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Tyler Adams sets bold goal of farthest US World Cup advancement
By Canadian Press on December 6th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tyler Adams has set a bold goal for the U.S. soccer team, aiming to reach the World Cup semifinals for the first time since the inaugural tournament in 1930. “Everyone’s going to want us to say winning it is obviously the goal,” the American midfielder said Friday after the World Cup draw, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Summer Olympians begin torch relay for Milan Cortina Winter Games on 2-month countdown
By Canadian Press on December 6th, 2025
ROME (AP) — Olympic swimming champion Gregorio Paltrinieri and fellow Summer athletes started off the torch relay for the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Saturday — which marked exactly two months before the Feb. 6 opening ceremony. Paltrinieri carried the sleek torch around the track of the statue-lined Stadio dei Marmi at the Foro Italico ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Zacharias Kunuk is making Inuit stories for the future with TIFF-winning ‘Wrong Husband’
By Canadian Press on December 6th, 2025
Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk says his new fantasy feature is as much about the future as it is about a 4,000-year-old tale. “We’re thinking a hundred years from now, when we’re down in the ground, people will study these films,” says the 68-year-old. “So we have to try to do it right.” Set in 2000 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Potential Canada-Italy World Cup game in Toronto would be ‘electric,’ fans say
By Canadian Press on December 6th, 2025
TORONTO — The draw for next summer’s World Cup has opened the possibility that Canada will face Italy in its June 12 opener in Toronto, and hopes in the city’s Little Italy neighbourhood are running high. The Canadian men’s soccer team drew Switzerland, the fifth-ranked team in Pot 2, and Qatar, the 10th-ranked side in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Events to mark 36 years since Polytechnique attack, honouring 14 women slain in 1989
By Canadian Press on December 6th, 2025
MONTREAL — Polytechnique Montréal and others across the country will pay tribute today to the 14 women who were murdered at the engineering school 36 years ago in a brazen anti-feminist attack. Wreaths of white roses will be laid in front of a commemorative plaque at Polytechnique’s main building during an early morning ceremony that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Frank Gehry’s AGO expansion became the backdrop to Torontonians’ lives: CEO
By Canadian Press on December 6th, 2025
TORONTO — Without Frank Gehry, the Art Gallery of Ontario wouldn’t be what it is today. So says the gallery’s CEO, Stephan Jost, who points to the renowned architect’s 2008 transformation of the space as a formative moment for the century-old institution. “It didn’t just solidify its position in Toronto or Canada. It solidified its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican collection returning to Canada today
By Canadian Press on December 6th, 2025
OTTAWA — First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders are set to gather at Montreal’s airport Saturday to welcome home dozens of Indigenous artifacts released from the Vatican collection. “I give my love and respect to the late Pope (Francis) and the new Pope (Leo), and I thank them for doing the right thing, to try ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russian dissidents call on Ottawa to resettle their peers facing deportation in U.S.
By Canadian Press on December 6th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prominent Russian democracy activists are urging Ottawa to resettle dozens of their peers who tried to claim asylum in the U.S. and now face deportation and imprisonment in Russia. The activists told The Canadian Press 30 Russian nationals being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would face extremely grave consequences if they’re ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘It’s tough’: Struggling Canucks searching for answers after another loss
By Canadian Press on December 6th, 2025
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks fired general manager Jim Benning and head coach Travis Green exactly four years ago. The team’s current fortunes are worse than ever. The Canucks sit last in the NHL’s overall standings, and despite a strong effort in their home-ice return Friday after four-game road trip, they fell 4-1 to Utah ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jets get much-needed depth scoring in victory over Sabres
By Canadian Press on December 6th, 2025
WINNIPEG — Jets head coach Scott Arniel got the secondary scoring he was looking for from unlikely sources Friday. Depth forwards Cole Koepke and Tanner Pearson each had a goal in Winnipeg’s 4-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. “When your fourth line can do that and score you two goals, that’s a big game-changer, especially ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.C. A&T visits North Carolina Central following Lattimore’s 29-point outing
By Canadian Press on December 6th, 2025
North Carolina A&T Aggies (3-3) at North Carolina Central Eagles (3-7) Durham, North Carolina; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: North Carolina Central hosts N.C. A&T after Gage Lattimore scored 29 points in North Carolina Central’s 67-62 loss to the James Madison Dukes. The Eagles have gone 3-0 at home. North Carolina Central gives up ... Read More »
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