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Augmented audio, fancy sets, the JitaCam: NHL games will look different on TV
Normally the splashy visuals, out-of-the-box camera angles and next-level razzle-dazzle are saved for hockey's showcase events. Not so in the COVID-19 pandemic era. Sportsnet enters fresh territory&nb...
Jul 27, 2020
Border jumper leads RCMP on hours long 'float chase' down B.C. river
GRAND FORKS, B.C. - An American man is in custody after police allege he illegally jumped the border then tried to evade officers by floating down a river in British Columbia. The RCMP say in a news r...
Jul 27, 2020
Ex-UCLA coach pleads guilty to accepting $200K in bribes
A former University of California, Los Angeles men's soccer coach pleaded guilty Monday to accepting $200,000 in bribes to help two students get into the school as recruits. Jorge Salcedo, 47, admitte...
Jul 27, 2020
U Sports alters stance on football age eligibility for pandemic-impacted players
TORONTO - Canadian university football has changed course on its age cap rule and will allow players to complete their fifth year of eligibility in 2021. U Sports cancelled the 2020 Vanier Cup an...
Jul 27, 2020
Blue Jays taking on World Series champs in D.C. as COVID-19 roils league
WASHINGTON - It's not exactly the major-league debut that Santiago Espinal had been planning on, but in 2020, it will have to do. The rookie infielder, who played his first game with the Toronto&...
Jul 27, 2020
Of 31 new COVID-19 cases, 22 are from colonies across Saskatchewan
There are 31 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan today, which brings the provincial total to 1,209. There are 10 new cases in the central region, nine in the South, eight in Saskatoon, and three in ...
Jul 27, 2020
Canada men will have to play all the rounds of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying
TORONTO - Canada will have to start from the beginning of CONCACAF's revamped World Cup qualifying format to get to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. That means the Canadian men will have to play...
Jul 27, 2020
Source: Federal, provincial government awaiting certainty from CFL
TORONTO - It seems CFL players, coaches, front-office officials and fans aren't the only ones eagerly awaiting the outcome of the league's amendment talks with the CFL Players' Association. So to...
Jul 27, 2020
Canada Revenue Agency extends tax payment deadline to Sept. 30
OTTAWA - Anyone who owes the federal government taxes will now have until the end of September to pay. The Canada Revenue Agency says the payment deadline has been moved to Sept. 30 for individua...
Jul 27, 2020
As Congress fights, analysts warn economy needs help now
WASHINGTON - As Congress and the White House resume their efforts to agree on a new economic aid package, evidence is growing that the U.S. economy is faltering. And so is concern that the government ...
Jul 27, 2020