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CF Montreal face biggest test of the season against high-flying FC Cincinnati
MONTREAL - Major League Soccer's most in-form team will meet its top home club on Wednesday when CF Montreal visits Cincinnati FC. Currently riding a four-game win streak in MLS and six in all competi...
May 16, 2023
New Liberal law would make it harder for some repeat violent offenders to get bail
The Liberals' new bail-reform legislation includes new measures that would make it more difficult for some repeat violent offenders to get released on bail.Justice Minister David Lametti introduced th...
May 16, 2023
Senators urge Ottawa to give sanctions regime the same clarity, assessment as allies
OTTAWA - The Senate foreign-affairs committee is calling on Ottawa to clarify the reasons it issues sanctions and improve the ways it assesses whether financial embargoes and travel bans are actually ...
May 16, 2023
Tuberculosis outbreak declared in third Nunavut hamlet
NAUJAAT, Nunavut - Nunavut's Department of Health has declared a tuberculosis outbreak in a third community. The department says there are six cases of active tuberculosis and 10 cases of latent tuber...
May 16, 2023
June byelections will be monitored for foreign interference, government says
OTTAWA - The federal government says the Security and Intelligence Threats Task Force will be closely monitoring byelections in four ridings next month for signs of interference. Votes are being held ...
May 16, 2023
B.C. casinos will require all to show government ID under self-exclusion program
VANCOUVER - Everyone who enters a British Columbia casino will soon be required to present government-issued identification, in what the BC Lottery Corporation says is an initiative to support people ...
May 16, 2023
Michael Bradley takes pay cut to help Toronto FC, Insigne also on reduced number
The MLS Players Association's release of the 2023 salary list Tuesday raised a few questions on the topic of Toronto FC. TFC's Italian star Lorenzo Insigne, who led Major League Soccer with a salary o...
May 16, 2023
Toronto Six re-sign goaltender Elaine Chuli to two-year contract
TORONTO - The Toronto Six have re-signed goaltender Elaine Chuli to a two-year contract. Chuli posted a 12-5-2 record with a 2.61 goals-against average and .917 save percentage last season as Toronto ...
May 16, 2023
Kim Gardner steps down as St. Louis' elected prosecutor 2 weeks sooner than planned
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who had announced she would resign effective June 1, said Tuesday she is leaving office immediately, ending a turbulent tenure marked...
May 16, 2023
Quebec government says it won't appeal $385,000 judgment for ex-premier Charest
QUEBEC - The Quebec government says it won't appeal a judgment last month awarding $385,000 to former premier Jean Charest after he sued the province for invasion of privacy. A Superior Court judge si...
May 16, 2023