Murray Wood: The most charming words kids say are usually the wrong ones
Kids mispronounce the funniest things. And Murray Wood thinks that sometimes, parents shouldn't rush to fix them.
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Blue Jays outfielder Teoscar Hernandez wins Silver Slugger Award
Toronto Blue Jays rightfelder Teoscar Hernandez has won a Silver Slugger Award for the first time in his career.The 28-year-old Hernandez broke out as one of the game's top sluggers in the shortened 2...
Nov 05, 2020
Trainer Mark Casse's Breeders' Cup contingent has a definite Canadian flavour to it
He's an American, but trainer Mark Casse will provide a definite Canadian flavour at the Breeders' Cup. Five of the six horses Casse will run at Keeneland have ties to Canada. Gretzky the Great is the...
Nov 05, 2020
Montreal Impact's Jukka Raitala makes 'tough decision' to join Finnish national team
Choosing between club and country wasn't easy for Montreal Impact captain Jukka Raitala. The 32-year-old defender has been called up to the Finnish national team just as the Impact make a final ...
Nov 05, 2020
Canadian beach volleyball player's road to Tokyo detours with cancer scare
The COVID-19 virus has been good for Grant O'Gorman's health. The global pandemic shutting down the professional beach volleyball tour in the spring led O'Gorman to discovering he had testicular cance...
Nov 05, 2020
Seven years after the Kazan Universiade, Groenewoud, Furlan upgraded to gold, silver
It was a journey to the medal podium that took seven years, and robbed them of a chance to celebrate together in the spotlight.Canadian steeplechasers Chantelle Groenewoud and Jessica Furlan were upgr...
Nov 05, 2020
Players eligible for '21 CFL draft will have ability to opt out and go to 2022 event
The 2021 CFL draft will feature a number of different looks. The CFL announced Thursday the draft will be reduced from eight to six rounds and that eligible players will have the right to opt out in f...
Nov 05, 2020
"I'm trying to be creative" - Mandy Bujold turns to technology in absence of sparring
Boxer Mandy Bujold wears sensors in her hand wraps that measure the power and speed of her punches. One of her workouts includes five-minute rounds on the heavy bag in her garage. She'll do three roun...
Nov 05, 2020
Winnipeg Jets bring back journeyman forward Marko Dano on one-year, two-way contract
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets signed forward Marko Dano to a one-year, two-way contract worth US$700,000 in the NHL on Thursday. Dano was held off the scoresheet in three games with the Columbus Blue J...
Nov 05, 2020
Alpine Canada recalls some national-team athletes from Europe due to pandemic
CALGARY - Alpine Canada is recalling some of its national-team athletes from Europe because of the deteriorating COVID-19 pandemic situation there. The organization did not identify which athletes wer...
Nov 05, 2020
Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime parts ways with longtime coach
Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime is parting ways with longtime coach Guillaume Marx. The 20-year-old from Montreal made the announcement Thursday on his Twitter feed. While no reason was giv...
Nov 05, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Snowbirds' grounding is a chance for Liberal government to stand behind its words
We are told the Snowbirds will return. We are told that the plan is to get new planes quickly. Sarah Mills says now, the...
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