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After lengthy absence, Toronto Arrows finally get to play a game on home turf
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows will play at home for the first time since June 2019 when the Major League Rugby team hosts the Atlantic Selects all-star side Oct. 16 at York Lions Stadium. The Arrows pl...
Sep 16, 2021
Canadian men continue climb up world soccer rankings, reaching No. 51
Canada continues its climb up the world soccer ladder, moving eight places to No. 51 in the latest FIFA rankings. It's the highest position for the Canadian men since they were 53rd in October 2009. T...
Sep 16, 2021
Jagmeet Singh faces Fairy Creek demonstrators during final push in Toronto
TORONTO - A group of demonstrators called on Jagmeet Singh to make the Fairy Creek old-growth logging standoff an election issue as the NDP leader made a push for voters in a Liberal-held riding. Sing...
Sep 16, 2021
F1 driver Vettel keeps his seat at Aston Martin for 2022
SILVERSTONE, England - Sebastian Vettel will drive for Aston Martin next year after the Formula One team extended his contract by one year on Thursday. The four-time F1 champion joined Aston Martin th...
Sep 16, 2021
Police detain teenager after threat to German synagogue
BERLIN (AP) - German security officials said Thursday they had detained a teenager who was allegedly planning to attack a synagogue in the western city of Hagen with explosives, news agency dpa said. ...
Sep 16, 2021
On the campaign trail, new COVID rules in Alberta : In The News for Sept. 16
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 16 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Sep 16, 2021
Another minority looks likely but it could be very different from the last one
OTTAWA - Canadians have chosen minority governments in four of the last six federal elections and Monday's vote seems likely to produce a fifth. Whether it will be a Liberal or Conservative minority i...
Sep 16, 2021
Critics say federal Conservatives dodging questions on coal mining in Alberta Rockies
EDMONTON - The Conservative Party of Canada is not saying if an Erin O'Toole-led government would keep measures supported by the two other main parties that would increase scrutiny of open-pit coal mi...
Sep 16, 2021
Federal campaigns need to pull out all the stops to get supporters to polls
OTTAWA - Whether he's vibing to booty-shaking beats on TikTok, wandering an orange-spangled island oasis on Nintendo Switch or even staring down at crowds from a giant projection on the side of a buil...
Sep 16, 2021
Federal NDP candidate drops out after antisemitic post, shakes up N.S. riding race
HALIFAX - The race for the northern Nova Scotia riding of Cumberland-Colchester has been shaken up days ahead of Monday's election after the NDP's 18-year-old candidate dropped out over an antisemitic...
Sep 16, 2021