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NBA suspends Canadian Tristan Thompson 25 games on doping violation
NEW YORK - Cleveland Cavaliers centre Tristan Thompson has been suspended 25 games by the NBA for violating its anti-drug program. Thompson, from Brampton, Ont., tested positive for a growth hormone s...
Jan 23, 2024
Metro Vancouver residents scramble for another ride as bus strike drags into Day 2
VANCOUVER - Hundreds of thousands of Metro Vancouver residents are without a bus ride again today as striking transit supervisors carry on with their 48-hour strike. The dispute between more than 180 ...
Jan 23, 2024
Quebec cold case murder trial: Pathologist says teen victim died from strangulation
A forensic pathologist has told a Quebec cold case murder trial that the 19-year-old victim died of strangulation. Dr. Caroline Tanguay is testifying today in the Saguenay, Que., trial of Marc-Andr Gr...
Jan 23, 2024
Cap on student visas could wreak financial havoc on Ontario universities, says rep
OTTAWA - The Council of Ontario Universities says the newly announced cap on international student admissions is unfairly punishing responsible institutions alongside bad actors in the post-secondary ...
Jan 23, 2024
Police say three dead, four injured in ski helicopter crash near Terrace, B.C.
TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Police in west-central British Columbia have confirmed seven people were aboard a heli-skiing helicopter that crashed Monday afternoon, leaving three dead and four ...
Jan 23, 2024
CFL's Calgary Stampers name former OL Jay McNeil as team president
CALGARY - Jay McNeil is the new president of the Calgary Stampeders. The former Stampeders offensive lineman was promoted to the post Tuesday. He succeeds John Hufnagel, who will remain with the organ...
Jan 23, 2024
Lethbridge tight end Tanner McLachlan to miss Senior Bowl with injury
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Theo Johnson will be the lone Canadian tight end at the 2024 Reese's Senior Bowl.Jim Nagy, the Senior Bowl's executive director, said in an interview Tuesday that Tanner McLachlan, of...
Jan 23, 2024
Heat are trading Kyle Lowry to the Hornets for Terry Rozier, AP source says
MIAMI (AP) - Kyle Lowry is being traded by the Miami Heat to the Charlotte Hornets for Terry Rozier in a swap of point guards, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press on Tue...
Jan 23, 2024
Canadian tight end Tanner McLachlan to miss Senior Bowl with injury
Theo Johnson will be the lone Canadian tight end at the 2024 Reese's Senior Bowl. Jim Nagy, the Senior Bowl's executive director, said in an interview Tuesday that Tanner McLachlan, of Lethbridge, Alt...
Jan 23, 2024
Turkey’s parliament agrees to hold a long-delayed vote on Sweden’s NATO membership
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish legislators scheduled a long-delayed vote Tuesday on Sweden's bid to join NATO, in a step that could remove a major hurdle for the previously nonaligned Nordic country's ...
Jan 23, 2024