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Toronto FC loses influential assistant GM Jack Dodd to Portland Timbers
Jack Dodd, an important member of Toronto FC's front office who helped build the club from MLS doormat to champion, has left to join the Portland Timbers as their technical director. Dodd spent nine y...
May 15, 2023
Bear in a tree holds Michigan city in suspense for hours on Mother's Day
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A city in northern Michigan has a new Mother's Day memory: A 350-pound bear was in a tree for hours, watched by dozens of people, before it fell asleep and dropped onto mat...
May 15, 2023
House passes official languages bill to enshrine francophone immigration in law
OTTAWA - A bill that aims to enshrine a francophone immigration program into law is heading to the Senate after clearing the House of Commons. Bill C-13 would modernize the Official Languages Act and ...
May 15, 2023
Prosecutor ends probe of FBI's Trump-Russia investigation with harsh criticism, but no new charges
WASHINGTON (AP) - A special prosecutor has ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 campaign with withering criticism ...
May 15, 2023
Justice minister planning to introduce bail reforms this week
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti and the federal government are expected to bring forward legislation to enact bail reform as early as tomorrow. Lametti has said he will make "targeted reforms"...
May 15, 2023
Canadian linebacker Jordan Williams gives Toronto roster options, versatility
GUELPH, Ont. - Different team, different city, same mindset for Jordan Williams. The Canadian linebacker is preparing for his third CFL season but first with the Toronto Argonauts. B.C. dealt Williams...
May 15, 2023
Wildfire smoke could reach southern and central Saskatchewan on Tuesday
As wildfires continue to put smoke into the air and reduce air quality in northern Saskatchewan, both Regina and Saskatoon are being put on notice.Terri Lang, a meteorologist with Environment and Clim...
May 15, 2023
Green Party deputy leader to run in upcoming Montreal byelection
OTTAWA - Green Party deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault is planning to run for a seat in the House of Commons in an upcoming byelection in Montreal's Notre-Dame-de-Grce-Westmount riding. The 32-year-old...
May 15, 2023
After first 100 days in office, Montreal police chief says gun crime trending down
Montreal's new police chief says he's seeing progress in the fight against gun crime after 100 days in office. Fady Dagher told reporters today that between Jan. 1 and April 30, there was a single mur...
May 15, 2023
Inquiry into entirety of Canadian sport system called for at parliamentary hearing
OTTAWA - Own The Podium CEO Anne Merklinger says the organization would be in support of an inquiry into Canada's sport system as a whole, rather than just safe sport. Merklinger referred to safe spor...
May 15, 2023