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Jaguars hire Bucs OC Liam Coen as head coach after making necessary moves
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The Jacksonville Jaguars hired Tampa Bay offensive coordinator Liam Coen as the eighth head coach in franchise history Friday, capping a covert operation that included owner ...
Jan 24, 2025
Vancouver Whitecaps pick up Canadian forward Jayden Nelson from Norwegian club
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired Canadian forward Jayden Nelson ahead of the Major League Soccer season. The 'Caps announced the move Friday, saying the 22-year-old athlete from Bramp...
Jan 24, 2025
State Department freezes new funding for nearly all US aid programs worldwide
WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department on Friday froze new funding for almost all U.S. foreign assistance, making exceptions to allow humanitarian food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt to...
Jan 24, 2025
RCMP union says Manitoba, Saskatchewan face severe staffing stresses
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA - The union representing front-line Mounties says it has not seen an internal RCMP memo calling for short-term staff transfers to Manitoba and Saskatchewan, but says those p...
Jan 24, 2025
New Jersey Devils goaltender Jacob Markstrom out 4-6 weeks with knee injury
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Devils goaltender Jacob Markstrom will be out 4-6 weeks with a sprained MCL in his knee, the team announced Friday. Markstrom was injured in the second period of the Dev...
Jan 24, 2025
'You better pray we get elected': Doug Ford says he will call snap Ontario election
Ontario Premier Doug Ford plans to call a snap election Wednesday, seeking an even larger majority than his current government holds and using the threat of 25 per cent tariffs from U.S. President Don...
Jan 24, 2025
Ottawa to review ‘business relationship’ with Amazon following Quebec shutdown
OTTAWA - The federal industry minister is calling for a review of Ottawa's "business relationship" with Amazon after the company said it will close all seven of its warehouses in Quebec. The closure w...
Jan 24, 2025
Ottawa planning processing centre for asylum seekers in Quebec near U.S. border
MONTREAL - Canadian authorities are planning to open a processing centre for asylum seekers near the United States border in Quebec in case there is a sharp rise in the number of would-be refugees ent...
Jan 24, 2025
Call for male-targeted prevention programs to address N.S. domestic violence epidemic
HALIFAX - Long before Brenda Tatlock-Burke was killed by her husband in October, there were signs of his controlling and coercive behaviour. "As my mom's kids, if we said something he disapproved of, ...
Jan 24, 2025
Auschwitz survivor says he was alarmed by Elon Musk's gesture at Trump event
OTTAWA - David Moscovic, a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor, says it's scary to see things he never thought he would see again - such as a powerful man like Elon Musk using a "German salute." Moscovic, ...
Jan 24, 2025
