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Canadian UFC fighter denies doping charge, points to tainted supplements
Canadian middleweight Marc-Andre (Power Bar) Barriault is blaming a positive drug test on tainted supplements. And the mixed martial artist is getting help from the UFC. Barriault (12-4-0) said he was...
Aug 05, 2020
Notebook: Maple Leafs in Dumba's corner, Mangiapane's learning curve
Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly says he and his teammates are in Matt Dumba's corner as he protests against racial injustice during the NHL's return to competition. However, that doe...
Aug 05, 2020
Canadians bonding on and off the course at World Golf Championships and majors
A friendly east-west rivalry between Canada's top PGA Tour golfers has been renewed the past two Tuesdays before being set aside for the event itself. Nick Taylor, Mackenzie Hughes, Adam Hadwin and Co...
Aug 05, 2020
Source: CFL would use bulk of federal loan to fund shortened season
TORONTO - The bulk of the CFL's $30-million, interest-free loan request from the federal government is to cover the operation of a shortened season. A source with knowledge of the situa...
Aug 05, 2020
Toronto Wolfpack in need of new ownership to keep the franchise afloat
TORONTO - Two months of missed payroll. Star players facing eviction notices. What little staff left wondering about their future. The Toronto Wolfpack, currently a rugby league team in limb...
Aug 05, 2020
New Toronto drive-in aims to quench thirst of Raptors and Leafs fans, hold a few concerts
TORONTO - Sports fans can't pack into arenas this summer, but a new Toronto drive-in theatre hopes to get them a bit closer to the action. Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment has partnered with&n...
Aug 05, 2020
Veteran Canadian Press broadcast journalist Peter Ray dies at age 71
TORONTO - Peter Rakobowchuk, a journalist with Canada's national news agency whose high energy delivery was instantly recognizable to decades of listeners, has died. More widely known by his radio mon...
Aug 05, 2020
Panthers avoid elimination, beat Islanders 3-2 in Game 3
TORONTO - Mike Hoffman and Brian Boyle scored 2:07 apart in the opening minutes of the third period, and the Florida Panthers avoided elimination with a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders in Game 3 o...
Aug 05, 2020
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Shirley Ann Grau dies at 91
NEW ORLEANS - Shirley Ann Grau, a Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer whose stories and novels told of both the dark secrets and the beauty of the Deep South, has died. She was 91. Grau died Monday ...
Aug 05, 2020
Canadian Pacific records biggest crop-year haul in its history
It's been a record year for Canadian Pacific.The rail line announced today it hauled more grain and grain products in the 2019-2020 crop production year than any year in the 139-year history of CP. Th...
Aug 05, 2020