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Messi Mania has grabbed hold in Major League Soccer, but will it be a long-lasting boost?
It's highly unlikely any player other than Lionel Messi could have brought Prince Harry, Selena Gomez and Leonardo DiCaprio out to a regular-season Major League Soccer match. But there they were - ver...
Sep 26, 2023
Messi Mania has grabbed hold in Major League Soccer, but will it be a long-lasting boost?
It's highly unlikely any player other than Lionel Messi could have brought Prince Harry, Selena Gomez and Leonardo DiCaprio out to a regular-season Major League Soccer match. But there they were - ver...
Sep 26, 2023
Players who skate in non-sanctioned leagues face new Hockey Canada restrictions
CALGARY - Hockey players who participate in a league not sanctioned by Hockey Canada will be ineligible to compete in the Canadian Hockey League, Canadian Junior Hockey League or try for a spot Canada...
Sep 26, 2023
Quebec coroner hears from officers who took part in takedown of killing spree suspect
Montreal police tactical officers have described the shootout in a motel room between them and a suspect who had killed three men at random over a 24-hour period in August 2022. Officers Jean-Philippe...
Sep 26, 2023
Taylor Swift is a fan and suddenly, so is everyone else. Travis Kelce jersey sales jump nearly 400%
NEW YORK (AP) - Taylor Swift's trip to watch the Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce play football on Sunday didn't just have the internet talking nonstop. Following the 12-time Grammy Award winner's app...
Sep 26, 2023
California governor signs law raising taxes on guns and ammunition to pay for school safety
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California will double the taxes on guns and ammunition and use the money to pay for more security at public schools and various violence prevention programs under a new law ...
Sep 26, 2023
Ottawa's Crum earns top quarterback grading in CFL honour roll
TORONTO - Another week, another CFL honour roll nod for Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Dustin Crum. Crum earned a top quarterback grade of 92.9 on Tuesday for his play in Ottawa's 36-28 win over the Sas...
Sep 26, 2023
After briefing on intel, Singh says 'clear evidence' India involved in B.C. killing
OTTAWA - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he received an intelligence briefing about allegations that the Indian government could be behind the killing of a Sikh leader in British Columbia. Singh...
Sep 26, 2023
Feds unlock another $20 billion for low-cost rental construction financing: Freeland
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is unlocking another $20 billion in low-cost financing for the construction of rental housing across Canada. The federal governm...
Sep 26, 2023
Canadian tennis great Daniel Nestor back on Hall of Fame ballot
NEWPORT, R.I. - Canadian tennis great Daniel Nestor was one of six players named to the ballot for the 2023 class of the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Nestor is one of five returning p...
Sep 26, 2023
