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BUFC ends off 2024 on the right foot
It was the final tournament of 2024 for Battlefords United Football Club (BUFC) as they had 12 teams in attendance and brought home some hardware at the Hollandia Off the Wall Tournament in Saskatoon ...
Dec 19, 2024
Family says man received MAID on psychiatric day pass, files wrongful-death lawsuit
VANCOUVER - The family of a 52-year-old man who received medical assistance in dying while on a day pass from a Vancouver psychiatric hospital has launched a constitutional challenge to the procedure'...
Dec 19, 2024
Canadian pitcher Soroka, Nationals agree to one-year, $9 million contract
WASHINGTON (AP) - Canadian right-hander Michael Soroka agreed to a $9 million contract for the 2025 season with the Washington Nationals, who are in need of pitching as their rebuild continues and hop...
Dec 19, 2024
Trudeau to shuffle cabinet Friday as pressure for him to resign remains
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet on Friday morning.A government source confirms a swearing-in ceremony will take place at Rideau Hall.This comes at the end of a tumultuous week t...
Dec 19, 2024
Canadian Matt Campbell advances at Paddy Power World Darts Championship
LONDON - Canadian Matt (Ginja Ninja) Campbell never trailed but still had to hold off Serbian-Austrian Mensur (The Gentle) Suljovic to win his first-round match Thursday at the Paddy Power World Darts...
Dec 19, 2024
Riders coaching staff remains mostly unchanged for 2025
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are keeping things mostly consistent when it comes to Cory Mace's coaching staff.J.C. Sherritt is the only member from the 2024 group to not return with reports indicating...
Dec 19, 2024
Sammy Sosa appears to acknowledge PED use, apologizes; Cubs welcome him back into fold
CHICAGO (AP) - Sammy Sosa appeared to acknowledge using performance enhancing drugs during a career in which he hit more than 600 home runs, and the Chicago Cubs said they were ready to welcome back t...
Dec 19, 2024
Pentagon says it doubled the number of US troops in Syria before Assad's fall
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States doubled the number of its forces in Syria to fight the Islamic State group before the overthrow of President Bashar Assad's government, the Pentagon said Thursday. ...
Dec 19, 2024
Sex trial: Quebec TV host Julie Snyder testifies against Just for Laughs founder
MONTREAL - Quebec TV host and producer Julie Snyder told a civil trial today that she was sexually assaulted by Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon in Paris more than three decades ago. Snyder says ...
Dec 19, 2024
Trudeau's 'fixer' Dominic LeBlanc steps up for prime minister in time of crisis
OTTAWA - Dominic LeBlanc is helping Justin Trudeau hold the house together even as a growing number of Liberals turn on the prime minister. As calls for Trudeau to resign grew louder following Chrysti...
Dec 19, 2024