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Toronto mayor backs early booze sales at bars, restaurants during World Cup

Toronto Mayor John Tory is backing a plan to allow local restaurants and bars to serve alcohol earlier than usual during the FIFA World Cup. The mayor says he will ask city councillors next week to ap...

Nov 16, 2022

Underdog Argos have some history on their side heading into Grey Cup

REGINA - It's a scenario McLeod Bethel-Thompson has lived before. The Toronto quarterback had a front-row seat five years ago when an upstart Argonauts squad registered a huge Grey Cup upset. Veteran ...

Nov 16, 2022

Bombers head coach Mike O'Shea unfazed about being in final year of CFL deal

REGINA - Mike O'Shea isn't letting his contract status enter his thought process as his Winnipeg Blue Bombers prepare to earn a third straight Grey Cup championship. O'Shea, the CFL's longest-tenured ...

Nov 16, 2022

Major League Soccer package on Apple TV to launch on Feb. 1

Major League Soccer's 10-year partnership with Apple will kick off next Feb. 1 with the launch of MLS Season Pass. The announcement Wednesday came less than two weeks after the MLS Cup and just ahead ...

Nov 16, 2022

Blue Jays trade outfielder Teoscar Hernandez to Mariners for pitchers Swanson, Macko

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have traded outfielder Teoscar Hernandez to the Seattle Mariners for pitchers Erik Swanson and Adam Macko. The 30-year-old Hernandez, who is entering his eighth Major L...

Nov 16, 2022

After eventful year, Canada's Alphonso Davies set to shine on soccer's biggest stage

Paul Stalteri first saw Alphonso Davies when he was 14 at a Canadian under-15 camp in Toronto. "You could see right away he had something different," said Stalteri, a former Canada captain who was a C...

Nov 16, 2022

UVA cancels upcoming game in wake of shooting that killed 3

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - The University of Virginia has canceled a home football game scheduled for Saturday in the wake of a shooting that left three players dead and another wounded. The school a...

Nov 16, 2022

NHL deploys new cloud-based app to track greenhouse emissions of its arenas

The same technology that NHL players and coaches use on the bench to track real-time metrics during games is now being applied to track their arena's greenhouse gas emissions. The NHL has introduced a...

Nov 16, 2022

Puig's agent: Ex-MLB star felt `rushed' at probe with feds

NEW YORK (AP) - Former major league outfielder Yasiel Puig did not have a criminal attorney with him and felt compromised partly because of his mental health issues at an interview with federal agents...

Nov 15, 2022

Canada drops 4-3 decision to United States as Rivalry Series opener goes to shootout

KELOWNA, B.C. - Canada kicked off the seven-game Rivalry Series with a 4-3 shootout loss to the United States on Tuesday night at Prospera Place. Hilary Knight and Alex Carpenter scored for the United...

Nov 15, 2022