Canada’s men’s soccer coach Jesse Marsch says he has no interest in the open U.S. coaching job. The 50-year-old American was a candidate for the vacant U.S. position last year, but U.S. Soccer ultimately opted to rehire Gregg Berhalter. The job became open again Wednesday when Berhalter was fired in the wake of the 11th-ranked…
A person has died in an overnight crash on Highway 99 in Surrey, B.C. Surrey RCMP said the single-vehicle crash happened at 1:30 a.m. and one of the occupants was declared dead at the scene. The car ended up in a farmer’s field, a few hundred feet from the highway. The Integrated Collision Analysis and…
The Canadian government has purchased a strategically located aircraft hangar in Inuvik, N.W.T., for $8.6 million — a move that’s being met with relief by northerners and experts on Arctic security who were alarmed by foreign interest in the facility. “I think it’s the best idea the government of Canada has had in a long…
Leylah Fernandez will have plenty of competition at the National Bank Open. “Tennis Canada unveiled a star-studded entry list Wednesday, which included the 21-year-old from Laval, Que., for the women’s side of the national tournament set to run Aug. 4 to 12 in Toronto. Currently ranked No. 25 on the WTA Tour, Fernandez will be…
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has named Candace Laing its new president and CEO, effective Sept. 1. Laing has served as chair of the chamber’s board of directors since 2022 after joining the board in 2019, serving as its vice-chair from 2021 to 2022. The chamber said she has resigned from that role as she…
McGill University announced the closure of its downtown campus Wednesday morning for a dismantling operation of the pro-Palestinian encampment that was set up more than 10 weeks ago. In a statement on its website, McGill said the university has been subject to “ongoing and escalating acts of violence and vandalism associated with the encampment” and said…
Watch as some of the world’s top athletes head to the Bregyo Athletic Center in Hungary to take part in the latest stop of the Continental Tour. Source link
Ontario municipalities have been forced to turn down thousands of child-care spaces in the $10-a-day system because of a limit on the percentage of for-profit spaces in the province’s deal with the federal government, the provincial government says. The province has so far created less than a third of the new spaces it committed to by…
Late on July 26, 2022, a Metro Vancouver Transit Police officer driving an unmarked Toyota Highlander tried to pull over a speeding Nissan Altima near the Burnaby-New Westminster border. Minutes later, the Altima would hit another car, killing two teenage occupants, Samir Olyad Suleiman Ali and Yasbrat Habtamu, who were driving home from soccer practice. The…
Christina Litz, whose resume includes executive stints with the Canadian Football League, Woodbine Entertainment and Manitoba’s True North Sports and Entertainment, has been named president of the Northern Super League. The new professional women’s soccer league is slated to begin next April with franchises in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax. “We’re really excited…
