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Forge FC CONCACAF League quarterfinal goes ahead despite positive COVID-19 tests
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - One Forge FC staff member and two players from Haiti's Arcahaie FC tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the teams' Scotiabank CONCACAF League quarterfinal Tuesday ...
Dec 01, 2020
Tajon Buchanan, Jade Rose named Canada Soccer's youth players of the year
TORONTO - New England Revolution sophomore Tajon Buchanan and Canadian under-20 stalwart Jade Rose have been named the 2020 Canadian Youth International Players of the Year. The two were recognized fo...
Dec 01, 2020
Rugby league charity starts hardship fund for Wolfpack players feeling the pinch
Rugby League Cares, the official charity of the Rugby Football League, has set up a fund for Toronto Wolfpack players suffering because of the transatlantic team's collapse.The fund will award grants ...
Dec 01, 2020
Veteran CFL receiver Armanti Edwards craves a shot to play quarterback
Armanti Edwards is a receiver by trade but a quarterback at heart. The 32-year-old American continues to prepare for his first CFL season with the Edmonton Football Club after the league cancelled the...
Dec 01, 2020
Bill 21 violates right of English Quebecers to manage their education system: lawyer
MONTREAL - When the Quebec government tells English schools they cannot hire women wearing the hijab, it violates the rights of the English-speaking minority to manage its educational institutions, a ...
Dec 01, 2020
Battlefords Immigration Resource Centre offering online cooking classes, contest to keep members connected
The Battlefords Immigration Resource Centre is celebrating recipes from countries around the world with a series of online cooking classes. The centre is also asking newcomers to send in their favouri...
Dec 01, 2020
Pope book backs George Floyd protests, blasts virus skeptic
ROME - Pope Francis is supporting demands for racial justice in the wake of the U.S. police killing of George Floyd and is blasting COVID-19 skeptics and media organizations that spread their conspira...
Dec 01, 2020
Barr appoints special counsel in Russia probe investigation
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr has given extra protection to the prosecutor he appointed to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, giving him the authority of a special counsel...
Dec 01, 2020
Feds spending plan heads to confidence vote as provinces seek more health-care cash
OTTAWA - Canada's most populous province says the federal Liberal government missed an opportunity in its new spending plan to signal more help for health-care systems, setting up a potential showdown...
Dec 01, 2020
Four more deaths related to COVID-19 in province's deadliest week of pandemic
In the last seven days, 14 Saskatchewan residents have died from COVID-19 complications marking it as the deadliest week of the pandemic in the province's history.Today, Dec. 1, the province reported ...
Dec 01, 2020