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Lululemon to outfit Canadian Olympic, Paralympic athletes through 2028 Games
VANCOUVER - Canada's Olympic and Paralympic athletes will be clad in Lululemon as they climb the podium in Beijing next year. The Vancouver-based athletic company has signed on to become the official ...
Sep 23, 2021
US special envoy to Haiti resigns over migrant expulsions
The Biden administration's special envoy to Haiti has resigned, protesting "inhumane" large-scale expulsions of Haitian migrants to their homeland wracked by civil strife and natural disaster, U.S. of...
Sep 23, 2021
CF Montreal beats HFX Wanderers, advance to semifinals
CF Montreal has claimed the second of four semifinal spots in the Canadian Championship by beating Canadian Premier League side HFX Wanderers 3-1 on Wednesday. Matko Miljevic and Ballou Jean-Yves Tabl...
Sep 23, 2021
Pacific FC downs Cavalry FC 1-0 in Canadian championship, Toronto FC next
CALGARY - Having dispatched one Major League Soccer club in the Canadian Championship, Pacific FC must do that again to continue its march to a title. Pacific blanked Canadian Premier League counterpa...
Sep 23, 2021
Prince George bylaw targeting homeless people 'scapegoats' the poor, says expert
PRINCE GEORGE - A northern British Columbia city is enacting new restrictions meant to erase the homeless from its core, intensifying the grief that COVID-19 and the overdose crisis have already infli...
Sep 23, 2021
City council opts to do away with biennial municipal census
City council decided not to have a biennial census anymore at Tuesday's meeting following a 4-2 vote. Council instead opted to endorse the province's methodology used to calculate populations, somethi...
Sep 23, 2021
Local curlers taking a shot at Olympic trials berth, Okotoks Classic getting underway
Two curlers from Grande Prairie will be taking a run at a spot in Canada's Olympic curling trials starting Thursday in Ottawa.Cary-Anne McTaggart and Kristie Moore are at the Canadian Curling Trials D...
Sep 23, 2021
Counting mail ballots, office vacancy in a post-COVID world: In The News for Sept. 23
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 23 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Sep 23, 2021
Toronto FC dispatches York United FC 4-0 n Canadian Championship quarterfinal
TORONTO - Goals by Jonathan Osorio, Ifunanyachi Achara, Yeferson Soteldo and Noble Okello gave Toronto FC a convincing 4-0 win over York United FC in Canadian Championship quarterfinal play Wednesday....
Sep 22, 2021
Tiger-Cats win 24-7, hand Redblacks fifth straight loss
OTTAWA - Hamilton's third-string quarterback, David Watford, picked up his second straight win on a rain-filled night as the Tiger-Cats defeated the Ottawa Redblacks 24-7 Tuesday at TD Place. The win ...
Sep 22, 2021