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Queen's Plate winner Mighty Heart nominated for $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes
FORT ERIE, Ont. - It seems a run at the OLG Canadian Triple Crown is on Mighty Heart's radar. The Queen's Plate winner was among nine horses nominated for the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes. The...
Sep 18, 2020
Forge FC, HFX Wanderers face off Saturday in CPL's Island Games final
The Canadian Premier League's Island Games wrap up in Charlottetown on Saturday with Forge FC bidding to defend its title against a HFX Wanderers side looking to go from worst to first. Eight teams st...
Sep 18, 2020
Federal pay-equity commissioner reappointed, but new national law still not in force
OTTAWA - Canada's first national pay-equity commissioner is having her term extended amid delays getting new pay-equity legislation into action. Karen Jensen was appointed a year ago to the Canadian H...
Sep 18, 2020
Trudeau calls byelections for late October, one day after Liberals name candidates
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called two byelections less than a day after the Liberals named their candidates in each of the Toronto ridings. A short notice from the Prime Minister's Off...
Sep 18, 2020
Montreal should restrict police use of facial recognition technology: councillor
MONTREAL - An opposition councillor in Montreal says he plans to introduce a motion next week that would restrict the use of facial recognition and other surveillance technologies by city police. Marv...
Sep 18, 2020
Stanley Cup returns to old Edmonton stomping grounds, but just here for a visit
EDMONTON - Stanley - that squat, barrel-bodied, bowl-topped polished silver mug - is officially back in Edmonton, a place he knew well back in the day. But this time he's here strictly as a guest...
Sep 18, 2020
Lobster protests: Nova Scotia RCMP arrest two at wharf in Weymouth
WEYMOUTH, N.S. - RCMP say two people were arrested Friday and accused of assault at a wharf in western Nova Scotia, where there were reports of ugly confrontations over a First Nation's...
Sep 18, 2020
Some Evergreen Park staff re-hired, event bookings happening again
Evergreen Park has been able to hire back 20 of the 55 employees it was forced to lay off in March when the pandemic hit.The County of Grande Prairie has agreed to cover the payroll for the rest of th...
Sep 18, 2020
Toronto FC, D.C. United renew hostilities after ill-tempered draw in Florida
Bad blood bubbled over at the MLS is Back Tournament when Toronto FC and D.C. United played to an ill-tempered 2-2 draw July 13. The match had been delayed twice - first because of Toronto's late...
Sep 18, 2020
Ontario nurses' college hit by ransomware attack; personal data at risk
TORONTO - The organization that regulates the nursing profession in Ontario was hit by a ransomware cyber-attack in which personal information might have been compromised, a spokeswoman said on Friday...
Sep 18, 2020