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Sentence handed down in 2017 fire that destroyed Leslieville Elks Hall
Nearly three years later after the Leslieville Elks Hall burned to the ground, the court case for a male suspect charged in the incident has wrapped up. The suspect, who cannot be named because he was...
Oct 22, 2020
Pandemic tests Canada's ability to stay a winter-sport powerhouse in Beijing in 2022
What bobsled pilot Justin Kripps wants out of the upcoming sliding season is momentum. What that looks like will be dictated by the COVID-19 pandemic. "I feel like there's there's a couple different w...
Oct 22, 2020
Senators sign forward Connor Brown to a three-year, $10.8M contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have avoided arbitration with Connor Brown by signing the forward to a three-year, US$10.8-million contract. The Senators and Brown were scheduled to have an arbitration h...
Oct 22, 2020
Santa Claus won't be coming to Macy's this year
NEW YORK - Macy's said Santa Claus won't be greeting kids at its flagship New York store this year due to the coronavirus, interrupting a holiday tradition started nearly 160 years ago. More than a qu...
Oct 22, 2020
Judge dismisses 1 charge against former cop in Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesota judge has dismissed a third-degree murder charge filed against the former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee against George Floyd's neck, but the more serious se...
Oct 22, 2020
Ontario reports 841 new COVID-19 cases and another hospital outbreak
Ontario is reporting 841 new cases of COVID-19 today as another Toronto hospital declared an outbreak. Canada's most populous province also recorded nine more deaths from the virus. Two hundred ...
Oct 22, 2020
Theater world to unite for get-out-the-vote event on Oct. 29
NEW YORK - Playwright and "The Walking Dead" star Danai Gurira, Tony Award-winning director Stephen Daldry and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner playwright Lynn Nottage are spearheading a night of music ...
Oct 22, 2020
Minassian makes brief appearance as court grapples with logistics of murder trial
TORONTO - Lawyers say they are close to finalizing details that would allow a trial by Zoom for a man who killed 10 people when he drove a rental van down a busy Toronto sidewalk. Alek Minassian faces...
Oct 22, 2020
Milestone sponsorship deal keeps pro women's hockey association goals in sight
Surviving the COVID-19 pandemic has been harder for women's pro sports than men's because of the financial gap between the two.Women's hockey in Canada was already in transition before the pandemic th...
Oct 22, 2020
Skate America opens shortened, coronavirus-impacted season
When U.S. figure skaters and a few foreigners training in this country kick off the season at Skate America this weekend, it could be a rare opportunity to display their wares. So they will relish the...
Oct 22, 2020