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Toronto FC to open CONCACAF Champions League on Feb. 19 in La Chorrera, Panama
Toronto FC will open its 2019 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League on Feb. 19 in La Chorrera, Panama, against Club Atletico Independiente. The return leg of the round-of-16 series will be Feb. 26 at B...
Dec 19, 2018
Raptors injury troubles continue; Lowry, Ibaka to sit out against Pacers
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors’ injury troubles show no signs of letting up. All-star point guard Kyle Lowry and big man Serge Ibaka won’t play tonight against the visiting Indiana Pacers, ...
Dec 19, 2018
Liberals say they are looking at ways to provide minimum income to all Canadians
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals appear to be warming to the idea of a guaranteed national minimum income as they search for ways to help Canadian workers adapt to an unsteady labour market. A guaranteed...
Dec 19, 2018
Thunder Bay police board accepts anti-Indigenous racism findings; plans apology
Faced with withering criticism from two separate reviews, the police oversight board in Thunder Bay, Ont., has now accepted findings of racism within both the board and police service itself and said ...
Dec 19, 2018
Uber loses UK case on worker rights, expected to appeal
LONDON - Uber pledged Wednesday to challenge a U.K. Court of Appeal decision that drivers should be classed as workers rather than self-employed employees, a verdict that has potentially wide-ranging ...
Dec 19, 2018
Politicians more than half of Canadian Press newsmakers through the years
The Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team has been chosen as the 2018 Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year. Here is a list of past newsmakers as chosen in an annual poll of newsrooms across the country:...
Dec 19, 2018
List of concerns disability advocates have about Accessible Canada Act
A list of concerns disability advocates have expressed about the federal government’s Accessible Canada Act: - Bill C 81 does not include timelines, which advocates say are essential to ensure t...
Dec 19, 2018
Advocates say Accessible Canada Act is too weak to be effective
The cautious optimism that prevailed in Canada’s disabled community when the federal government tabled historic accessibility legislation earlier this year has given way to widespread concern th...
Dec 19, 2018
Ottawa Fury FC turns to Court of Arbitration for Sport in sanctioning dispute
Ottawa Fury FC is turning to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for help in its sanctioning battle with CONCACAF. Based in Lausanne, Switzerland, the CAS is an independent body which facilitates the s...
Dec 19, 2018
Montreal Alouettes acquire Canadian fullback Spencer Moore from Roughriders
MONTREAL - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have traded Canadian fullback Spencer Moore to the Montreal Alouettes for a conditional eighth-round draft pick. Moore, a 28-year-old Hamilton native, has been ...
Dec 19, 2018