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Toronto Maple Leafs winger Kasperi Kapanen sidelined with a concussion

Toronto Maple Leafs winger Kasperi Kapanen has a concussion and will miss a second straight game on Wednesday night against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks. The 22-year-old native of Finland was ...

Mar 13, 2019

Stro Show: Blue Jays right-hander Stroman to get start on opening day

SARASOTA, Fla. - Right-hander Marcus Stroman will get the start on opening day for the Toronto Blue Jays. Manager Charlie Montoyo confirmed the decision before Wednesday's pr...

Mar 13, 2019

Chinese evidence behind canola impasse? 'So far we've heard nothing,' Carr says

OTTAWA - International Trade Minister Jim Carr says Beijing has yet to provide an explanation for China's decision to block canola shipments from one of Canada's largest grain...

Mar 13, 2019

No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass doesn't faze Hadwin ahead of Players Championship

No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass is one of the signature holes on the PGA Tour. Although it's just 137 yards to the Island Green, the hole is surrounded on almost all sides by water and has a tiny bunker in fro...

Mar 13, 2019

Quebec's plan to reduce immigration levels won't help newcomers: study

MONTREAL - A Quebec think tank says the province's plan to cut immigration levels is misguided and will not accomplish its intended goal of better integrating newcomers. The Institut de recherche...

Mar 13, 2019

BID planning downtown business survey

Local businesses will be able to offer their feedback when the business improvement committee takes to the streets this spring to gather information for a new survey it is working on.North Battleford ...

Mar 13, 2019 Pop band The Wolfe perform at Central Park during the North Battleford Downtown Business Improvement District (BID) concert series in 2018. The BID are making a number of plans for the year ahead including a survey for downtown business members. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Caregivers still vulnerable under new immigration rules, advocates warn

OTTAWA - Migrant workers employed in Canada as caregivers are confused by new changes to immigration programs aimed at them, with many concerned the changes could mean more barriers to obtai...

Mar 13, 2019

Liberal MPs shut down SNC committee before vote on recalling Wilson-Raybould

OTTAWA - Liberal MPs have used their majority on the House of Commons justice committee to shut down an opposition attempt to call Jody Wilson-Raybould to testify again on the SNC-Lavalin affair. Shor...

Mar 13, 2019

NDP leader Singh hopes new deputy will help party 'reconnect' with Quebec

MONTREAL - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was barely a minute into his speech Monday announcing a deputy leader from Quebec when he invoked the memory of Jack Layton, who famously led th...

Mar 13, 2019

A look at the Canadian victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash

Details are emerging about the 18 Canadian victims of an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash in Addis Ababa that left 157 people dead. Here is what we know so far: Ashka Dixit, Anushka Dix...

Mar 13, 2019