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Bruins goalie Rask opts out of playoffs to be with family
Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask has opted out of the team's playoff run to be with his family. The defending Eastern Conference champions announced the decision Saturday morning, less than two hours ...
Aug 15, 2020

VanVleet: Raptors will shake hand of any team that can beat them four times
When Toronto tipped off the season without superstar Kawhi Leonard, almost no-one believed the NBA defending champions would have any hope of repeating. The Raptors apparently...
Aug 15, 2020

NHL provides playoff hub teams a few tastes of `home'
TORONTO - There's no ear-splitting cannon booming from the stands in Columbus every time the Blue Jackets score. Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers mascot, isn't parading through the arena. No one's firi...
Aug 15, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 15
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 12:57 p.m. ET on Aug. 15, 2020: There are 121,764 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 61,004 confirmed (including 5,718 deaths, 53,...
Aug 15, 2020

'Why not us?': Asylum seekers on COVID-19 front lines demand permanent residency
MONTREAL - Doll Jean Frejus Nguessan Bi says he couldn't sleep at all last night. The asylum seeker from Ivory Coast works as a security guard in hospitals and long-term care homes in the Montreal are...
Aug 15, 2020

More people ill from Salmonella, ate onions from U.S.: Public Health Agency
The Public Health Agency of Canada says 100 more people have become ill from Salmonella contamination linked to a recall of U.S.-grown onions, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 339. The ...
Aug 15, 2020

Four suspects wanted in attempted murder case in Sturgeon Lake
UPDATE #1: Valleyview RCMP announced Saturday night that one of the suspects wanted, Dorian Harvey has been arrested and is in police custody.37-year-olds Colin Aulden Bartlett and Albert John Gladue,...
Aug 15, 2020

Reds player tests positive, 2 games with Pirates postponed
CINCINNATI - The last two games of a series between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh were called off Saturday because a Reds player tested positive for COVID-19. Major League Baseball was awaiting further te...
Aug 15, 2020

Bruins goalie Rask opts out of playoffs to be with family
Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask has opted out of the team's playoff run to be with his family. The defending Eastern Conference champions announced the decision Saturday morning, less than two hours ...
Aug 15, 2020

Former Illinois Gov. James Thompson, 'Big Jim,' dies at 84
CHICAGO - Former Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson, known as "Big Jim" during a long career that eventually made him the state's longest-serving chief executive, has died. He was 84. Thompson died short...
Aug 15, 2020