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Toronto Raptors sign shooting guard Jared Rhoden to 10-day contract
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have signed Jared Rhoden to a 10-day contract, the NBA team announced Wednesday. The six-foot-five, 210-pound shooting guard appeared in four NBA games with Charlotte thi...
Feb 19, 2025
In good news for J-pod, killer whale calf is a female
VANCOUVER - The Centre for Whale Research says it has confirmed a new killer whale calf in a pod of endangered orcas that live off southwest British Columbia is female. It's a piece of good news for J...
Feb 19, 2025
Canada's Auger-Aliassime into Qatar Open quarterfinals, will face Russia's Medvedev
DOHA - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open tennis tournament Wednesday when second-round opponent Hamad Medjedovic withdrew with a right leg injury. Auger-...
Feb 19, 2025
UFC confirms first two fights for return to Montreal in May with UFC 315
Former flyweight champion Alexa Grasso and Canadian middleweight Marc-Andre (Power-Bar) Barriault will both fight Brazilians on the UFC 315 card in Montreal in May. Grasso takes on Natalia Silva while...
Feb 19, 2025
Trump calls Zelenskyy a 'dictator' as tensions rise between the leaders over the Russia-Ukraine war
MIAMI (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday called Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "dictator without elections," lashing out after the Ukrainian president said Trump was being influenced by Russian disinfo...
Feb 19, 2025
Trudeau says democracy at stake as Ukraine kept away from peace talks
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ukraine must have a seat at the table in any peace talks, as Washington and Moscow discuss ways to end the war. Trudeau says Canada and most of its allies i...
Feb 19, 2025
Canadian men to face Wales after Romania in September international window
The Canadian men will play Wales in Swansea in a Sept. 9 international friendly, Canada Soccer announced Wednesday. News of the game against the 29th-ranked Welsh comes one day after word that the 31s...
Feb 19, 2025
Quebec 13-year-old in critical condition after being buried in snow
CHTEAUGUAY, Que. - A 13-year-old girl remains in critical condition in a Quebec hospital this morning after being buried in snow on Tuesday. Police in Chteauguay, Que., a suburb on Montreal's South Sh...
Feb 19, 2025
Implementing universal basic income could cut poverty rates up to 40%: PBO
OTTAWA - The government's fiscal watchdog says a guaranteed basic income program at the federal level could cut poverty rates in Canada by up to 40 per cent. In a new report, the parliamentary budget ...
Feb 19, 2025
Federal government moving ahead with high-speed rail: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is moving ahead with a high-speed rail network between Quebec City and Toronto. The Liberal government says the planned rail network ...
Feb 19, 2025
