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Local boy Luca Petrasso savours first-team experience with Toronto FC
TORONTO - Having joined the Toronto FC academy at the age of 12 and served as a ball boy during TFC's championship run, Luca Petrasso's roots run deep with the MLS club. So making his first-team debut...
Mar 09, 2022
NHL, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. announce multi-year partnership
TORONTO - The NHL and Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. are joining forces. The two organizations announced a multi-year partnership Wednesday that marks the NHL's first sports-betting partnership in C...
Mar 09, 2022
Union narrows gap with MLB but issues remain blocking deal
NEW YORK (AP) - Negotiators for locked-out players took steps toward Major League Baseball in a counteroffer Wednesday that still left a gap between the bickering sides after Commissioner Rob Manfred ...
Mar 09, 2022
Semi driver in Broncos bus crash loses bid to stay in Canada
The truck driver involved in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash nearly four years ago has lost a bid to stay in Canada after his sentence ends.Reports say Jaskirat Singh Sidhu's application to the Canada ...
Mar 09, 2022
Pentagon rejects NATO nations providing jets to Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - The Pentagon on Wednesday slammed the door on any plans to provide MiG fighter jets to Ukraine, even through a second country, calling it a "high-risk" venture that would not sig...
Mar 09, 2022
Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry allows RCMP witnesses, but lawyers question limits
HALIFAX - A public inquiry into Nova Scotia's mass shooting will call RCMP witnesses to testify, but lawyers for victims' families say they are concerned over rules limiting their ability to directly ...
Mar 09, 2022
Canadian women look to secure FIFA U-20 World Cup berth with win over Mexico
Having survived the elements and a stubborn Panama side to reach the semifinals of the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship in the Dominican Republic, Canada takes on Mexico on Thursday with a chanc...
Mar 09, 2022
Man dies in Sask. Penitentiary while serving over two-year sentence
Correctional Service Canada is reporting Brendan Vermette, an inmate at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert has died.Vermette was serving a sentence of two years, eight months and eight day...
Mar 09, 2022
Some Tories want a tougher stand on Bill 21. Will that happen in the leadership race?
OTTAWA - A spokesman for the World Sikh Organization of Canada says members of the community will be watching to see what Conservative leadership hopefuls have to say about a controversial secularism ...
Mar 09, 2022
Man convicted after 2016 fatal crash, wins appeal and will face new trial
Nearly six years after a truck struck a train near Melfort, resulting in a woman's death, a new trial has been ordered for the man who was behind the wheel.In July, 2019, Christopher Thalheimer was fo...
Mar 09, 2022
