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Edmonton Oilers sign veteran forward Kyle Turris to a two-year contract
The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Kyle Turris to a two-year contract.The 31-year-old from New Westminster, B.C., became an unrestricted free agent Friday after three seasons with the Nashville P...
Oct 09, 2020
Feds double pandemic aid for food banks, add a second $100 million in support
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is doubling pandemic aid for the nation's food banks today. Another $100 million is being added to the Emergency Food Security Fund so food ban...
Oct 09, 2020
NHL free agency opens amid economic uncertainty brought on by COVID-19 pandemic
The Toronto Maple Leafs hit the ground running at the opening bell of NHL free agency. The club signed gritty, hometown winger Wayne Simmonds to a one-year, US$1.5-million contract shortly after the m...
Oct 09, 2020
Canadian ECHL teams will start after some of American counterparts in next season
PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL plans a two-phased start to its 2020-21 season during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thirteen of the 25 active teams will begin play Dec. 11 and the other 12 kick off on Jan. 15, 20...
Oct 09, 2020
'Friendsgiving': N.S. students create new holiday traditions inside Atlantic bubble
HALIFAX - Haneesha Relwani, third-year marketing student at Acadia University, would normally be preparing at this time of year to travel home to St. Kitts and Nevis to see family. Instead, she and ma...
Oct 09, 2020
Maple Leafs sign gritty winger Wayne Simmonds to one-year, US$1.5-million contract
TORONTO - Wayne Simmonds has decided to go home. The gritty winger from Toronto signed a one-year, US$1.5-million contract with the Maple Leafs as NHL free agency opened Friday. Simmonds, 32, has regi...
Oct 09, 2020
Conservatives accuse government of reckless rush to ease access to assisted dying
OTTAWA - Conservatives are accusing the Trudeau government of rushing recklessly to make it easier for intolerably suffering Canadians to receive medical help to end their lives. The Liberal governmen...
Oct 09, 2020
Jury shown more videos and pictures dealing with 'demons' from computer of accused
FREDERICTON - The jury hearing the trial into the shooting deaths of four people in Fredericton in 2018 has been shown more videos and pictures from the computer of the accused. Matthew Raymond is cha...
Oct 09, 2020
Whitey Ford, 91, pitcher who epitomized mighty Yankees, dies
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. - Whitey Ford, the street-smart New Yorker who had the best winning percentage of any pitcher in the 20th century and helped the Yankees become baseball's perennial champions in the...
Oct 09, 2020
Trudeau needs to halt byelections as COVID-19 surges in Toronto, Green leader says
OTTAWA - Green party Leader Annamie Paul says with COVID-19 cases rising in Toronto, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should suspend two byelections underway there. Paul, who took the reins of the Green ...
Oct 09, 2020