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Former Toronto Argonauts offensive lineman Chris Schultz dies at age 61
Longtime CFL and NFL offensive lineman Chris Schultz has died after suffering a heart attack.The native of Burlington, Ont., was 61.The Toronto Argonauts confirmed the death today.Picked by Dallas in ...
Mar 5, 2021
Men's basketball coach Steve Konchalski ready to end long career at St. FX
The story of Steve Konchalski's career is written in the photos that paper the walls of his office at St. Francis Xavier University. There are more than 250, of all the teams coached and lives touched...
Mar 5, 2021
Montreal-area immigration detainees on hunger strike over COVID-19 fears
MONTREAL - Several men at a Montreal-area immigration detention centre refused food this week to protest what they say are inhumane conditions at the facility and to try and secure their release.It's ...
Mar 5, 2021
Hockey world paying tribute to the Great One's father, Walter Gretzky
Walter Gretzky, a blue-collar symbol of a devoted hockey parent in a country filled with them, has died. Tributes poured in shortly after his son, hockey great Wayne Gretzky, confirmed the 82-year-old...
Mar 5, 2021
EU, US agree to suspend tariffs over Airbus-Boeing dispute
BRUSSELS - In a sign of goodwill to rebuild trans-Atlantic relations, the European Union and the United States have decided to suspend tariffs used in the longstanding Airbus-Boeing dispute, the EU Co...
Mar 5, 2021
Lethbridge Hurricanes three-week schedule announced, games start March 12
LETHBRIDGE, AB- After the first week of the Central Division's WHL schedule, we now know what the schedule looks like going forward.The next three weeks see the Lethbridge Hurricanes taking on the Red...
Mar 5, 2021
Walter Gretzky mourned in Ontario city he helped put on the map
BRANTFORD, Ont. - Past and present residents of the southern Ontario city Walter Gretzky helped put on the map mourned him Friday, remembering him not just as Canada's hockey dad, but as a community f...
Mar 5, 2021
SACPA: How post-secondary institutions are coping with COVID-19
LETHBRIDGE, AB - How are post-secondary institutions coping with the COVID-19 pandemic?That was the focus of the Thursday, March 4 virtual meeting of the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SA...
Mar 5, 2021
'How am I going to get this chaos under control?' detective reflects on van attack
TORONTO - Inspector Graham Gibson never bought into the argument that autism prevented Alek Minassian from knowing that killing unsuspecting pedestrians on a crowded sidewalk was morally wrong. But de...
Mar 5, 2021
Desmond inquiry: therapist adds to long list of challenges that Lionel Desmond faced
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - The inquiry investigating why a former soldier killed three family members and himself in 2017 heard testimony today from an occupational therapist who said Lionel Desmond had ...
Mar 5, 2021