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Bayern Munich says Canadian star fullback Alphonso Davies is on road to recovery
MUNICH - Canadian star fullback Alphonso Davies is on the mend, according to Bayern Munich. The 21-year-old from Edmonton has been sidelined since early January due to symptoms of myocarditis, a heart...
Feb 13, 2022
Toronto Argonauts add another offensive weapon in speedster Brandon Banks
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts added another free-agent offensive weapon Sunday in former Tiger-Cat receiver Brandon (Speedy B) Banks. The 34-year-old Banks spent the last eight seasons in Hamilton, ...
Feb 13, 2022
Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime beats top-seeded Tsitsipas to win 1st title
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Felix Auger-Aliassime won his first career title at the ninth attempt, upsetting top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-2 in the Rotterdam final on Sunday to deny his oppon...
Feb 13, 2022
Industry, provincial lobbying weaken proposed federal coal effluent rules: critics
EDMONTON - The federal government has bowed to provincial and industry lobbying in weakening proposed standards for coal mining effluent, critics say. The draft regulations, released earlier this year...
Feb 13, 2022
'We were right there': Guardians in Fort Good Hope step in when no one else can
Twyla Edgi-Masuzumi was the first person to get a call when a family of six disappeared on the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories while travelling by boat to a funeral last summer. Edgi-Masu...
Feb 13, 2022
Police in Windsor, Ont. step up effort to end protest at Canada-U.S. border crossing
Police in Windsor, Ont., are resuming efforts to clear the Ambassador Bridge, a key border crossing between Canada and the U.S. where protesters opposed to COVID-19 public health restrictions have bro...
Feb 13, 2022
Protesters broke through RCMP barricades, causing highway closure near Pacific Border
SURREY, B.C. - The main route to the Pacific Highway border crossing in Surrey was closed Saturday afternoon after protesters opposed to vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 measures broke through RCMP...
Feb 13, 2022
Black women's disproportionate role in Quebec health care source of community pride
MONTREAL - When 26-year-old nurse Stephanie Bumba looks at herself in the mirror wearing her uniform, she feels pride and sees a past she wants to honour. Bumba, who is of Congolese descent, is among ...
Feb 13, 2022
Saudi Arabia gives 4% of Aramco worth $80B to sovereign fund
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Saudi Arabia said Sunday it will transfer 4% of the stock in the state-run oil giant Aramco to a sovereign wealth fund, an infusion valued at nearly $80 billion as t...
Feb 13, 2022
Siakam's 35 not enough as Nuggets snap Raptors' eight-game win streak
The Toronto Raptors wasted a season-high 35-point and 10-rebound performance from Pascal Siakam in an agonizing defeat to Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets on Saturday. A Fred VanVleet miss from bey...
Feb 13, 2022
