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NHL cutting COVID-19 isolation time to 5 days, change doesn't apply to Canada
The NHL is following other leagues and the CDC by cutting COVID-19 isolation times to five days under certain conditions and where it is allowed by local laws. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly on Wednesd...
Dec 29, 2021
Fire on board Canadian warship could have been avoided: Navy commander
OTTAWA - Royal Canadian Navy commander Vice-Admiral Craig Baines says the fire that broke out on board HMCS Fredericton last month while the frigate was sailing off the coast of Norway could have been...
Dec 29, 2021
Quebec, Ontario set new COVID-19 records as provinces mull easing isolation rules
Ontario and Quebec are both reporting new COVID-19 case records today, as Canadian provinces explore changing isolation rules to keep health systems afloat amid an unprecedented wave of infections. On...
Dec 29, 2021
Nunavut extends lockdown as COVID-19 infections surge in the province
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is extending its "circuit-breaker'' lockdown as a rise in COVID-19 infections pushes the territory's health-care system to a breaking point. The territory's chief public hea...
Dec 29, 2021
NHL players vent frustration over being barred from Olympics
Brad Marchand is not happy. Neither is Vladimir Tarasenko. And they are not alone. A handful of NHL players are voicing their frustration over the league's decision barring them from participating in ...
Dec 29, 2021
SJHL postpones four games due to COVID-19
A pair of home-and-home sets in the SJHL have been postponed.The league said players may have been in close contact with positive COVID-19 cases, with the move made under precautionary measures.The po...
Dec 29, 2021
‘The way it is nowadays:’ Sask. curler reacts to cancellation of Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials
St. Gregor's Kirk Muyres was preparing to travel to Portage la Prairie, Man., Sunday afternoon for another crack at the Olympics.He and teammate Laura Walker have been gearing up for the Mixed Doubles...
Dec 29, 2021
A Canadian sporting legend, Lionel (Big Train) Conacher could do it all
Lionel Conacher did it all. Known as The Big Train, Conacher was an overwhelming winner of CP's outstanding athlete of the half-century in 1950. He was also named Canada's top football player of the h...
Dec 29, 2021
Decathlete Damian Warner wins Lionel Conacher Award as CP's male athlete of the year
Damian Warner won gold in one of track and field's most gruelling events, masterfully laying down one terrific performance after another over 10 events and two days, in the smothering Tokyo heat. But ...
Dec 29, 2021
Connor Bedard scores four goals to enter record books, Canada thrashes Austria 11-2
EDMONTON - Connor Bedard's four goals propelled Canada to an 11-2 win over Austria at the world junior men's hockey championship on Tuesday. Mason McTavish scored twice and Cole Perfetti had a goal an...
Dec 29, 2021