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Gallant and Peterman defeat Sahaidak and Lott at Canadian mixed doubles championship
CALGARY - Defending champions Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman defeated Colton Lott and Kadriana Sahaidak 7-3 on Saturday morning at the Home Hardware Canadian mixed doubles curling championship.The...
Mar 20, 2021
Toronto FC resumes full training after being sidelined by COVID-19 outbreak
Toronto FC has resumed full training after an outbreak of COVID-19 that sent players and staff home to self-isolate.The MLS club had nine positive cases, according to figures released by the city of T...
Mar 20, 2021
Advocates urge action as Montreal police confirm taxi slaying was conjugal violence
Montreal police are confirming the discovery of two bodies inside a taxi cab in northeastern part of the city Friday was the result of conjugal violence. Police say today that investigators believe a ...
Mar 20, 2021
Canadian star Alphonso Davies sent off in Bayern Munich win over Stuttgart
MUNICH - Canadian star Alphonso Davies was sent off Saturday in Bayern Munich's 4-0 win over VfB Stuttgart.The 20-year-old fullback from Edmonton was initially yellow-carded in the 11th minute after c...
Mar 20, 2021
Public health pandemic 'alert' system didn't operate as intended for COVID-19: report
OTTAWA - An interim examination of why the federal government's pandemic early warning system failed to send up a formal alert on COVID-19 has been released. The audit was ordered by federal Health Mi...
Mar 20, 2021
Tory grassroots vote against putting line saying "climate change is real" into policy
OTTAWA - Efforts to get official Conservative policy to firmly state the party believes climate change is real have failed. The results of Saturday's vote defeating a motion that would have enshrined ...
Mar 20, 2021
Alexis Pinturault wins skiing's World Cup overall title
LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland - Rising to the moment on his 30th birthday, French skier Alexis Pinturault secured his first overall World Cup title on Saturday. Pinturault won a giant slalom giving him an ...
Mar 20, 2021
Slovakian Petra Vlhova wins skiing's World Cup overall title
LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland - Making history for her nation, Petra Vlhova won the women's World Cup overall title on Saturday as the first Slovakian to be crowned the best all-around skier. Vlhova needed...
Mar 20, 2021
Singh commits to cancel up to $20,000 in tuition in election campaign-style promise
OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh is renewing his pitch to young voters, pledging that an NDP government would cancel up to $20,000 in tuition. Singh says that, if elected, he would also free...
Mar 20, 2021
Spectators from abroad to be barred from Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO - Spectators from abroad will be barred from the Tokyo Olympics when they open in four months, the IOC and local organizers said Saturday. The decision was announced after an online meeting of t...
Mar 20, 2021