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‘Preserving kids’ choices’: Alberta premier says transgender rules coming in fall
By Colette Derworiz and Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2024
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says changes underpinning new policies surrounding transgender youth will come in the fall legislature sitting, and she isn’t ruling out using the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to uphold them. Smith declined Thursday to answer directly when asked if her new rules were developed to appease the extremist wing of her United Conservative ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian tight end Antony Auclair isn’t looking back after NFL retirement
By Frédéric Daigle, The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2024
Antony Auclair took a year to ponder his future in football. Once he made his decision, he wasn’t going to look back. Not even after receiving a formal invitation from an NFL team. “I had a tryout this fall with the Indianapolis Colts and it went really well,” said Auclair on Thursday, back home in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New CF Montreal striker Matais Coccaro: ‘I’m here to score goals’
By Elias Grigoriadis, The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2024
MONTREAL – Matias Coccaro says he loves scoring goals. That will come as welcome news to a CF Montreal side that sorely needed them last season. The 26-year-old Uruguayan striker said scoring would be a priority as he made his first comments since joining Montreal on Thursday. Montreal announced Wednesday it had acquired Coccaro on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FIFA World Cup tournament path to become a little clearer Sunday in televised reveal
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2024
TORONTO – The 2026 World Cup tournament path will become a little clearer Sunday with a televised reveal on some schedule details. On Sunday, the world will learn the host city allocations for the 48-team tournament’s 104 games as well as the location of the competition’s opening matches in Canada, Mexico and the U.S., plus ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CONCACAF qualifying road for 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and U.S.
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2024
The preliminary 2026 World Cup qualifying draw for CONCACAF was conducted last week at FIFA headquarters in Zurich. The draw lays out the qualifying path for 32 teams in North and Central America and the Caribbean. Canada, Mexico and the U.S. are exempt as tournament co-hosts. The qualifying process could result in eight CONCACAF teams ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wake-up call: Former Argonaut Jordan Williams embraces move to ‘hard-nosed’ Hamilton
By Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2024
It wasn’t exactly the best start to Jordan Williams’ day. The Canadian linebacker awoke Monday morning expecting it to be another day of preparing to help the Toronto Argonauts avenge a disappointing end to their 2023 season. But that all changed with one telephone call. It was to inform Williams he’d been dealt to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta Premier Smith says rules, laws on transgender youth coming in fall sitting
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2024
CALGARY – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says changes underpinning new policies surrounding transgender youth will come in the fall legislature sitting. Smith is also not ruling out using the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to preserve the new policies. Smith’s United Conservative government is imposing new rules and restrictions on youth changing their names or pronouns at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Auger-Aliassime squeaks into Montpellier quarters with win over Cazaux
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2024
MONTPELLIER, France – Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals of the Open Sud de France tennis tournament with a razor-thin 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (4) win over local favourite Arthur Cazaux on Thursday. Montreal’s Auger-Aliassime, seeded third in Montpellier, was uncharacteristically second-best in the service game. Cazaux had 12 aces to six for Auger-Aliassime, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. ski resorts shut as warm, wet weather strips mountains of snow
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2024
VANCOUVER – All three of Metro Vancouver’s local ski hills are closed for a second day at what should be the peak of the season, as a spate of warm, wet weather strips mountains bare. Grouse Mountain and Mount Seymour blame “inclement weather” for the closures, while Cypress Mountain says an “ongoing rain event” has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!World junior hockey players’ sex assault case to be before London court on Monday
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2024
LONDON, Ont. – The sexual assault case of five players from Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team is set to be before a London, Ont., court on Monday. A court document shows Dillon Dube, Cal Foote, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart and Michael McLeod are each charged with one count of sexual assault. The document shows ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A look at some reaction to the Alberta government’s proposed transgender policies
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2024
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has announced changes to rules surrounding transgender youth. Policies include requiring parental consent for children 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school; students 16 and 17 would not need consent, but their parents would have to be notified. Gender reassignment surgery would also be banned ... Read More »
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