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  • Woes continue for Toronto FC with shutout loss to Revolution

    Toronto FC's Reggie Lambe, right, battles for the ball with Columbus Crew's Matias Sanchez during first half MLS action in Toronto on Saturday, May 18, 2013. (Chris Young/THE CANADIAN ...

  • Marco Di Vaio scores hat trick Impact outgun Union

    Marco Di Vaio, right, leads the MLS with nine goals after scoring five times in the Montreal Impact's last three games. (Graham Hughes/Canadian ...

  • Bodychecking banned for peewee players across Canada

    A player from the Dartmouth Whalers collides with a member of the Cole Harbour Red Wings, right, in peewee "A" action in Halifax on Thursday Feb. 15, 2001. One of Canada's largest hockey associations will ban bodychecking for peewee players as momentum grows to have the disputed practice eliminated for adolescents who doctors say are suffering high rates of hockey-related ...

  • Photos Vancouvers March Against Monsanto

    Approximately 250 "March Against Monsanto" protesters gather at the Vancouver Art Gallery in Vancouver, BC., May 25, 2013. They want to call attention to the dangers posed by genetically modified food and the food giants that produce it and marches are planned for more than 250 cities around the ...

  • Search for Canadian resumes in Snowy Mtns

    POLICE have not given up hope of finding a bushwalker alive who's been missing for two weeks. Canadian national Prabhdeep Srawn set out on May 13 and hasn't been heard from since. The 25-year-old's rental car was found that same day, abandoned at Charlotte Pass ski village, on the slopes of Mount Kosciuszko. The search, which resumed on Sunday morning, involves police alpine ...

Movie Review

Office Space

"Office Space" should have started with a brief dedication: "This film is dedicated to anyone who has ever worked in a cubicle." This film, the first live-action offering from Mike Judge, creator of "Beavis and Butt-head" and "King of the Hill," is a wry tale of vengeance against cubicle culture, and anyone who has ever worked in one will find much to laugh about. I, for one, have worked in a cubi ... ...

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  • I Would Rather Have a Live Scientologist Than a Dead Kid

    Richardson is shocked over comments Oklahoma Sheriff Joe Kerns said in a Fox News23 interview - "especially doing an interview on Narconon Arrowhead while an investigation is still supposedly on going." In an email received at 2:45 PM this afternoon, Richardson replied to the comment made by the Sheriff Joe Kerns: "I would rather have a live Scientologist than a dead kid" ...

  • Canada Soccer sets sight on high-level coach

    The next coach of Canada Soccer will be responsible with turning around a men's squad that was destroyed in its last World Cup qualifying game to Honduras last October. (Esteban Felix/Associated ...

  • City chase competitors out in force despite the weather

    If you were in downtown Edmonton today, you may have noticed more people were out and about than is usual for a grey, rainy Saturday. More than 1,000 people participated in the Scion City Chase in Edmonton today. The event tested participants' brains, bodies and comfort zones in a series of challenges as they navigated themselves across the city. Along the way, competitors found ...

  • Hundreds come out for Abbotsfords first pride march

    About two hundred people came out on Saturday for the first ever Fraser Valley Pride parade in Abbotsford, B.C., a city with deep religious roots. "Growing up as a kid, I never really realized that they were gay people in this town. It was really hidden," said organizer Angela Ostrikoff. Participants in Saturday's pride parade were thankful for the support they are getting, but ...

  • Doug Ford denies drug-dealing allegations demands apology

    Public opinion of Mayor Rob Ford all that counts TORONTO - Councillor Doug Ford wants an apology. The embattled Etobicoke councillor says media reports that he sold drugs as young man are an "absolute lie" motivated by a desire to politically attack both him and his brother Mayor Rob Ford. ...

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