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Canadian hospitality workers fear long-term unemployment in the sector
VANCOUVER - The union representing 300,000 hospitality workers across the country says it fears staff laid off because of COVID-19 may not have a job when the pandemic is over. The Canadian direc...
Jul 16, 2020
Used to playing through aches and illness, NHLers know COVID-19 is different
Dave Tippett remembers keeping injuries from trainers on numerous occasions during his playing days. A cracked bone? Good to go. What about a sore shoulder? No problem. It's well-known NHLers bat...
Jul 16, 2020
Matthews, MacKinnon, O'Reilly named finalists for NHL's Lady Byng award
NEW YORK - Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews, Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon and St. Louis Blues centre Ryan O'Reilly are the three finalists for the 2019-20 Lady Byng Memori...
Jul 16, 2020
'Extremely fortunate' no one killed in six-vehicle crash west of Sicamous: RCMP
SICAMOUS, B.C. - Police say wreckage from a six-vehicle crash that closed the Trans-Canada Highway west of Sicamous, B.C., was cleared away by Thursday. The RCMP in Sicamous and Salmon Arm ...
Jul 16, 2020
Manitoba judge points to systemic issues in Indigenous woman's killing
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba judge sentencing a young man for beating his own mother to death has denounced systemic issues the judge says leave Indigenous people at risk. "The ruin of the First Na...
Jul 16, 2020
Ousted Green candidate says he is sorry for comment but insists it was not racist
OTTAWA - The Green party has shown the door to one of its leadership candidates, saying several of his recent comments do not align with the party's values on diversity. Dylan Perceval-Maxwell wa...
Jul 16, 2020
DHS confirms Canada, U.S. extending mutual travel ban into late August
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says Canada and the United States have agreed to extend their mutual ban on non-essential travel between the two countries until Aug. 20. Acting H...
Jul 16, 2020
Ryan, Lindblom, Johns named finalists for 2020 Bill Masterton Trophy
NEW YORK - Ottawa Senators forward Bobby Ryan, Philadelphia Flyers forward Oskar Lindblom and Dallas Stars defenceman Stephen Johns are the for the 2020 Bill Masterton Trophy. The award is given ...
Jul 16, 2020
Struggling boutique gyms navigate unique COVID-19 pandemic challenges
TORONTO - Amy Aldrich-Witt peered up at the threatening clouds on a recent early morning in Toronto. "Hopefully the rain holds off," she said. The 32-year-old owner of Delta Train Liberty Vi...
Jul 16, 2020
Struggling boutique gyms navigate unique COVID-19 pandemic challenges
TORONTO - Amy Aldrich-Witt peered up at the threatening clouds on a recent early morning in Toronto. "Hopefully the rain holds off," she said. The 32-year-old owner of Delta Train Liberty Vi...
Jul 16, 2020