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Pelletier: Solving safe-sport crisis requires buy-in from all levels
TORONTO - Sports are rife with stories of coaches facing allegations of maltreatment from a club or provincial organization, who, under the cover of jurisdictional borders, move to another club, provi...
Feb 01, 2023

Junior star Connor Bedard filling hockey arenas in Western Canada
CALGARY - Connor Bedard keeps packing arenas in Western Canada after his electrifying performance at the world junior men's hockey championship. The 17-year-old Regina Pats forward, projected to be th...
Feb 01, 2023

Robinson among mushers competing in 2023 Canadian Challenge
There's only three weeks left until the start of the Canadian Challenge Dog Sled Race."Things seem to be falling into place as we expected and we are finalizing some last-minute details and some trave...
Feb 01, 2023

Group says administrators at private school near Montreal ignored racism complaints
MONTREAL - A private school west of Montreal is promising action after allegations that for years administrators ignored complaints about racist bullying targeting two Black students. Joel DeBellefeui...
Feb 01, 2023

Work conditions in long-term care must go beyond new standards: labour congress
OTTAWA - The head of the Canadian Labour Congress says new standards to improve the quality of long-term care are not enough to address the serious staffing issues that led to dismal and deadly condit...
Feb 01, 2023

Hughes, Pastrnak, Dunn honoured as NHL's three stars for January
NEW YORK - New Jersey centre Jack Hughes, Boston right-wing David Pastrnak and Seattle defenceman Vince Dunn have been named the NHL's three stars for January. Hughes led the league with 13 goals and ...
Feb 01, 2023

Curling Canada under fire for limiting eligibility for pregnancy exemptions
Curling Canada was under fire Wednesday after limiting pregnancy exemption eligibility for teams hoping to add an out-of-province free agent at the national playdowns to just the top five rinks in the...
Feb 01, 2023

Six Naicam firefighters receive exemplary service medals
The Naicam Fire Department recently held a quick awards ceremony to honour and celebrate six of its members- Len McGillvary, Trevor Seykora, Rodger Hayward, Perry Zenner, Stan Rude, and Blaine Alberts...
Feb 01, 2023

'We're all Tyre': Mourners gather for Nichols' funeral
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Tyre Nichols ' family and friends gathered Wednesday for a funeral intended to celebrate his life three weeks after he died following a brutal beating by Memphis police that has ...
Feb 01, 2023

Liberals set to introduce law delaying expansion of medically assisted dying regime
OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to introduce a law as early as Thursday to delay the extension of medically assisted dying eligibility to people whose sole underlying condition is a mental...
Feb 01, 2023