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Liberals give themselves more time to meet five-year-old peacekeeping pledge
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is giving itself more time to fulfil a key peacekeeping promise to the UN first made five years ago. The commitment involves the provision of a 200-soldier quick reacti...
Jul 31, 2022
Spin and win: Verstappen rallies to eighth win of F1 season
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Formula One champion Max Verstappen overcame a spin and his worst starting spot of the season to win the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday. His eighth win of the season pushed Ve...
Jul 31, 2022
Part of Beirut port silos, damaged in 2020 blast, collapses
BEIRUT (AP) - A section of Beirut's massive port grain silos, shredded in the 2020 explosion, collapsed in a huge cloud of dust on Sunday after a weekslong fire, triggered by grains that had fermented...
Jul 31, 2022
Sacred site or rallying point? The politicization of Canada's National War Memorial
OTTAWA - The sacrifices of Canadians who fought and died for democracy and freedom during the Korean War were honoured during a small ceremony last week at the National War Memorial. The ceremonial pl...
Jul 31, 2022
Nunes beats Peña to regain UFC women's bantamweight belt
DALLAS (AP) - Amanda Nunes won a unanimous five-round decision over Julianna Pea in the main event of UFC 277 on Saturday night at to regain the women's bantamweight championship that she lost last De...
Jul 30, 2022
Saudi-born Canadian gets life sentence in U.S. for ISIS propaganda support, terrorism
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice says a Saudi-born Canadian citizen was sentenced to life in prison Friday for conspiring to provide support resulting in death to the terrorist organization...
Jul 30, 2022
Toronto FC picks up rare point on the road in scoreless draw with New England
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Toronto FC picked up a rare point on the road with a 0-0 draw against the New England Revolution in MLS play Saturday, but were denied the win when Djordje Petrovic stopped Italian...
Jul 30, 2022
Unbeaten Blue Bombers win a 35-28 thriller over Stampeders
CALGARY - Nic Demski and Dalton Schoen caught two touchdown passes each from quarterback Zach Collaros as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat the Calgary Stampeders 35-38 in CFL action Saturday night to st...
Jul 30, 2022
Defences dominate as Montreal, New York battle to scoreless draw in MLS
MONTREAL - Defence dominated in a battle of two high-powered offences on Saturday as CF Montreal and New York City FC played to a scoreless draw at Stade Saputo. For two of the five highest-scoring te...
Jul 30, 2022
Jake Paul match at MSG off over Rahman's weight issues
NEW YORK (AP) - Jake Paul's boxing match at Madison Square Garden next week has been canceled after his promotional team said opponent Hasim Rahman Jr. did not intend to honor the contracted weight li...
Jul 30, 2022