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Canadian forward Tyler Pasher finds a new MLS home with the New York Red Bulls
HARRISON, N.J. - Less than a week after being waived by the Houston Dynamo, Canadian international forward Tyler Pasher has landed with the New York Red Bulls. The 28-year-old from Elmira, Ont., made ...
Aug 10, 2022
Given a clean bill of health, Akinola waits his turn in star-studded Toronto attack
TORONTO - Ayo Akinola learned all about patience in the long months spent rehabbing the injured anterior cruciate ligament in his knee. Given a clean bill of health, the 22-year-old forward is now bid...
Aug 10, 2022
RCMP apologize: Questions remain more than 50 years after Yukon woman's death
Family members are still searching for answers after the RCMP apologized for not properly investigating an Indigenous woman's death more than five decades ago. Tootsie Jimmy-Charlie, a 26-year-old Kas...
Aug 10, 2022
Iranian operative charged in plot to murder John Bolton
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Iranian operative has been charged in a plot to murder former Trump administration national security John Bolton, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Shahram Poursafi, identifi...
Aug 10, 2022
Maple Leafs great Borje Salming diagnosed with ALS
Former Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Borje Salming has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, the team announced Wednesday. Salming, who played ...
Aug 10, 2022
FIFA looks to start World Cup in Qatar 1 day earlier
GENEVA (AP) - The World Cup in Qatar could start one day earlier than scheduled with FIFA looking at a plan to let the host nation play Ecuador on Nov. 20, a person familiar with the proposal told The...
Aug 10, 2022
FIFA looks to start World Cup in Qatar 1 day earlier
GENEVA (AP) - The World Cup in Qatar could start one day earlier than scheduled with FIFA looking at a plan to let the host nation play Ecuador on Nov. 20, a person familiar with the proposal told The...
Aug 10, 2022
Stranded whale euthanized after removal from French river
PARIS (AP) - French authorities say a beluga whale stranded for several days in the Seine River has died after it was successfully removed from the French waterway. The whale was being prepared for tr...
Aug 10, 2022
Commercial fishers and wild salmon advocates cheer large returns to B.C. waters
VICTORIA - The summer of 2022 is shaping up to be a bumper season for both pink and sockeye salmon in British Columbia rivers, with one veteran Indigenous fisherman reporting the biggest catches of so...
Aug 10, 2022
The Poilievre divide: Ontario MP preferred leader for Conservatives but not Canadians
OTTAWA - Ontario MP Pierre Poilievre remains the heavy favourite to be the next Conservative party leader but he trails opponent Jean Charest for support among Canadians as a whole. A new Leger poll c...
Aug 10, 2022