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Governing body of English rugby league approves franchise move to Ottawa
TORONTO - The governing body of English rugby league has accepted a bid to put a franchise in Ottawa. Toronto's Eric Perez, who helped bring the sport to North America via the Toronto Wolfpack, is par...
May 20, 2019
Hutchinson, Davies highlight's Canada's preliminary Gold Cup roster
TORONTO - Veteran Atiba Hutchinson and teenager Alphonso Davies highlight Canada's preliminary 40-man roster for this summer's Gold Cup. CONCACAF, the governing body for North and Central America...
May 20, 2019
B.C. Lions sign former Edmonton Eskimos linebacker Adam Konar
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The B.C. Lions have scooped up Canadian linebacker Adam Konar. The club announced Monday that it signed the 25-year-old Vancouver native, who spent four seasons with the Edmonton...
May 20, 2019
Focus on traumatized boys critical to gender equality, new research shows
TORONTO - Boys in poor urban areas around the world are suffering even more than girls from violence, abuse and neglect, groundbreaking international research published on Monday suggests. The st...
May 20, 2019
Canadian retaliatory tariffs lifted as U.S. kills steel aluminum penalties
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says Canadian tariffs on U.S. bourbon, playing cards and licorice have officially been lifted. The tariffs targeting products to have political impact in the sta...
May 20, 2019
Canada's Brown and De Grasse finish 1-2 in 200 metres at Shanghai meet
SHANGHAI - Canada's Aaron Brown finished just ahead of teammate Andre De Grasse to win the men's 200 metres at the Shanghai Diamond League on Saturday. Brown, from Toronto, was first&nb...
May 20, 2019
Kawhi Leonard ailing but still scoring in double-overtime win over Milwaukee
TORONTO - Kawhi Leonard's teammates had long gone by the time he emerged from the nether-regions of the Raptors locker-room to get dressed. It was 11:29 p.m. local time. Treatment beckoned after leadi...
May 20, 2019
Brooks Bandits back on top, winning national championship on home ice
BROOKS, AB - A storybook ending is often hard to come by in sports, but the AJHL Champion Brooks Bandits wrote a virtually perfect final chapter on Sunday afternoon.In front of thousands of screaming ...
May 20, 2019 photo courtesy Scott Roblin
LaGrange reiterates UCP commitment to Education Act
Some teachers who believe the Alberta UCP's Education Act will hurt gay-straight alliances waved Pride flags as the new minister took the stage at the Alberta Teachers' Association convention.Adriana ...
May 20, 2019
‘Rope-a-dope’: Environmentalists say Alberta war room threat won’t distract them
EDMONTON - Environmental groups targeted by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney are shrugging off the new government's promised $30-million "war room" to fight criticisms of the province's energy industry."T...
May 20, 2019 Photo courtesy the Canadian Press