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Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley out for several weeks due to knee sprain
Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley will be sidelined for several weeks with a knee strain sustained late in Tuesday's 1-0 loss to visiting Montreal. Coach Greg Vanney said an MRI showed that the 33-ye...
Sep 03, 2020
Canada’s economic optimism crippled by pandemic, Pew poll suggests
WASHINGTON - A new global poll says confidence in the Canadian economy took a dramatic dive over the summer in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic - a whipsaw pivot sharper than any of the other countr...
Sep 03, 2020
Parents in court demanding Quebec offer remote learning option for all who want it
MONTREAL - A lawyer representing a group of Quebec parents is in court today trying to compel the province's Education Department to provide an online learning option for all families who wa...
Sep 03, 2020
Military members asked to use federal government's COVID-19 tracking app
OTTAWA - Canadian Armed Forces members and their civilian colleagues in the Department of National Defence are being strongly encouraged to download the federal government's smartphone application for...
Sep 03, 2020
Tories ask languages czar to probe choice of WE Charity for student program
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are asking the official languages commissioner to investigate the government's choice of WE Charity to run a student grant program, saying the move showed contempt t...
Sep 03, 2020
Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. to remain under contract with Montreal Alouettes
MONTREAL - Vernon Adams Jr. is staying put. The Montreal Alouettes announced Thursday their star quarterback will remain under contract to the CFL club. Adams said on Sunday he was opting out of his d...
Sep 03, 2020
Room with a view: US Open seeds get taste of the suite life
NEW YORK - The see-and-be-seen scene in the U.S. Open's Arthur Ashe Stadium corporate suites is different this year: The usual cast of celebrities, socialites and sponsors - banned, along with all spe...
Sep 03, 2020
Backer of tariffs on Canadian aluminum confronts critics in Canada, U.S.
WASHINGTON - One of the few champions of the Trump administration's decision to slap fresh tariffs on Canadian aluminum is defending the move as vital to the industry's surviv...
Sep 03, 2020
Feds short $14.5 billion over decade of equalization payments, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government has shortchanged provinces on their equalization payments under rules put in place after the last economic crisis in the late...
Sep 03, 2020
Shot fatigue: Canucks know they need to step up defence in Game 6 versus Vegas
EDMONTON - The Vancouver Canucks are still alive in the NHL playoffs by outlasting the Vegas Golden Knights in a game that, by all statistical accounts, they had no business winning. Vancouver head co...
Sep 03, 2020