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Senators forward Nick Cousins fined for elbowing on Sabres defenceman Jacob Bryson
NEW YORK - Ottawa Senators forward Nick Cousins has been fined US$2,083.33 - the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining agreement - for elbowing Buffalo Sabres defenceman Jacob Bryson, the ...
Jan 10, 2025
Ottawa Senators sign forward Ridly Greig to four-year contract extension
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Ridly Greig to a four-year, US$13-million contract extension, the club announced Friday. The deal carries an average annual value of $3.25 million. Gre...
Jan 10, 2025
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly off to Washington next week to talk tariffs
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly heads to Washington next week to press the incoming Trump administration not to impose damaging tariffs on Canada. President-elect Donald Trump has threat...
Jan 10, 2025
Source: Former assistant coach Robin Fraser returns to Toronto FC as head coach
TORONTO - Toronto FC has named Robin Fraser its new head coach, according to a source. The 58-year-old Fraser is a former assistant coach with the franchise, leaving Toronto in August 2019 to take ove...
Jan 10, 2025
Human rights group asks Canada to join U.S. and declare another genocide in Sudan
OTTAWA - A prominent human rights group is calling on Ottawa to follow the U.S. and declare that recent actions by Sudan's paramilitary force amount to genocide. The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human ...
Jan 10, 2025
Tennis star Jannik Sinner gets April date at sports court for appeal hearing in doping case
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner will go to sport's highest court in April for the World Anti-Doping Agency's appeal that seeks to ban him from the sport for at leas...
Jan 10, 2025
Biden administration extends temporary status for more than 200,000 from El Salvador for 18 months
MIAMI (AP) - More than 200,000 Salvadorans who have lived more than two decades in the United States can legally remain another 18 months, the Homeland Security Department said Friday in one of the Bi...
Jan 10, 2025
Mélanie Joly will not run for Liberal party leadership, source confirms
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is out of the running to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader, a Liberal source confirms to The Canadian Press. Joly is expected to talk to media toda...
Jan 10, 2025
Canadian plane fighting L.A. fires out of service after colliding with civilian drone
Authorities in Los Angeles say a Quebec water bomber is out of service after colliding with a drone while fighting wildfires Thursday. A pair of Quebec water bombers and their crews have been helping ...
Jan 10, 2025
Canada's Auger-Aliassime downs top-seed Paul to reach final at Adelaide International
ADELAIDE - Canada's Flix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the final of the Adelaide International on Friday, defeating top-seeded American Tommy Paul in the semifinals. The fifth-seeded Auger-Aliassime of ...
Jan 10, 2025