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Maple Leafs looking for improved starts with Senators' rematch on deck
Jason Spezza isn't sounding any alarm bells. The Maple Leafs are only two games - played 24 hours apart - into their regular-season schedule. An early trend, however, has already emerged. And it's one...
Oct 15, 2021
Two B.C. women file constitutional challenge of vaccine card
VANCOUVER - Two British Columbia women who say doctors advised them against getting COVID-19 vaccines have filed a constitutional challenge of the province's vaccine passport. A petition filed in B.C....
Oct 15, 2021
BCHL adds new player support program
The BC Hockey League (BCHL) has announced a new player support program that will give all BCHL athletes access to virtual healthcare through an app on their smart phone at any time of day.The league h...
Oct 15, 2021
Yukon announces mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for a wide range of workers
WHITEHORSE - Yukon Premier Sandy Silver says the COVID-19 vaccine will be mandatory for a wide range of workers in the territory starting Nov. 30. Silver says all government employees and front-line h...
Oct 15, 2021
Toronto FC feeling heathier ahead of Atlanta visit after international break
TORONTO - Jozy Altidore and Alejandro Pozuelo could both see some playing time Saturday when Toronto FC returns to action against visiting Atlanta United after the international break. While coach Jav...
Oct 15, 2021
Meteorite found in B.C. could shed light on solar system's origin says physicist
LONDON, Ont. - A small, angular rock that one Canadian physicist says looks like a chunk of black cheese has the potential to help scientists understand how the early solar system formed. Peter G. Bro...
Oct 15, 2021
Journalist-CFL historian Paul Woods chronicles Toronto Argonauts' magical 1991 season
TORONTO - It's hard to imagine there ever being another year like 1991 in the Toronto Argonauts' rich and colourful history. The storied franchise, which was founded in 1873, shocked the North America...
Oct 15, 2021
New electoral boundaries strip Quebec of a seat, gives Alberta 3 more
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says Quebec will lose one seat in the next redistribution of federal ridings in Canada. Overall, the number of seats in the House of Commons will increase by four to 342 seat...
Oct 15, 2021
Cities, police unions clash as vaccine mandates take effect
Police departments around the U.S. that are requiring officers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are running up against pockets of resistance that some fear could leave law enforcement shorthanded an...
Oct 15, 2021
Pedestrian killed in late night crash along Alberni Hwy. near Parksville
PARKSVILLE - One person is dead after a pedestrian was hit by a motorist in Errington.Emergency services were called to the Alberni Highway near Fairdowne Rd. just after 10 p.m. after reports of a ped...
Oct 15, 2021
