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Stars' Seguin has high expectations in Big D, will miss 'hockey nerd' Spezza
TORONTO - Tyler Seguin got comfortable having Jason Spezza as his sounding board. Teammates the last five seasons with the Dallas Stars, the centres with an age gap of more than 8 1/2 years would...
Aug 27, 2019
Onion Lake teepee aims to connect education with tradition
The Onion Lake Cree Nation has announced it is planning a grand opening for its new teepee monument that is part of The Virtues and Community Belonging Project.Organizers helped develop the 31.5 ft. m...
Aug 27, 2019 The new Onion Lake Teepee Monument will have a grand opening celebration Sept. 3. (Submitted photo/Laili Yazdani)
Hong Kong activists barred from Pride march after alleged pro-communist threats
MONTREAL - Activists supporting the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong say they were disinvited from marching in Montreal's Pride parade this month after supporters of China's com...
Aug 27, 2019
Jin Young Ko wins CP Women's Open, Canada's Brooke Henderson seven shots back
AURORA, Ont. - World No. 1 Jin Young Ko wasn't going to walk up to the 18th green without Brooke Henderson. The runaway winner of the CP Women's Open, Ko called for her groupmate to join her and the t...
Aug 27, 2019
Oklahoma opioid ruling could pressure pharma companies to settle in B.C.: expert
VANCOUVER - An expert in medicine and law says an Oklahoma court ruling that found Johnson & Johnson helped fuel the opioid crisis and ordered the company to pay US$572 million will indi...
Aug 27, 2019
Saskatoon figure skater injured in Aug. 20 crash in Alberta
A Saskatoon figure skater was among those injured in the fiery crash near Cereal, Alta., on Aug. 20.In a Facebook post, Skate Canada-Saskatchewan said, "Saskatchewan skater Alanna Liu was involved in ...
Aug 27, 2019 Alanna Liu of Saskatchewan skates in the pre-novice women's free program at the Canada Winter Games in B.C. on Feb. 25, 2015. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)
Billboard company 'appalled' no one taking ownership of Bernier ads
OTTAWA - The owner of the billboards that featured ads promoting Maxime Bernier's stance on immigration says they would have stayed up had the third-party group that paid for them not left h...
Aug 27, 2019
Spanish playmaker Alejandro Pozuelo looks to return to Toronto FC starting lineup
TORONTO - A surprise omission from Toronto FC's starting lineup against Montreal, Alejandro Pozuelo is looking to reclaim his place as TFC's playmaker this weekend on the road in New England. "I ...
Aug 27, 2019
‘Event of the summer’ says researcher on Meadow Lake Provincial Park tornadoes
For David Sills, the weather system that tore through part of Meadow Lake Provincial Park over the Canada Day long weekend was the event of the summer for tornadoes.The executive director with the Nor...
Aug 27, 2019 Drone imagery from the Northern Tornadoes Project shows uprooted and downed trees after a storm tore through Meadow Lake Provincial Park on June 29. (supplied/Northern Tornadoes Project)
Raptors president Ujiri: Basketball has been a breath of fresh air in Somalia
TORONTO - Masai Ujiri could see it in the proud posture of the young female players. It was written in their wide smiles. The Toronto Raptors president was in Mogadishu last w...
Aug 27, 2019