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Third party in New Brunswick loses candidate due to online comments
FREDERICTON - Another political party in New Brunswick has dropped a candidate for next week's provincial election because of past comments made online. The People's Alliance party has confirmed that ...
Sep 09, 2020

Coaches proud of Canadian success on PGA Tour for 2019-20 season
Although 2019-20 was a strange, start-and-stop season on the PGA Tour, it was also arguably the best-ever campaign for Canadian golfers. Mackenzie Hughes, Adam Hadwin, Corey Conners and...
Sep 09, 2020

Blue Jays first baseman Tellez likely to go injured list with knee strain
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Toronto Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo says first baseman Rowdy Tellez will likely go on the 10-day injured list after an MRI exam revealed a right knee strain. Tellez was repl...
Sep 09, 2020

WE Charity closing Canadian operations, Kielburger brothers leaving
OTTAWA - WE Charity says it is closing its Canadian operations, blaming COVID-19 and the political fallout from the Liberal government's plan to have it run a multimillion-dollar student-voluntee...
Sep 09, 2020

How NHL consolidated from 2 bubbles to 1 to finish playoffs
EDMONTON - When the Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders left the familiar confines of the NHL's Toronto bubble last weekend, they masked up to board physically distanced buses and then flew wes...
Sep 09, 2020

North Lethbridge home, "an oasis of crime," has been shut down
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Dozens of members of various law enforcement agencies, health inspectors, and utility providers were on hand as a problem drug house on Lethbridge's north side was shut down Wednesday...
Sep 09, 2020

B.C.'s fall pandemic response plan includes more testing, tracing and flu shots
VICTORIA - British Columbia's fall and winter pandemic battle plan involves ramping up COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and a campaign to administer almost two million flu shots. Health Ministry...
Sep 09, 2020

N.S. Tories say justice minister in conflict of interest in mass shooting inquiry
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Tory leader says the province's attorney general is in conflict of interest when it comes to setting terms of reference for the public inquiry into the April mass shooting...
Sep 09, 2020

New Pronghorns Citizenship Scholarship created
LETHBRIDGE, AB- In the spring of 2021 the Pronghorn Citizenship Award will be awarded to one female and one male Pronghorn Athlete.The Pronghorn Citizenship Awards (PCA) will look to recognize and rew...
Sep 09, 2020

Potential Wolfpack owner Carlo LiVolsi says he will take care of players
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack are currently a team without a league, an insolvent rugby league franchise whose missed payroll totals some 500,000 pounds ($854,620). But where others see a sporti...
Sep 09, 2020