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NHL announces Phase 2 of Return-to-Play Plan
TORONTO, ON- Starting Monday, June 8th, the National Hockey League (NHL) will allow NHL teams, players, and trainers to use on-ice and off-ice facilities.This new step essentially could be NHL's playe...
Jun 5, 2020
Saturday night's alright for pro bowling, finally, after pandemic-related hiatus
Pro bowling is back, with strikes aplenty expected in its return Saturday after an 11-week-plus absence due to the pandemic. The first-ever PBA Strike Derby, a televised tournament in Jupit...
Jun 5, 2020
N.W.T. First Nations community gets UN award for work on new national park
A remote community in Canada's North has been awarded a major United Nations prize for decades of work to help a new national park. The Equator Prize is given to recognize innovati...
Jun 5, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Trudeau joins anti-racism protest
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived at an anti-racism protest in Ottawa. It's one of multiple events in Canada today, following days of demonstrations against racism and police brutalit...
Jun 5, 2020
Liberal MP Marwan Tabbara faces assault, break and enter, harassment charges
OTTAWA - The Prime Minister's Office says it learned this morning about multiple criminal charges laid against Liberal MP Marwan Tabbara and is "looking into the matter." Global News first report...
Jun 5, 2020
Trump moves to allow commercial fishing in conservation area
BANGOR, Maine - President Donald Trump took action Friday to allow commercial fishing at a marine conservation area off the New England coast. "We are reopening the Northeast Canyons to commercial fis...
Jun 5, 2020
Dive In: Canadian swimmer Savard makes acting debut in Cannes-selected film
Canada's Katerine Savard approached her first acting performance with an intensity normally reserved for a big swim meet. It paid off in her debut appearance in "N...
Jun 5, 2020
N.B. police shooting of Indigenous woman leads to questions on 'wellness checks'
FREDERICTON - A 26-year-old Indigenous woman from British Columbia who was fatally shot by police in northwestern New Brunswick was remembered Friday as a caring person as questions were raised about ...
Jun 5, 2020
Torch passed at Hockey Canada, Davidson reflects on move to Own The Podium
CALGARY - Melody Davidson says she's received a few text messages telling her "I didn't see this coming." After more than a quarter century as a coach, manager and mentor in women's hockey d...
Jun 5, 2020
Racial unrest achingly familiar for Jenkins, other Canadian black athletes
TORONTO - As a black baseball player in 1960s America, Fergie Jenkins was often banned from the hotels of his white teammates. There were cities in which he couldn't dine alon...
Jun 5, 2020