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Maple Leafs place Knies on injured reserve and add Alex Nylander on a one-year deal
TORONTO - The injury-ravaged Toronto Maple Leafs placed Matthew Knies on injured reserve Friday and signed fellow forward Alex Nylander to a one-year contract, recalling him from the AHL Marlies. Knie...
Nov 22, 2024
Canadian men start climb back up rugby sevens ladder with win over Guyana
The Canadian men began their climb back up the rugby sevens ladder Friday with a 29-0 victory over Guyana at the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens in Trinidad. Relegated from the elite HSBC SVNS circu...
Nov 22, 2024
Every seed has a story that needs to be heard
Don't throw away your seeds, because they hold valuable ancient agricultural knowledge.It's one of the key messages from the 13 Moons Food and Seed Sovereignty learning circle project from SAGE - kant...
Nov 22, 2024
B.C. school bus crash was 'tragic accident,' set off by medical event: police
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Police in British Columbia say a June school bus crash followed by the death of a pedestrian was a "tragic accident" triggered when the 60-year-old bus driver suffered a medical...
Nov 22, 2024
Hoops star Nurse aims to rebound from ‘rocky’ two years with Athletes Unlimited
TORONTO - Everything changed for Kia Nurse when she tore her anterior cruciate ligament in the 2021 WNBA playoffs. The basketball star from Hamilton was locked in as starter for a team in the semifina...
Nov 22, 2024
Canada rugby sevens women to meet familiar foe in Dubai in HSBC SVNS season kickoff
The Canadian women's rugby seven team leaves for Dubai early Sunday, knowing a familiar foe awaits when the 2025 HSBC SVNS season kicks off Nov. 30. After games against Japan and Brazil, Canada wraps ...
Nov 22, 2024
Former Quebec pension fund workers charged in U.S. in Indian government bribery case
MONTREAL - Quebec's pension fund manager says it is co-operating with United States authorities after three former employees were indicted in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., in an alleged scheme to g...
Nov 22, 2024
Police officer acquitted in 2016 death of Ottawa man testifies at coroner's inquest
OTTAWA - A police officer who was found not guilty of manslaughter in the 2016 death of an Ottawa man is telling a coroner's inquest that his goal was to "distract" Abdirahman Abdi with punches during...
Nov 22, 2024
2 men convicted of charges related to human smuggling after scheme led to an Indian family’s death
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) - Two men have been convicted by a Minnesota jury of charges related to human smuggling for participating in a scheme that led to the deaths of an Indian family who froze whil...
Nov 22, 2024
Jury reaches verdicts in human smuggling case after Indian family froze to death at Canada-US border
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) - A jury has reached verdicts for two men facing charges in a human smuggling case that led to the deaths of an Indian family who froze while trying to cross the Canada-U.S. b...
Nov 22, 2024
