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Former Wolfpack coach wants to stage one-off game in Toronto later this year
Former Wolfpack coach Brian McDermott hopes to stage a one-off game in Toronto later this year. For McDermott, it's a chance to repay local fans after the transatlantic rugby league team was unable to...
Jan 14, 2021
Military gets new commander in virtual, low-key ceremony due to COVID-19
OTTAWA - Admiral Art McDonald is taking over as commander of Canada's military in a low-key ceremony devoid of the normal pomp and circumstance due to COVID-19. As the new chief of the defence staff M...
Jan 14, 2021
Montreal MLS team to be known as Club de Foot Montreal
MONTREAL - The owner of Montreal's Major League Soccer Club knows change won't be easy for fans. After 28 years as the Montreal Impact, the team announced Thursday that it is rebranding as Club de Foo...
Jan 14, 2021
Coast guard's marine watch desk reports sightings in real time to protect B.C. orcas
VICTORIA - The Canadian Coast Guard will report whale sightings in real time from a new marine mammal desk established to protect endangered southern resident killer whales and other cetaceans in Brit...
Jan 14, 2021
Trevor Pritchard designated dangerous offender with "indeterminate sentence"
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A man from Coaldale has been designated a dangerous offender.Trevor Pritchard, 35, has been convicted four times of sex-related offenses against underaged girls including sexual assau...
Jan 14, 2021
UFC won't punish fighters for marijuana use in policy change
The UFC will no longer punish fighters for using marijuana in most cases, making a major change to its anti-doping policy. The world's largest mixed martial arts promotion confirmed Thursday that it w...
Jan 14, 2021
'Ramp up' of vaccine delivery in Canada not expected until April, Fortin says
OTTAWA - Canada should start getting two million doses of COVID-19 vaccines delivered weekly in April, meaning the "ramp up" phase of Canada's vaccine rollout is still more than two months away. Maj.-...
Jan 14, 2021
Bid by Allan Legere for parole prompts debate over whether release laws need review
Serial killer Allan Legere is permitted to keep seeking parole - and that has federal politicians and a former jailer suggesting release laws may need to be changed to ensure he doesn't succeed. The p...
Jan 14, 2021
Former Taekwondo Canada coach found guilty of sex-related offences involving student
TORONTO - A high-level taekwondo coach gradually took control of a teenage student's life, abusing his position of trust as he began a years-long stretch of escalating sexual assaults that culminated ...
Jan 14, 2021
Wife of Nunavut man who died from COVID-19 pleads with people to get vaccinated
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The wife of a Nunavut man who died from COVID-19 after contracting it in his community is urging the territory's residents to get vaccinated. Diane Sammurtok's husband Luki died in ...
Jan 14, 2021