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Previously unbeaten women's teams suffer setbacks at Grand Slam curling event
CALGARY - No women's teams are unbeaten at the Grand Slam of Curling Players' Championship after the last two squads with unblemished records suffered losses on Thursday. South Korea's Min-Ji Kim gave...
Apr 22, 2021
Stunned Canadian players head home after women's world hockey cancellation
Shock and disbelief gave way to a swirl of emotions as players on the Canadian women's hockey team packed their bags in Halifax and headed home Thursday.In a span of two days, they'd gone from nervous...
Apr 22, 2021
Canadian Brooke Henderson vaults into tie for second at LPGA Tour event
LOS ANGELES - Canada's Brooke Henderson was tied for second after her second round of the LPGA Tour's HUGEL Air Premia LA Open on Thursday. Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont., shot a 6-under 65 and is...
Apr 22, 2021
Hate crimes jumped 51 per cent in part spurred by pandemic, Toronto police report
TORONTO - Hate crime complaints and arrests in the country's largest city jumped sharply last year, with Jewish and Black people the most common targets, according to an annual police report released ...
Apr 22, 2021
Better news for Toronto FC on injury front ahead of weekend game with Whitecaps
The injury news is getting better for Toronto FC ahead of Saturday's 'home opener' at Orlando's Exploria Stadium against the Vancouver Whitecaps. Coach Chris Armas says midfielder Jonathan Osorio (thi...
Apr 22, 2021
PGA Tour Canada splits into Canadian, American circuits for 20201
TORONTO - The PGA Tour Canada is being split into two circuits for the 2021 season due to COVID-19-related restrictions at the United States-Canada border. The PGA Tour said Thursday in a release that...
Apr 22, 2021
Les McKeown, who fronted the Bay City Rollers, dies at 65
LONDON - Les McKeown, the former lead singer of the 1970s Scottish pop sensation Bay City Rollers, has died suddenly at the age of 65, his family said Thursday. A statement from his family posted on s...
Apr 22, 2021
MPs adopt motion calling for flights from COVID-19 hot spots to stop
OTTAWA - MPs unanimously agreed Canada should suspend international flights from countries where COIVD-19 outbreaks are raging just a few hours before the federal government is expected to announce ne...
Apr 22, 2021
Health Canada proposes new restrictions on talc in some personal care products
OTTAWA - Health Canada is proposing expanded restrictions on the use of talc in some cosmetic and personal cleansing products due to the possibility of lung damage and cancer risk. The new restriction...
Apr 22, 2021
Is this an 'Asterisk Oscars' or a sign of things to come?
In 93 years of existence, the Oscars have been postponed by shootings - the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the attempted killing of Ronald Reagan - and by a flood, when 1938 rainstorms ov...
Apr 22, 2021