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Canadian welterweight Rory (Red King) MacDonald to make PFL debut on April 29
Canadian welterweight Rory (Red King) MacDonald will make his PFL debut April 29 against David (Bulldawg) Michaud. MacDonald, a former UFC title contender and Bellator champion, signed with PFL in Dec...
Mar 02, 2021

Senators forward Stepan will miss rest of the season after left shoulder surgery
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators say forward Derek Stepan requires shoulder surgery and will miss the remainder of the NHL season. Senators general manager Pierre Dorion said in a release that Stepan suff...
Mar 02, 2021

Demond inquiry: psychiatrist says Desmond was eager to improve his life and marriage
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - An inquiry into a triple murder and suicide involving a former soldier heard today that Lionel Desmond wanted to be a better father and husband as he started his final phase of...
Mar 02, 2021

Philibert-Thiboutot says Europe trip was success despite new travel restrictions
After a flight home from Europe, and a mandated stay in an approved quarantine hotel in Montreal, Charles Philibert-Thiboutot is finishing his required 14 days of isolation in Edmonton. It wasn't how ...
Mar 02, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, March 2, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 11:50 a.m. Nunavut is reporting one new case of COVID-19 today. The new case is in Arviat, the only place in Nunavut with active...
Mar 02, 2021

Ratings tumble for Canadian women's curling final despite repeat matchup from 2020
Ratings for the Canadian women's curling final tumbled significantly compared to the 2020 final when the same teams met for the championship. Defending champion Kerri Einarson defeated Ontario's Rache...
Mar 02, 2021

Vancouver home sales up 73% year-over-year, market shifts in favour of sellers: REBGV
VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says the market is heating up so fast that home sales in the region doubled between January and February and have climbed by more than 70 per cen...
Mar 02, 2021

6 Dr. Seuss books won't be published for racist images
BOSTON - Six Dr. Seuss books - including "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" and "If I Ran the Zoo" - will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that...
Mar 02, 2021

Vernon Jordan, activist, former Clinton adviser, has died
ATLANTA - Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate influencer, has d...
Mar 02, 2021

US sets sanctions over Russia opposition leader's poisoning
The Biden administration announced sanctions of Russian officials and businesses Tuesday for a nearly fatal nerve-agent attack upon opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his subsequent jailing. Senior ...
Mar 02, 2021