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Penny Oleksiak, Kylie Masse among six swimmers named early to Canadian Olympic team
Strange times in sport create unorthodox decisions. The COVID-19 pandemic interrupting training and decimating the competition calendar led Swimming Canada to invoke the unforeseen circumstances claus...
Jan 22, 2021
Saskatchewan Roughriders add to depth at quarterback with signing of Tom Flacco
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American quarterback Tom Flacco. Flacco joins the Roughriders after two strong seasons at Towson University in Maryland. In his senior year, Flacco wa...
Jan 22, 2021
Canada's Channell slides to bronze medal at skeleton World Cup stop
KNIGSSEE, Germany - Canada's Jane Channell slid to a bronze medal Friday at a World Cup skeleton event. Channell, from North Vancouver, B.C., finished tied for third with World Cup leader Janine Flock...
Jan 22, 2021
Canadian rankings to be used to determine final wild-card spots at Scotties and Brier
Curling Canada has decided to use the national ranking system as its selection criteria for the final wild-card berths at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and Tim Hortons Brier. The announcement clea...
Jan 22, 2021
Hank Aaron, baseball's one-time home run king, dies at 86
ATLANTA - His name is all over the baseball record book and, indeed, Hank Aaron could do it all. Sure, he's remembered mostly for dethroning the Babe to become baseball's home run king on the way to 7...
Jan 22, 2021
Canadian women strike gold on return to World Cup speedskating
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Canadian women won a World Cup speedskating gold medal in team pursuit in their first international races in months Friday. Ottawa's Ivanie Blondin and Isabelle Weidemann and...
Jan 22, 2021
Toronto Maple Leafs won't have Auston Matthews, Joe Thornton against Edmonton Oilers
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs will be missing two forwards in Friday night's rematch against the visiting Edmonton Oilers. Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe says star centre Auston Matthews will sit...
Jan 22, 2021
'Ready to be flexible': NHL teams know different looks key against familiar foes
Players and coaches across the NHL have talked a lot about embracing change and new normals in this most unusual of seasons. The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it an abbreviated schedule, realigned di...
Jan 22, 2021
Amid cancellation talk, Tokyo Olympics `focused on hosting'
TOKYO - IOC President Thomas Bach and local organizers are pushing back against reports that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be cancelled. Now set to open July 23, the Tokyo Games were postponed 10 ...
Jan 22, 2021
Amid cancellation talk, Tokyo Olympics `focused on hosting'
TOKYO - IOC President Thomas Bach and local organizers are pushing back against reports that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be cancelled. Now set to open July 23, the Tokyo Games were postponed 10 ...
Jan 22, 2021
OPINION
Sarah Mills: FIFA seems to be incapable of integrity
After FIFA lifted a red-card suspension for an American player at the World Cup, Sarah Mills says fans are left with que...
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8:30 - As Canada looks for new ways to strengthen its economy and reduce its dependence on the United States, one idea g...