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With protocols in place, QMJHL set to begin season amid COVID-19 second wave
MONTREAL - The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League could not save its season when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but seven months later and on the eve of the start of the 2020-21 season, their efforts have ...
Oct 01, 2020
New rules for Liverpool as virus cases in England quadruple
LONDON - Britain imposed tighter restrictions on social gatherings in the port city of Liverpool and three towns as scientists reported Thursday that the number of COVID-19 cases in England has quadru...
Oct 01, 2020
Airline unions call on Ottawa for $7 billion in loans for ailing industry
Labour leaders are calling on Ottawa to provide immediate financial aid and rapid viral testing to an airline industry devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The heads of two pilots' unions and Unifor a...
Oct 01, 2020
Early playoff exit stings, but Jays' future bright as young core gains experience
The young core on the Toronto Blue Jays made significant strides in the pandemic-shortened season. An unexpected playoff appearance was a welcome development too. A team built for the future took a bi...
Oct 01, 2020
Second Quebec health care worker fired after Indigenous woman's hospital death
MONTREAL - A second health-care worker has been fired in connection with the treatment of an Indigenous woman who was subjected to degrading remarks in a hospital northeast of Montreal before she died...
Oct 01, 2020
Documentary tries to prove existence of dead Lincoln photo
NEW YORK - The image is haunting, depicting a gaunt-faced man with a familiar beard, staring ahead lifelessly. The right eye is bulging and appears disfigured from an unseen wound. Some experts believ...
Oct 01, 2020
Frederick Wiseman on the life of American institutions
NEW YORK - Frederick Wiseman has spent more than half a century documenting American institutions. With a small crew, he has tirelessly made lengthy, sober, engrossing filmic portraits of life in Jack...
Oct 01, 2020
Canadian women's hockey team forward Sarah Nurse ready for change
Sarah Nurse has stood in the crosswinds of societal and sport upheaval. Her hockey career in flux because of a collective movement to further the women's game, the COVID-19 pandemic threw another laye...
Oct 01, 2020
Former Toronto FC midfielder Warren Creavalle making his mark off the field
Emotions ran high before the opening game of the MLS is Back Tournament opener July 8 in Florida when more than 170 Black players, coaches and officials joined Orlando City and Inter Miami players on ...
Oct 01, 2020
Federal funds will help college create Indigenous gathering place, build extension
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Part of Medicine Hat College's central space will become an Indigenous gathering place for teaching and sharing.The college will receive $1.56 million from the federal government fo...
Oct 01, 2020