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Mounties eye corruption cases involving Canadian firms and new ways of resolving them
OTTAWA - RCMP anti-corruption investigators say they are probing possible shady practices by several Canadian companies operating in parts of Africa, Eastern Europe and South America. Firms involved i...
Jan 08, 2022
Reports: Lawyers say Djokovic had COVID-19 last month
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Lawyers for Novak Djokovic filed court documents in his challenge against deportation from Australia that showed the tennis star contracted COVID-19 last month, the Austral...
Jan 08, 2022
Shoemaker: Getting to Beijing is the first Olympic competition
When Canada's team of more than 200 athletes are aboard their chartered flights to Beijing, it will feel like the first major Olympic hurdle has been cleared, says David Shoemaker. The Beijing Games o...
Jan 07, 2022
VanVleet leads the way with 37 points as Raptors rally to down depleted Utah Jazz
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet put on a show Friday, rallying the Toronto Raptors almost single-handedly to a 122-108 comeback win over a depleted Utah Jazz team. VanVleet recorded his first career triple-do...
Jan 07, 2022
Former Western Mustangs head football coach Larry Haylor passes away at age 76
Larry Haylor, who guided the Western Mustangs to two Vanier Cup titles as head coach, has died at the age of 76. An official at Western said late Friday that Haylor had suffered a heart attack Thursda...
Jan 07, 2022
Svechniknov scores twice as Hurricanes beat Flames 6-3
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Andrei Svechnikov scored two goals and the Carolina Hurricanes returned to action after nearly a week layoff by beating the Calgary Flames 6-3 on Friday night. Brady Skjei had a g...
Jan 07, 2022
CPL champion Pacific FC loses two key attackers to rival Forge FC
Canadian Premier League champion Pacific FC has lost two key players to rival Forge FC. The Vancouver Island team said Terran Campbell, the club's all-time leading scorer, and Alessandro Hojabrpour, n...
Jan 07, 2022
Unifor demands further delay on tighter green rules for container trucks
VANCOUVER - Canada's largest private-sector union is calling on the federal government to push back a port plan that would impose tighter environmental restrictions on container trucks. Amid a gnarled...
Jan 07, 2022
P.E.I. hockey player suspended after criticizing league's response to racist incident
CHARLOTTETOWN - A junior hockey player in Prince Edward Island who criticized officials on social media for their response to a racial slur aimed at his teammate has now been indefinitely suspended by...
Jan 07, 2022
Canadian driver Dalton Kellett ready for third IndyCar season
After just two seasons - and only one full campaign - on the IndyCar circuit, Canada's Dalton Kellett is entering his third year as the seasoned veteran for A.J. Foyt Racing. Kellett, from Stouffville...
Jan 07, 2022
