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WNBA free agency opens with $1.4 million franchise tags for Ionescu, Collier and Plum
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s Sabrina Ionescu, Minnesota’s Napheesa Collier and Los Angeles’ Kelsey Plum were all extended franchise tags by their WNBA teams, worth potentially $1.4 million as free agency opened up. By giving the “core” designation to those players, their teams have exclusive negotiating rights, which come with a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Flag football gives former NFL tight end Antony Auclair the best of two worlds
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
Flag football is providing Antony Auclair with the best of two worlds. The Notre-Dame-des-Pins, Que., native is still playing the game at a very high level with the Canadian men’s national team, but without the same threat of injury that comes with being an NFL tight end. “I get to play football and it’s still ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guardians shortstop Gabriel Arias is expected to miss 4-8 weeks with hamstring strain
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Guardians shortstop Gabriel Arias is expected to miss four to eight weeks with a moderate left hamstring strain that occurred during Monday night’s game against Kansas City. The 26-year-old was hurt while running out a double in the fifth inning and left the game. He was placed on the 10-day injured ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mariners place outfielder Victor Robles on 10-day injured list
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Seattle Mariners placed outfielder Victor Robles on the 10-day injured list with a right pec strain on Wednesday and recalled Connor Joe from Triple-A Tacoma. The move with Robles was made retroactive to Tuesday and announced before Wednesday’s game at Texas. The Mariners also transferred right-hander Carlos Vargas from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous women’s groups call for funding to limit risks to safety, prosperity
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
OTTAWA — Advocates are calling for long-term, stable federal funding to safeguard Indigenous women and girls and warning the federal government’s major projects push could place them at higher risk. Hilda Anderson-Pyrz, president of the National Family and Survivors Circle, said groups like hers still don’t know if they’ll receive continued funding from Ottawa. She ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Spurs rule out Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle for their game against Trail Blazers
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle will miss the Spurs’ game Wednesday night against the Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio announced. Wembanyama suffered a left rib contusion during the first half of Monday’s 115-102 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. Castle, who had 17 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds in that game, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. woman detained by ICE for three weeks in Texas calls experience ‘traumatizing’
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
KINGSVILLE, TEXAS, UNITED STATES — The Canadian woman who spent three weeks detained by immigration officers in the United States along with her seven-year-old daughter says it was “the most stressful, traumatizing ordeal” she has ever been through. Tania Warner won’t elaborate on the details of her detainment starting March 14, but describes the treatment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mark Washington returns to B.C. Lions coaching staff
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
VANCOUVER — Mark Washington is back with the B.C. Lions. The Lions named Washington as their linebacker coach Wednesday. Washington began his CFL coaching career with B.C. in 2008, spending six seasons as defensive backs coach before being promoted to defensive coordinator in 2014. He remained in that job until becoming the Hamilton Tiger-Cats defensive ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Virginia reaches agreement with coach Tony Elliott on a contract extension through the 2030 season
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia football coach Tony Elliott, coming off a school-record 11-win season, has agreed to a contract extension through the 2030 season. The extension was announced Wednesday by athletic director Carla Williams. The Cavaliers finished 11-3 overall and 7-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2025 and No. 16 in the final ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Auger-Aliassime advances to third round at Monte-Carlo Masters with win over Cilic
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
MONACO — Canadian tennis star Félix Auger-Aliassime kicked off his clay-court season Wednesday with a 7-6 (4), 6-3 win over Croatia’s Marin Cilic in the second round of the Monte-Carlo Masters. Auger-Aliassime, seeded sixth at the event, took control of the second set with a huge break to go up 3-1 when Cilic double-faulted on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photo Gallery: The Artemis II lunar flyby
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
On Monday, Artemis II astronauts Canadian Jeremy Hansen and his three American crewmates — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch — looped the moon in a six-hour lunar flyby, going farther into space than any humans before, breaking a distance record set by Apollo 13. The four-person crew were tasked with capturing images and ... Read More »
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