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Injured Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan leaves SheBelieves Cup to return to club
ORLANDO, Fla. - Injury has ruled Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan out of the rest of the SheBelieves Cup. The 25-year-old from Whitby, Ont., had to be helped off the field Thursday after suffering ...
Feb 20, 2021

Bright sun, poor ice delay outdoor NHL game at Lake Tahoe
STATELINE, Nev. - The setting was spectacular but the ice conditions were far from it, leading to an extended delay between the first and second period of the outdoor game between the Vegas Golden Kni...
Feb 20, 2021

Tam urges need to maintain individual COVID-19 precautions as variant cases mount
Public health officials have identified upwards of 700 cases of contagious COVID-19 variants across Canada, the nation's top doctor said Saturday, a finding she said lends new urgency to her calls to ...
Feb 20, 2021

Chinese ambassador denounces pending vote by Canadian MPs on Uighur genocide
OTTAWA - China's envoy to Canada is telling Canadian parliamentarians to butt out of his country's internal affairs through their pending vote on declaring a genocide against ethnic Muslim Uighurs in ...
Feb 20, 2021

Canadian tennis star BIanca Andreescu pulls out of Adelaide event with leg injury
Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu has pulled out of the upcoming Adelaide International outdoor hard court tournament with a leg injury. News of Andreescu's decision came two days after she was de...
Feb 20, 2021

Former NHL coach Babcock takes over behind the bench at University of Saskatchewan
SASKATOON - Mike Babcock, who coached the Detroit Red Wings to a Stanley Cup title and the Canadian men's team to two Olympic medals, is taking over the University of Saskatchewan Huskies men's team. ...
Feb 20, 2021

4 for 4: Osaka wins Australian, stays perfect in Slam finals
MELBOURNE, Australia - As Naomi Osaka strode through the Champion's Walk leading to the court for the Australian Open final - headphones on her ears, racket bag strapped to her back - she reached out ...
Feb 20, 2021

Jennifer Jones kicks off chase of seventh Canadian curling title with a win
CALGARY - Jennifer Jones opened pursuit of a record seventh Canadian women's curling championship with a 7-4 win over Quebec's Laurie St-Georges on Saturday.Manitoba's Jones is tied with Colleen Jones...
Feb 20, 2021

B.C. health officials call for culturally safe vaccination plan for Metis residents
VICTORIA - Health officials in British Columbia say there will be chaos and hiccups in the vaccine rollout, but they're trying to make the process as safe as possible for the province's Indigenous res...
Feb 20, 2021

Canadian rider Michael Woods moves into lead in French race
FAYENCE, France - Canadian Michael Woods won the second stage of the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var on Saturday, moving into the overall lead of the three-day race.It marked the first victory for ...
Feb 20, 2021