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Whitecaps acquire Venezuelan forward Sergio Cordova, agree to three-year deal
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired Venezuelan international forward Sergio Cordova from German Bundesliga side FC Augsburg, the team announced Monday. Cordova, 25, agreed to a three-yea...
Feb 20, 2023
What's closed as eight provinces celebrate regional holidays today
Eight of Canada's 13 provinces and territories are celebrating a regional holiday today. It's Family Day in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick, while Manitoba is celebr...
Feb 20, 2023
Celebration marks repatriation of B.C. totem to Nuxalk Nation after century-long wait
BELLA COOLA, B.C. - A carved pole that embodies the history and culture of a British Columbia First Nation is being welcomed back to its ancestral home, more than 100 years after it was taken. Dancing...
Feb 20, 2023
Silvernagle’s Sask. rink loses to B.C. 11-6
Robyn Silvernagle and her Saskatchewan rink couldn't overcome a pair of ends where B.C. scored four points on Sunday, losing 11-6.The loss drops Silvernagle's rink - consisting of Silvernagle at skip,...
Feb 20, 2023
Prince Albert actress taking Hollywood by storm
Elizabeth Chamberlain's latest movie can only truly be described as out of this world.Alien Storm, in which Chamberlain plays a waitress, wrapped up production earlier this month in Las Vegas. The fil...
Feb 20, 2023
'People's court' tries Vladimir Putin for war in Ukraine
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A "people's court" put Russian President Vladimir Putin on trial Monday for the crime of aggression over his invasion of Ukraine, in a symbolic move to close an "accounta...
Feb 20, 2023
Biden in Kyiv to show solidarity as Ukraine war nears 1 year
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit Monday to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a gesture of solidarity that comes days before the one-year anniversary...
Feb 20, 2023
'Helped me rejuvenate my soul:' Inmates in Yellowknife learn trapping, outdoor skills
YELLOWKNIFE - Inmates at the Yellowknife jail concentrate as they skin several squirrels, deftly moving their knives to remove the small animals' soft fur, then scraping the remaining flesh and fat aw...
Feb 20, 2023
Funding woes inspire $25,000 pitching competition for Black entrepreneurs
VANCOUVER, Wash. - After immigrating to Canada from Kenya with dreams of starting her own business, entrepreneur Jackee Kasandy soon concluded that Canadian banks weren't keen on opening their vaults ...
Feb 20, 2023
Canada's Tanner Boser moves down to light-heavyweight for next UFC fight
Canadian Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser is moving down to light-heavyweight to fight Moldova's Ion (The Hulk) Cutelaba on an April 15 UFC card in Kansas City. The 31-year-old from Bonnyville, Alta., who...
Feb 19, 2023
