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Hockey federation investigates incident with Russia's junior team at Calgary airport
CALGARY - A New Year's Eve disturbance on an Air Canada plane which some passengers have said was related to bad behavior by Russia's world junior hockey team does not appear to have resulted in any c...
Jan 03, 2022
Provinces announce new measures as Omicron fuels rise in COVID cases, hospitalization
OTTAWA, ONT. -- Provinces are putting new measures in place to deal with an Omicron-fuelled rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, including delaying in-person schooling in Ontario by two weeks ...
Jan 03, 2022
Six Toronto Raptors games get new dates as NBA reworks schedule
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors officially rescheduled six of their games on Monday. Toronto had three games postponed after either the Raptors or their opponents were placed in COVID-19 protocols The o...
Jan 03, 2022
Nets 'hopeful' Irving can debut Wednesday against Pacers
NEW YORK (AP) - Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash said the organization is "hopeful" that Kyrie Irving could make his season debut Wednesday at Indianapolis, "but no determinations have been made yet." I...
Jan 03, 2022
Eagles put 12 on COVID-19 list with playoff spot in hand
The Philadelphia Eagles have placed defensive tackle Fletcher Cox and tight end Dallas Goedert along with 10 others on the reserve/COVID-19 list Monday ahead of Saturday's regular-season finale agains...
Jan 03, 2022
World junior men's hockey cancellation still stings for Canada's Carson Lambos
Defencemen Carson Lambos and Maximilian Streule were still trying to wrap their heads around not playing for their respective countries at Alberta's world junior men's hockey championship Monday. Cana...
Jan 03, 2022
NBA reschedules postponed games, makes other adjustments
The NBA has rescheduled all 11 games that were postponed in December for virus-related reasons and either shifted the times or dates of 10 other games to help accommodate those changes. Toronto had si...
Jan 03, 2022
Ontario court awards more than $107M to families over deadly Flight 752 shootdown
OTTAWA - An Ontario court has awarded more than $107 million to families of six victims of the Iranian military's downing of a passenger jet two years ago. The decision made public Monday follows a Ma...
Jan 03, 2022
Exhibition game between Canadian women's hockey team, Calgary Cannons cancelled
CALGARY - The final contest of a four-game exhibition series between the Canadian women's hockey team and the Alberta Junior Hockey League has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. The women's team...
Jan 03, 2022
Omicron upends return to US schools and workplaces
Some school systems around the U.S. extended their holiday break Monday or switched back to online instruction because of the explosion in COVID-19 cases, while others pressed ahead with in-person cla...
Jan 03, 2022