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New era of Canadian soccer kicks off with the Canadian Premier League
Allan Gorman and his fellow Forge FC supporters have spent hours painting a 15-by-12-metre banner welcoming their team and the Canadian Premier League. Songs have been learned and ...
Apr 25, 2019
Last member of Vancouver baseball team that fought racism helps unveil new stamp
BURNABY, B.C. - A new Canada Post stamp honours an amateur Japanese-Canadian baseball team that used sport to battle racism and discrimination. The Vancouver Asahi formed in 1914 and thrilled fans in ...
Apr 25, 2019
Jays callup Guerrero joins list of hyped international baseball prospects
Top Blue Jays prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is expected make his long awaited Major League Baseball debut when Toronto plays the Oakland Athletics on Friday at the Rogers Centre. As one of the most h...
Apr 25, 2019
Budget watchdog says carbon-price revenues to be $2.6B this year
OTTAWA - Canada's budget watchdog says revenues from the federal carbon price will be more than $2.6 billion this year and exceed $6 billion a year within five years. The new analysis by the parliamen...
Apr 25, 2019
U.S. takes Canada off priority watch list on intellectual property
OTTAWA - The United States is moving Canada off a priority watch list of countries that it says have failed to enforce intellectual-property rights. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is, how...
Apr 25, 2019
Canadian privacy watchdogs find major shortcomings in Facebook probe
OTTAWA - Facebook's ineffective safeguards allowed unauthorized access to the information of millions of the social-media giant's users - including data later used for&nb...
Apr 25, 2019
Psychiatric assessment deems woman criminally responsible in animal abuse case
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A court-ordered psychiatric assessment has determined a southern Alberta woman facing animal abuse charges can be held criminally responsible for her actions.April Dawn Irving, who...
Apr 25, 2019
19th annual 3D Charity Hockey & Soccer tournament begins Thursday at Coca-Cola Centre
It's a big weekend at the Coca-Cola Centre and the Eastlink Centre as the 19th annual 3D Charity Hockey and Soccer tournament takes place.The three-day event helps raise money for students with seriou...
Apr 25, 2019
US new-home sales climbed 4.5% in March
WASHINGTON - Sales of new U.S. homes increased 4.5% in March, the third straight monthly gain as the housing market appears to be cautiously recovering from a mortgage rate spike last year that caused...
Apr 25, 2019
Prince Harry attends public event as royal baby wait goes on
LONDON - Prince Harry has attended a service commemorating war dead from Australia and New Zealand as he and his wife Meghan await the birth of their first child. Meghan is due to give birth soon, tho...
Apr 25, 2019