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Toronto FC gives up late goal in 1-1 pre-season draw with Norway's Fredrikstad FK
MARBELLA - Toronto FC gave up a late goal and had to settle for a 1-1 draw Thursday with Norway's Fredrikstad FK in the MLS team's first game of the pre-season. The contest was played in four 30-minut...
Jan 30, 2025

Serbia's striking students set off on 2-day march north as their protest movement widens
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - They packed up food, water and extra clothes and set off. Hundreds of Serbian university students on Thursday started an 80-kilometer (50-mile) march toward the northern city o...
Jan 30, 2025

CEBL's Calgary Surge hire Kaleb Canales as head coach
CALGARY - The Calgary Surge of the Canadian Elite Basketball League announced Thursday that former NBA bench boss Kaleb Canales has been named the team's head coach for the 2025 season. The 46-year-ol...
Jan 30, 2025

Environment Canada warns of wintry conditions along B.C. south coast
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says wintry conditions are expected along British Columbia's south coast this week. It says a low pressure system is making its way toward the coast, bringing steady pre...
Jan 30, 2025

Quebec immigration minister tables new bill aimed at better integrating newcomers
QUBEC - The Quebec government has tabled legislation that would modify the provincial charter of rights to state that the exercise of individual rights must comply with the province's model for integr...
Jan 30, 2025

Two women, one man dead after building fire southwest of Montreal
MONTREAL - Three people are dead after a fire in a residential building in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., southwest of Montreal. The victims include two women in their 50s and a man in his 70s. Quebe...
Jan 30, 2025

Hospital nurse in Uganda dies in country's first Ebola outbreak in 2 years
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak of the disease ended in early 2023, a health official said Thursday. The 32-...
Jan 30, 2025

PC Leader Doug Ford says he'll honour Ontario's electric vehicle commitment
Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford says if re-elected, he will honour the province's commitment to the electric vehicle sector should U.S. President Donald Trump end a subsidy program. Trump ha...
Jan 30, 2025

Barkov, Hedman named captains for Finland, Sweden at 4 Nations Face-Off
Aleksander Barkov and Victor Hedman were named captains for Team Finland and Team Sweden, respectively, on Thursday ahead of the 4 Nations Face-Off. Barkov, who made history as the first Finnish capta...
Jan 30, 2025

Grand Slam of Curling series to make its first visit to United States next season
The Grand Slam of Curling series is going international for the first time. The Curling Group CEO Nic Sulsky says the five-event circuit will make its first visit to the United States during the 2025-...
Jan 30, 2025

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