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Young guard Terence Davis bringing veteran mindset to Raptors' playoff push
Terence Davis is approaching the NBA's return to play with a veteran's mindset. The Raptors guard was enjoying a standout rookie campaign when the NBA suspended the 2019-20 season in March due to the ...
Jul 02, 2020
Ontario Sport Minister says no CFL-specific financial aid on table
TORONTO - Ontario Sport Minister Lisa MacLeod continues to speak with Ottawa and her provincial counterparts about how to help the CFL, but says there's been no talk...
Jul 02, 2020
Patrick Watson says Indigenous acknowledgment 'censored' from Canada Day show
MONTREAL - Singer-songwriter Patrick Watson says Heritage Canada edited out a land acknowledgment he made to Indigenous peoples before his Canada Day performance. The Montreal musician poste...
Jul 02, 2020
Blue Jays to hold summer training camp at Toronto's Rogers Centre
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will train for the upcoming season at Rogers Centre, the team announced Thursday. The Blue Jays, the lone MLB team north of the Canada-U.S. border, had to ask...
Jul 02, 2020
Texas governor issues mask order to fight coronovirus
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday ordered that face coverings must be worn in public across most of the state, a dramatic ramp up of the Republican's efforts to control spiking number...
Jul 02, 2020
Ukraine will lead Flight PS752 compensation talks with Iran, Canada and allies agree
OTTAWA - Canada's Foreign Affairs Department says Ukraine will lead negotiations with Iran over compensation for the families of victims of the crash of Flight PS752. After first denying it, Iran admi...
Jul 02, 2020
Canadian Alphonso Davies named to Kicker magazine's Bundesliga team of the year
Canadian Alphonso Davies has made Kicker magazine's Bundesliga team of the season. The German sports magazine, founded in 1920, focuses mainly on football. The 19-year-old fullback from Edmo...
Jul 02, 2020
Atlantic Canada prepares to lift travel restrictions as regional "bubble" opens
Atlantic Canadians are closely eyeing travel requirements and coronavirus case numbers across the region as the four provinces prepare to open their borders to their neighbours Friday, an experiment t...
Jul 02, 2020
First Nations coalition rejects recommendation to lift Sen. Beyak's suspension
OTTAWA - A coalition of First Nations chiefs and residential school survivors are rejecting new recommendations to lift Sen. Lynn Beyak's suspension from the Senate. They say her most recent anti...
Jul 02, 2020
Inquiry into mass shooting in Nova Scotia facing delays due to 'technicalities'
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister says technicalities are causing delays as the provincial and federal governments work out what form an inquiry into the April mass shooting that clai...
Jul 02, 2020