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Canada men's soccer team forms players association as World Cup money talks continue
TORONTO - The Canadian men's soccer team has formed a players association as compensation negotiations continue with Canada Soccer. The players and their governing body are attempting to strike a deal...
Aug 11, 2022
Man who tried to breach FBI office killed after standoff
WILMINGTON, Ohio (AP) - An armed man clad in body armor who tried to breach the FBI's Cincinnati office on Thursday was shot and killed by police after he fled the scene and engaged in an hourslong st...
Aug 11, 2022
Defense lawyers across the province set to increase job action
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Members of all four of Alberta's defense lawyer associations have decided to provide less services, and extend the length of its job action after a disappointing meeting with Alberta ...
Aug 11, 2022
Paddling to exorcism: Abuse allegations spark new regulations at Saskatchewan schools
REGINA - Saskatchewan is stepping in to supervise three independent schools after a proposed class-action lawsuit was filed against former teachers, pastors and church elders for alleged abuse of stud...
Aug 11, 2022
Pacific, York United swap midfielders with Baldisimo heading west and Toussaint east
TORONTO - York United FC and Pacific have swapped midfielders, with Cedric Toussaint headed to Pacific and Matthew Baldisimo to York. Balidisimo, in the last year of his contract, comes east on a loan...
Aug 11, 2022
Monday hearing set for 2 ex-cops in George Floyd's killing
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A judge scheduled a hearing for Monday on the "status of plea negotiations" for the two remaining officers awaiting trial on state charges in the killing of George Floyd, with the h...
Aug 11, 2022
Lethbridge Police asking for help locating missing city resident
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service is asking for the public's help in locating a missing 30-year-old man from Lethbridge.Braydon Allan Van Buuren was reported missing on August 10, 2022, a...
Aug 11, 2022
Sentencing hearing for man convicted in Amanda Todd case set for September
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A sentencing hearing for a Dutch national convicted of harassing and extorting British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd before her suicide has been scheduled for next month. Justi...
Aug 11, 2022
Review concludes Whitecaps' response to misconduct allegations was appropriate
An independent investigation has concluded that the Vancouver Whitecaps' response to allegations of misconduct by former women's coaches Bob Birarda and Hubert Busby Jr., was serious and "appropriate....
Aug 11, 2022
Wrestler Eekeeluak Avalak dedicates historic Canada Games gold to his late brother
THOROLD, Ont. - Eekeeluak Avalak was guaranteed to make history even before he stepped onto the mat on Thursday. The 18-year-old wrestler from Cambridge Bay won not only Nunavut's first ever medal at ...
Aug 11, 2022