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Northern Super League starts taking deposits for season tickets for 2025 kickoff
The fledgling Northern Super League will get an early feel for its appeal Thursday when all six clubs start taking deposits for season tickets. The women's pro soccer league, set to kick off next Apri...
Sep 12, 2024
In the news today: Air Canada pilot strike looms, BC transit strike talks resume
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Flying Air Canada next week? Read this first You're packing your bags but still don't know if Air Canada will ...
Sep 12, 2024
Tidal power junk: N.S. village wants huge, abandoned moorings moved from fishing area
WALTON, N.S. - Four boxcars filled with concrete are sitting on the floor of the Bay of Fundy near Walton, N.S., where residents are worried the debris - abandoned by another failed tidal power projec...
Sep 12, 2024
Vietnam death toll climbs to 197 as typhoon's aftermath brings flash floods and landslides
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi and more than 125 are missing as flash floods and landslides take their toll, state media reported Thursda...
Sep 11, 2024
Vietnam death toll climbs to 197 as typhoon's aftermath brings flash floods and landslides
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi and more than 125 are missing as flash floods and landslides take their toll, state media reported Thursda...
Sep 11, 2024
Mariners righty Bryan Woo perfect through 6 innings against Padres
SEATTLE (AP) - Seattle Mariners right-hander Bryan Woo has not allowed a baserunner through six innings against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night. Woo has relied mostly on his fastball at the to...
Sep 11, 2024
Canada's Stakusic, partner Savinykh lose in doubles quarterfinals at Guadalajara Open
ZAPOPAN - Canada's Marina Stakusic and Valeria Savinykh of Russia are out of the Guadalajara Open. The pair lost in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 to Oksana Kalashnikova of Georgia and Kamilla Rakhimova of Ru...
Sep 11, 2024
McDavid looking forward after Oilers' run to Stanley Cup final
LAS VEGAS - Connor McDavid attacked the off-season from a different angle. The Edmonton Oilers superstar captain hopes it will help his team secure one more victory next June. After the club fell to t...
Sep 11, 2024
Canada exits U-20 World Cup but not before giving defending champion Spain a scare
SANTIAGO DE CALI - Captain Silvia Lloris' 81st-minute goal lifted defending champion Spain to a 2-1 comeback victory over Canada on Wednesday in round-of-16 play at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Lu...
Sep 11, 2024
Alberto Fujimori, a former president of Peru who was convicted for human rights abuses, dies at 86
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru's economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in a disgrace of autocratic excess that later...
Sep 11, 2024