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Trinidad winger Tyrese Spicer ready to make jump to Toronto FC first team
TORONTO - Tyrese Spicer remembers the tough times growing up in Trinidad. "Not having enough money to buy sneakers, buy cleats, to go to school. Not having enough money to eat," he recalled. "I had so...
Dec 20, 2023
Keeping account: How NHL teams work to maintain high standards on and off the ice
Brad Marchand doesn't have to say a word when a new player walks into the Boston Bruins' locker room. The standard and expectation was set long ago. It started with former captain Zdeno Chara and cont...
Dec 20, 2023
Homeless people who died on US streets are increasingly remembered at winter solstice gatherings
PHOENIX (AP) - With his gap-tooth smile, hip-hop routines and volunteer work for a food charity, Roosevelt White III was well known in the downtown Phoenix tent city known as "The Zone." But like many...
Dec 20, 2023
Metro accuses Loblaw of falsely implicating it in bread price-fixing scheme
In new court filings, Metro Inc. is accusing Loblaw Cos. Ltd. and its parent company of conspiring to implicate Metro in an alleged bread price-fixing scheme. Metro has submitted a statement of defenc...
Dec 20, 2023
Intelligence watchdog's delayed report says Global Affairs program risks blowback
OTTAWA - Canada's intelligence watchdog says a program that has diplomats collecting sensitive information abroad runs the risk of blowback from foreign states. The National Security and Intelligence ...
Dec 20, 2023
Olympian, philanthropist, head of Canadian Women's Foundation appointed to Senate
OTTAWA - A former Olympian, a philanthropist and the head of the Canadian Women's Foundation have all been newly appointed to the Senate. The appointees include Marnie McBean, who was an Olympic medal...
Dec 20, 2023
Canada's Macklin Celebrini ready for world junior stage: 'Doesn't cheat the game'
Macklin Celebrini was contemplating his next hockey stop. The teenage star poised to join the U.S. college hockey ranks for the 2023-24 season had plenty of NCAA schools pining for his services back i...
Dec 20, 2023
Tennis players to get protection from online abuse through new monitoring service
LONDON (AP) - A new monitoring service will help protect tennis players from online abuse and threats, the International Tennis Federation and other governing bodies said Wednesday. In their joint ann...
Dec 20, 2023
Odds of another rate hike have fallen, BoC governing council agreed as they held rate
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada's governing council agreed the odds of another rate hike have decreased during its discussions ahead of the interest rate decision earlier this month. The Bank of Canada re...
Dec 20, 2023
The Northern View: Mayor Yu's Expense Budget
The recent uproar over Prince George Mayor Yu's travel and expense budget has caused quite a stir here in the city and around the province, and he certainly didn't handle the whole situation very well...
Dec 20, 2023