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NHL players start their adjustment to hub life in Edmonton, Toronto
NHL players settled into Edmonton and Toronto on Monday for what will be the mother of all road trips for some. Meanwhile, the Maple Leafs and Oilers are now ensconced in hotels in their hom...
Jul 27, 2020

York 9 FC adds Spanish forward Alvaro Rivero to Canadian Premier League roster
TORONTO - York 9 FC has signed Spanish forward Alvaro Rivero. The 23-year-old was with the Real Madrid academy from age nine to 19. He joins the Canadian Premier League team from the CD Leganes ...
Jul 27, 2020

Stewart still hopes to see NDP's Suicide Prevention Strategy move forward
Amber Stewart, who has a background in social work, wants to see individuals at risk of suicide get the help they need before it is too late.The Battlefords NDP candidate is disappointed the proposed ...
Jul 27, 2020

Environmental law group seeks to stop inquiry into who funds oil critics
CALGARY - An environmental law group wants a court to suspend the Alberta government's inquiry into oil and gas industry critics until there's a decision on whether it's legal. The United Conservative...
Jul 27, 2020

Warrant alleges N.S. mass shooter was seasoned smuggler of narcotics, U.S. guns
HALIFAX - Newly released court documents say witnesses told the RCMP that the gunman who carried out the April mass shooting in Nova Scotia smuggled drugs and guns from Maine for years and had se...
Jul 27, 2020

Brooke Henderson targets Women's British Open for her return to LPGA Tour
Brooke Henderson has set her sights on the British Women's Open. One of the biggest names in women's golf and the most successful pro player in Canadian history, Henderson has been out of competitive ...
Jul 27, 2020

Augmented audio, fancy sets, the JitaCam: NHL games will look different on TV
Normally the splashy visuals, out-of-the-box camera angles and next-level razzle-dazzle are saved for hockey's showcase events. Not so in the COVID-19 pandemic era. Sportsnet enters fresh territory&nb...
Jul 27, 2020

Border jumper leads RCMP on hours long 'float chase' down B.C. river
GRAND FORKS, B.C. - An American man is in custody after police allege he illegally jumped the border then tried to evade officers by floating down a river in British Columbia. The RCMP say in a news r...
Jul 27, 2020

U14 Bandits making the most of abbreviated softball season
It has been just under a month since the U14 Bandits girls softball team first took to the diamond this summer, to begin their abbreviated ball season. And as head coach of the team, Darren Russell sa...
Jul 27, 2020

Ex-UCLA coach pleads guilty to accepting $200K in bribes
A former University of California, Los Angeles men's soccer coach pleaded guilty Monday to accepting $200,000 in bribes to help two students get into the school as recruits. Jorge Salcedo, 47, admitte...
Jul 27, 2020