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Homan, Jones each one win away from Hearts final after playoff victories
CALGARY - Ontario's Rachel Homan and Manitoba's Jennifer Jones won their playoff games Friday at the Canadian women's curling championship to accelerate their bids for a title. Homan extended her run ...
Feb 23, 2024
Blue Bombers sign veteran kicker Sergio Castillo to one-year contract
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed Sergio Castillo to a one-year contract as the veteran kicker looks to build on an outstanding 2023 CFL campaign. Castillo joined the Bombers for a thir...
Feb 23, 2024
Alberta regulator accepts Rockies coal mine application, will call public hearing
CROWSNEST PASS, AB - Alberta's energy regulator says it will accept an application and open hearings into a controversial open-pit coal mine on the southern slopes of the province's Rocky Mountains.In...
Feb 23, 2024
Toronto FC has many questions to answer as it gears up for new MLS season
TORONTO - Heading into the MLS regular season, Toronto FC is akin to a restaurant undergoing a makeover with time running out before the reveal. There's a lot going on behind the scenes and no guarant...
Feb 23, 2024
CF Montreal enters MLS season with some new faces, and a new play style
CF Montreal is heading into the Major League Soccer season with plenty of intrigue. With new faces on the team sheet and a new head coach working to implement an exciting play style, Laurent Courtois'...
Feb 23, 2024
P.E.I. councillor accused of posting anti-Indigenous sign seeking judicial review
CHARLOTTETOWN - A village councillor in Prince Edward Island is asking a court to quash sanctions imposed on him after he displayed a sign on his property questioning the existence of unmarked graves ...
Feb 23, 2024
Trump says he 'strongly supports' IVF and calls on Alabama lawmakers to protect access
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he would "strongly support the availability of IVF" and called on lawmakers in Alabama to preserve access to the procedure. It was ...
Feb 23, 2024
Quebec's common front unionized workers vote to accept deal with province
MONTREAL - Some 420,000 unionized public sector workers have voted 74.8 per cent in favour of accepting an agreement in principle reached with the Quebec government. The workers, who are part of the "...
Feb 23, 2024
Jen Pawol to make big league spring training debut, on verge of becoming first MLB woman umpire
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Jen Pawol will take a big step toward breaking the gender barrier for Major League Baseball umpires on Saturday when she becomes the first woman to work a big league sprin...
Feb 23, 2024
Dabrowski, Routliffe lose semifinal match to Siniakova, Hunter in Dubai
DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand lost their women's doubles semifinal match at the Dubai Tennis Championships 6-4, 6-4 to Czechi...
Feb 23, 2024