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Blue Jays to wear City Connect uniforms on Friday night home games this season
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will wear their City Connect alternate uniforms on 13 occasions during the 2025 season, the team said Saturday. The uniform, first introduced last May, will be worn on ...
Feb 22, 2025

Cholera kills 58 and sickens about 1,300 others in a Sudanese city, officials say
CAIRO (AP) - A cholera outbreak in a Sudanese city killed nearly 60 people and sickened about 1,300 others over the last three days, health authorities said Saturday. The outbreak in the southern city...
Feb 22, 2025

Canada's Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier defend ice dance title at Four Continents
Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are once again golden at the Four Continents figure skating championship. The duo held on to their slim one-point lead from the rhythm dance to claim...
Feb 22, 2025

Shiffrin finishes outside top 30 in first run of World Cup giant slalom won by Brignone
SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) - Mikaela Shiffrin is not yet competitive in her tentative return to racing in giant slaloms. Federica Brignone is currently close to unbeatable. In just her second GS race Satur...
Feb 22, 2025

Freeland promises to consult Canadians on alternatives to consumer carbon pricing
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership contender Chrystia Freeland vows to scrap Canada's consumer carbon pricing regime in favour of alternatives to be developed through wide-ranging consultations. In a policy ...
Feb 22, 2025

Toronto FC signs 21-year-old centre back Zane Monlouis from Arsenal's ranks
Toronto FC has acquired Zane Monlouis from England's Arsenal, signing the 21-year-old centre back to a two-year deal with club options for 2027 and 2028. Monlouis has made more than 100 combined appea...
Feb 22, 2025

Winnipeg Jets sign forward Namestnikov to two-year extension
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have signed veteran centre Vladislav Namestnikov to a two-year extension. The team announced the move Saturday, saying the contract carries an average annual value of US$3...
Feb 22, 2025

American golfer Angel Yin moves into third-round lead at LPGA Thailand tournament
PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) - Angel Yin birdied three of her final four holes on the front nine to help set up an 8-under 64 on Saturday to take a five-stroke lead into the final round of the LPGA Thailand...
Feb 22, 2025

Canadian fans irked by Wayne Gretzky's affiliations with Trump amid tensions
The Canadian hockey legend known as "The Great One" is facing heightened criticism over his political affiliations as tensions between Canada and the U.S. continue to fester. President Donald Trump ha...
Feb 22, 2025

'Absurd and surreal': Ukrainians in Alberta town hurt by Trump's comments on war
VEGREVILLE, Alta. - Yuliia Kalutska doesn't have the will to talk about plans for her future. She says it's because of rebukes this week of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by U.S. President Do...
Feb 22, 2025

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