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Napoli players take a knee in public show of support after alleged racial abuse of Juan Jesus
ROME (AP) - Napoli's players took a knee before their Serie A game against Atalanta on Saturday in a public show of support for teammate Juan Jesus. It came after a sports judge ruled that Inter Milan...
Mar 30, 2024
Quebec police investigating overnight fire at shrimp processing plant in Matane
MATANE, Que. - Quebec provincial police have taken over an investigation into an overnight fire at a shrimp processing plant in the town of Matane, roughly 350 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. The...
Mar 30, 2024
Canada's Gushue edges Czechia's Klima in extra end at world men's curling playdowns
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland - Canada's Brad Gushue defeated Czechia's Lukas Klima 9-8 in an extra end on Saturday at the world men's curling championship. Gushue, from St. John's, N.L., made a hit-and-s...
Mar 30, 2024
New Canada Soccer boss provides financial update and the news isn't good
The newly appointed CEO and general secretary of Canada Soccer has provided an update on the governing body's finances and the news isn't good. Kevin Blue, who took up his post on March 14, says the g...
Mar 30, 2024
ROTHENBURGER – Why I won’t be joining any convoys to protest the carbon tax
THE CARBON TAX hasn't changed my life. I don't drive less because of it.Yet, I support this tax because I'm an environmentalist at heart and worry about climate change, and the experts say the carbon ...
Mar 30, 2024
Ships with a second round of aid for Gaza have departed Cyprus as concerns about hunger soar
JERUSALEM (AP) - An international charity says a three-ship convoy has left a port in Cyprus to deliver 400 tons of food and other supplies to Gaza as concerns about hunger there soar. World Central K...
Mar 30, 2024
Police say multiple people are being held hostage in a Dutch town. They have evacuated nearby homes
EDE, Netherlands (AP) - Heavily armed police cordoned off part of a Dutch town on Saturday, saying that multiple people were being held hostage in a building there. Police spokesman Simen Klok told Th...
Mar 30, 2024
Top seed Texas uses dominant defense to cruise past Gonzaga and into Elite Eight with 69-47 win
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Vic Schaefer took a moment in the aftermath of one his team's more dominant performances this season to encapsulate what Texas has accomplished. Overlooked among the other No. 1 ...
Mar 29, 2024
Sweet 16 nets another big win for Purdue and Canadian big man Zach Edey, 80-68 over Gonzaga
DETROIT (AP) - Purdue big man Zach Edey withstood all the abuse Gonzaga could lay on him Friday night, finishing with 27 points and 14 rebounds to lift the Boilermakers to an 80-68 victory and move th...
Mar 29, 2024
Civale sparkles, Lowe hits 4th career grand slam to propel Rays over Blue Jays 8-2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Aaron Civale allowed one run over six innings and Brandon Lowe hit his fourth career grand slam to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 8-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Fr...
Mar 29, 2024
