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NHL says 5% of players have tested positive for COVID-19 at voluntary workouts
NEW YORK - The NHL says 35 total players have tested positive for the novel coronavirus over roughly the past month. The league says 23 of 396 players checked for COVID-19 at team facilities have...
Jul 06, 2020
Spring Training 2.0: Jays set to begin camp in Toronto ahead of 60-game season
TORONTO - The Blue Jays appear set to resume training camp at Toronto's Rogers Centre after arriving in the Ontario capital on Sunday night from the team's spring-training home of Dunedin, Fla. C...
Jul 06, 2020
Planned class-action lawsuit alleges illegal strip searches of federal prisoners
OTTAWA - A proposed class-action lawsuit alleges authorities illegally strip searched Canadian federal prison inmates hundreds of thousands of times over almost three decades. A statement of claim fil...
Jul 06, 2020
Canadian guard Pangos signs with Russian team after two years with Barcelona
Kevin Pangos is on the move to Russia after Barcelona chose not to re-sign the Canadian guard. The 27-year-old from Holland Landing, Ont., signed with Zenit Saint-Petersburg, the Russian club ann...
Jul 06, 2020
Maxwell moved to NY for Epstein-related sex abuse charges
Jeffrey Epstein's longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred Monday to New York to face charges that she recruited women and girls, one as young as 14, for him to sexually abuse, the Bureau...
Jul 06, 2020
Alberta adds sandhill crane hunting season
EDMONTON - Alberta has announced there will be a sandhill crane hunting season this fall - a hunt that's been opposed by an environmental group and was previously rejected by the provincial government...
Jul 06, 2020
Judge orders Dakota Access pipeline shut down pending review
FARGO, N.D. - A federal judge on Monday sided with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and ordered the Dakota Access pipeline to shut down until more environmental review is done. In a 24-page order, U.S. D...
Jul 06, 2020
Bank of Canada survey says business hiring plans remain muted due to pandemic
OTTAWA - Companies that have laid off workers are telling the Bank of Canada they plan to refill some positions over the next year, but many hiring plans remain muted over COVID-19-related uncertainty...
Jul 06, 2020
Justices rule states can bind presidential electors' votes
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that states can require presidential electors to back their states' popular vote winner in the Electoral College. The ruling, just under four mo...
Jul 06, 2020
Trudeau takes a pass on meeting this week with Trump, Lopez Obrador
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking a pass on a meeting this week with U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Trudeau's office says he wishes the t...
Jul 06, 2020