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Canada Soccer increases membership fees starting in 2025 to help improve revenue
Financially challenged Canada Soccer took a step toward improving its bottom line Saturday, voting to increase its annual membership fee for players by $4 starting in 2025. Soccer players will pay a $...
May 04, 2024

Real Madrid wins the Spanish league after Barcelona loses at Girona
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Real Madrid has won its record-extending 36th Spanish league title after increasing its lead over second-place Girona to an insurmountable 13 points with four games remaining. ...
May 04, 2024

Matthews skates ahead of Game 7, status unclear with Leafs' season again on the line
BOSTON - Auston Matthews was back on the ice with his teammates Saturday. The Maple Leafs centre snapped the puck around, took part in drills and seemed to be moving well at Toronto's morning skate. W...
May 04, 2024

Canadian rugby women blanked 24-0 by France in Singapore Sevens Cup quarterfinal
SINGAPORE - Canada's rugby sevens women were blanked 24-0 by France in Saturday's Cup quarterfinal at the Singapore Sevens. The Canadians, who stand fifth in the season standings after six events, saw...
May 04, 2024

Snakes almost on a plane: TSA discovers a bag with small snakes in passenger's pants
MIAMI (AP) - Airport security officers in Miami found a slithering surprise last week - a bag of snakes hidden in a passenger's pants. According to an X post by the Transportation Security Administrat...
May 04, 2024

Judge to rule on validity of Quebec language law because it delays English verdicts
MONTREAL - A Quebec court judge will decide whether the province's new language reform is constitutional because a section of the law systematically delays the delivery of verdicts handed down in Engl...
May 04, 2024

Red dresses to make fashion statement about missing and murdered Indigenous women
Models in uniquely designed red dresses are taking to the runway in British Columbia this weekend to make a powerful fashion statement about missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit...
May 04, 2024

Fourteen teams taking part in National Aboriginal Hockey Championships taking place in Grande Prairie
Fourteen teams from across the country, seven girls squads and seven boys, are in Grande Prairie for the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships.That will include 350 players, aged 14 to 17.There wil...
May 04, 2024

Parliamentary report on Emergencies Act decision is 18 months past due — and counting
OTTAWA - For a committee struck to review an emergency, the approach to reporting back to Canadians has been less than urgent. The erstwhile group of senators and MPs studying the federal government's...
May 04, 2024

Five things to know about the NHL playoffs
The Vancouver Canucks made it out of the first round Friday night, while the Toronto Maple Leafs look to accomplish something they haven't done in decades on Saturday. Here are five things to know ent...
May 04, 2024