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NHL's Canadian hubs offer little economic benefit, but morale boost is valuable: experts
TORONTO - A plan to operate NHL game hubs in Edmonton and Toronto could draw hundreds of hockey players and staff to both Canadian cities, but business experts say their presence won't give ...
Jul 11, 2020
Trump commutes longtime friend Roger Stone's sentence
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump called Roger Stone to inform his longtime political confidant that he would commute his sentence for crimes related to the Russia investigation, Stone told The Asso...
Jul 11, 2020
COVID-19 may force Prince George Legion to close its doors
PRINCE GEORGE - "Without having the revenue coming in to pay the bills, I don't know what we're going to do."That's the situation the nearly 100-year-old Prince George Legion finds itself in thanks to...
Jul 11, 2020
Stars' Polak, Canucks' Baertschi won't report to NHL camps
Dallas defenceman Roman Polak and Vancouver forward Sven Baertschi on Saturday joined the list of players who won't be reporting to training camp for the resumption of the NHL season. Baertschi told t...
Jul 11, 2020
Prince George nightclub reopens
PRINCE GEORGE - As some industries slowly reopen, nightclubs aren't scheduled to be back to normal until the fourth and final phase of the province's restart plan, which won't occur until a vaccine fo...
Jul 11, 2020
Toronto FC coach likes what he sees ahead of MLS is Back Tournament opener
Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney, a good judge of his team, liked what he saw in training this week at the MLS is Back Tournament. It helped that it rained Friday morning in Florida, making for cool condi...
Jul 11, 2020
Bosnian-Canadians mark 25th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre
Mirela Hodzic Sivic's mother has told her stories about her father, but she doesn't have her own. Those memories were lost in the carnage of the Srebrenica massacre that claimed his life a quarter of ...
Jul 11, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Saturday, July 11
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. on July 11, 2020: There are 107,125 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 56,316 confirmed (including 5,612 deaths, 25,675 resol...
Jul 11, 2020
Local residents honk horns, wave flags to mark 30th anniversary of Oka crisis
KANESATAKE, Que. - Rolling convoys are marking the 30th anniversary of the Oka crisis today in Mohawk communities near Montreal. Thirty years ago today, on July 11, 1990, Quebec provincial police move...
Jul 11, 2020
Calgary Flames defenceman Travis Hamonic won't play in NHL's restart
Calgary Flames defenceman Travis Hamonic has decided not to play in the NHL's restart. The Flames said Friday night that Hamonic has opted out of the NHL's return-to-play program. Players have until M...
Jul 11, 2020