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Toronto FC camp opens to drama as Bradley faces surgery and Altidore rips doctors
Toronto FC, no stranger to drama, opened training camp with a bang Monday. First came the unexpected news that captain Michael Bradley was scheduled to undergo surgery Tuesday in N...
Jan 22, 2020
HFX Wanderers FC sign Canadian youth international Mateo Restrepo
HFX Wanderers FC have signed former Canadian youth international Mateo Restrepo. The 22-year-old fullback joins the Halifax CPL team from UC Santa Barbara, for whom he played 66 games. The Gaucho...
Jan 22, 2020
NHL Notebook: Players, coaches on the merits of the league's bye week
Jason Spezza guesses he's probably in the minority. The veteran centre for the Toronto Maple Leafs has been a creature of habit throughout his career - one where he rarely goes a day or two witho...
Jan 22, 2020
Canada women to face Australia in April in Vancouver in soccer friendly
The Canadian women's soccer team will host Australia in Vancouver on April 14. It will mark the team's first international match at B.C. Place Stadium since a 1-1 draw with the U.S. in November 2017. ...
Jan 22, 2020
North American bird population drops by three billion
The last 50 years have taken their toll on North American bird populations."We have lost a third of our bird population," Conservation Director with Nature Saskatchewan, Lorne Scott told paNOW.Scott e...
Jan 22, 2020 A turkey vulture. (submitted photo/Gary Houston)
Detroit orchestra names Jader Bignamini next music director
DETROIT - The Detroit Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday announced the selection of Italian conductor Jader Bignamini as its next music director. The century-old orchestra said it signed a six-year contr...
Jan 22, 2020
Tax revolt? Taxes energy companies owe Alberta municipalities more than double
The amount of unpaid property taxes that oil and gas companies owe Alberta rural municipalities has more than doubled over the last year, a trend some are calling a tax revolt. Rural Municipaliti...
Jan 22, 2020
R.M. of Prince Albert hires CSO to look after bylaw enforcement
A big change is coming to the way traffic tickets and bylaws are enforced in the Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Prince Albert.Larry Smytaniuk, nwho is currently the Community Safety Officer (CSO) for th...
Jan 22, 2020 Effective Feb. 1, this truck will be covering a lot more miles. (Submitted photo/ R.M. of Buckland)
Drug traffickers await sentencing
Two people charged in connection to a drug bust in Prince Albert last summer, have entered guilty pleas.Steven Geisler, 28, and Larry Dominique, 29, who both appeared in person at Prince Albert Provin...
Jan 22, 2020 (submitted photo/ Prince Albert Police Service)
Former Montreal mayor can keep $268K severance despite fraud conviction: judge
MONTREAL - Disgraced former Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum can keep the $268,000 he received from the city after resigning from office, despite a conviction for fraud agains...
Jan 22, 2020
