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Pozuelo could give Toronto FC something to celebrate when MVP winner is announced
TORONTO - An unfulfilled Toronto FC season that ended in a first-round playoff exit and the departure of popular coach Greg Vanney could still deliver something to celebrate Monday. Spanish playmaker ...
Dec 6, 2020
Vancouver Canucks anthem singer is let go for 'standing up against' COVID rules
VANCOUVER - The popular singer of O Canada at the Vancouver Canucks hockey games says he knew he might lose his job for standing up against what he describes as the "tyranny" of COVID-19 restrictions....
Dec 6, 2020
National Student Loan Service Centre plagued by delays as requests for help soar
Throngs of former students have been unable to reach Canada's loans centre, which is working through a backlog of more than 30,000 applications for repayment assistance. The phone lines for the Nation...
Dec 6, 2020
A unique recipe for healing: Bill Murray and a biblical text
Against the backdrop of a pandemic's blight and wounds from an acrimonious election, a group of acclaimed actors on Sunday will stage an online reading of a religious text with remarkable relevance to...
Dec 6, 2020
National Student Loan Service Centre plagued by delays as requests for help soar
Throngs of former students have been unable to reach Canada's loans centre, which is working through a backlog of more than 30,000 applications for repayment assistance. The phone lines for the Nation...
Dec 6, 2020
Wapiti Nordic Ski Club seeing increased interest during pandemic
The Wapiti Nordic Ski Club is up and running for another season. The trails have been groomed for just over two weeks now and according to Christine Rawlins, the Vice President of the Ski Club, things...
Dec 6, 2020
Skating pond at Muskoseepi Park officially open for the season
The skating pond just outside the pavilion at Muskoseepi Park is officially open for the winter season.With COVID-19 restrictions in effect, Transportation and Parks Manager for the City Robert Carrol...
Dec 6, 2020
Inauguration planners rethink how to party in age of virus
WASHINGTON - Public health guidance to avoid big parties in the age of coronavirus is about to collide with what is typically one of America's biggest celebrations of all: the swearing-in of a new pre...
Dec 6, 2020
Grassy Narrows First Nations chief hails more funding for mercury treatment centre
OTTAWA - New money for a treatment centre for those living with the effects of chronic mercury poisoning comes as a ray of hope for a northern Ontario First Nation that has spent the past six decades ...
Dec 6, 2020
From tents to converted 4-star hotel, pandemic prompts changes for Montreal homeless
MONTREAL - Alexandre was sorting cans one recent morning outside a tent pitched next to a busy Montreal road by the Port of Montreal. Until the COVID-19 pandemic hit, he had been sleeping at a homeles...
Dec 6, 2020