Legislature approves $2.5B for state response to Los Angeles-area fires
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California bolstered funding to help the Los Angeles area recover from its recent deadly wildfires under a more than $2.5 billion fire relief package approved Thursday by the...
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Wild bring back Kaprizov and Spurgeon from injuries before game vs. Utah
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Wild have managed to hold together a highly competitive team all season despite a series of injuries that have sidelined several of their most important players. T...
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Golden Knights center William Karlsson is week-to-week with lower-body injury
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The slumping Vegas Golden Knights suffered another loss Thursday when they announced center William Karlsson is week-to-week with a lower-body injury. The club recalled Tanner Laczyns...
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Quick quotes: Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Quebec secularism law
The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday agreed to hear a challenge of Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21, which prohibits public sector workers in positions of authority, including teachers and...
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