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Amnesty calls on Canada Soccer to support compensation for migrant workers in Qatar
DOHA, Qatar - Amnesty International has lambasted Canada Soccer for shying away from addressing the "serious, widespread harms experienced by those who made this World Cup a reality" in Qatar. In an o...
Nov 20, 2022
Canada players say team belief is strong ahead of World Cup opener against Belgium
UMM ALL 'AL, Qatar - While Canada may be diving into the deep end against No. 2 Belgium on Wednesday at the World Cup, the team belief appears strong on the eve of its plunge. "We don't hope no more, ...
Nov 20, 2022
World Cup dismay for Qatar as Ecuador wins opening game
AL KHOR, Qatar (AP) - Qatar's first ever World Cup match ended in dismay for an overmatched team and with a place in unwanted soccer history. The controversy-laced tournament opened Sunday with Qatar ...
Nov 20, 2022
Champion Max Verstappen ends F1 season with 15th win
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A year after one of the most controversial finishes in the history of Formula One, Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was anything but. Max Verstappen, as usual this ...
Nov 20, 2022
Irving rejoins Nets, apologizes for hurt his actions caused
NEW YORK (AP) - Kyrie Irving returned to the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday and apologized to anyone who felt threatened or hurt when he posted a link to a documentary with antisemitic material. Irving was s...
Nov 20, 2022
Nigerian teens create fashion from trash to fight pollution
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Teenage climate activists in Nigeria's largest city are recycling trash into runway outfits for a "Trashion Show." Chinedu Mogbo, founder of Greenfingers Wildlife Initiative, a c...
Nov 20, 2022
No intelligence briefing happened on Chinese funding of candidates: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday he has never been briefed that any candidates in the 2019 federal election may have been influenced by financing from the Chinese government. A Globa...
Nov 20, 2022
Alphonso Davies says injury recovery is going well and he's good to go at World Cup
UMM ALL 'AL, Qatar - Alphonso Davies says he is good to go Wednesday for Canada's World Cup opener despite a hamstring strain suffered playing for Bayern Munich. "I'm ready to start," he told TSN in a...
Nov 20, 2022
Dramatic week ahead as Trudeau, ministers testify at Emergencies Act inquiry
OTTAWA - The final sprint is on at the Public Order Emergency Commission, which has already heard from more than 60 witnesses over five weeks on the government's response to last winter's "Freedom Con...
Nov 20, 2022
Southern Albertans to receive Platinum Jubilee Medal
LETHBRIDGE, AB - More than 200 community members from across the province are set to receive a Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee medal.The commemorative medal was created this year to mark the 70th ...
Nov 20, 2022