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Canadian goalkeeper Rylee Foster signs new contract with Liverpool women
LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom - Canadian goalkeeper Rylee Foster has signed a new long-term contract with Liverpool.The 22-year-old from Cambridge, Ont., originally signed with the Liverpool women in Janu...
Mar 30, 2021

Canada's Lisa Haley named NWHL's senior vice-president of hockey operations
Lisa Haley's burgeoning portfolio now includes the job of National Women's Hockey League senior vice-president of operations.The 47-year-old from Westville, N.S., is already head coach of both Ryerson...
Mar 30, 2021

International court upholds Congolese warlord's conviction
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - International Criminal Court appeals judges have upheld the convictions and 30-year prison sentence of a Congolese warlord known as "The Terminator" who was found guilty of cr...
Mar 30, 2021

Slovak premier, government resign over Russian vaccine deal
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Slovakia's Prime Minister Igor Matovic and his government resigned on Tuesday to ease a political crisis triggered by a secret deal to buy Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine...
Mar 30, 2021

Birds as revelations: Atwood writes foreword for Gibson book
NEW YORK - When Margaret Atwood would receive invitations over the years to literary events around the world, literature wasn't the only factor shaping her response. She also kept in mind the interest...
Mar 30, 2021

Council approves conceptual design for new multimillion dollar rec complex
Prince Albert city council has unanimously approved key design elements for the new multimillion dollar recreation complex being built on the southeast edge of the city. The complex will feature two a...
Mar 30, 2021

Some medical experts unconvinced about holding Tokyo Games
TOKYO - The Tokyo Olympics open in under four months, and the torch relay has begun to crisscross Japan with 10,000 runners. Organizers say they are mitigating the risks, but some medical experts aren...
Mar 30, 2021

Some medical experts unconvinced about holding Tokyo Games
TOKYO - The Tokyo Olympics open in under four months, and the torch relay has begun to crisscross Japan with 10,000 runners. Organizers say they are mitigating the risks, but some medical experts aren...
Mar 30, 2021

Canadians far more wary of AstraZeneca than other COVID-19 vaccines: Poll
OTTAWA - Canadians are much more wary about being injected with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine than they are about receiving other vaccines approved for use in Canada, a new poll suggests. Just 53 per...
Mar 30, 2021

Japan's famous cherry blossoms see early bloom amid warming
TOKYO - Japan's famous cherry blossoms have reached their flowery peak in many places earlier this year than at any time since formal records started being kept nearly 70 years ago, with experts sayin...
Mar 30, 2021