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Blackhawks' Seabrook calls it a career because of injury
Longtime Chicago Blackhawks defenceman and three-time Stanley Cup winner Brent Seabrook announced Friday he is unable to continue playing hockey because of injury. After surgeries on his right shoulde...
Mar 05, 2021

Trudeau holds firm on premiers' health-care funding demands, COVID-19 aid comes first
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will keep its spending focus on emergency aid and won't talk about long-term health-care funding until after the COVID-19 pandemic is...
Mar 05, 2021

Canadian Corey Conners grabs lead after his second round at Bay Hill
ORLANDO, Fla. - Canada's Corey Conners has the lead after the morning wave of the second round of the PGA Tour's Arnold Palmer Invitational.Conners, from Listowel, Ont., shot a 3-under 69 today and is...
Mar 05, 2021

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 05, 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 05, 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 05, 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 05, 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 05, 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 05, 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 05, 2021