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No easy way home for seafarers delivering goods to Canadian ports during pandemic
MONTREAL - Resig Calanog's walk around Montreal's port is only the second time in nine months he's been on solid ground. Even for a career ship worker, it's a lot of time at sea. As for when...
Sep 06, 2020
Indigenous genocide finding hangs over Canada's Myanmar court intervention
OTTAWA - Cries of the pot calling the kettle black are emerging after Canada joined an international genocide lawsuit against Myanmar, because the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous...
Sep 06, 2020
Flu vaccine orders up in Canada as simultaneous COVID and flu infections feared
VANCOUVER - Pamela Hardy will be getting her 11-year-old twins vaccinated against flu as soon as an immunization program begins but she's worried about how public health officials ...
Sep 06, 2020
Vancouver Whitecaps snap losing skid with 3-2 win over Toronto FC
VANCOUVER - Micheal Baldisimo netted his first-ever Major League Soccer goal on Saturday, helping his Vancouver Whitecaps earn a 3-2 win over Toronto FC. Lucas Cavallini and Jake Nerwinski also scored...
Sep 05, 2020
Muñoz hits walkoff single, Red Sox top Blue Jays 9-8
BOSTON - Xander Bogaerts hit a tying homer in the ninth inning and catcher Christian Vzquez manufactured the winning run with his legs, rallying the Boston Red Sox past the Toronto Blue Jays 9-8 on Sa...
Sep 05, 2020
Islanders beat Flyers in Game 7, will play Lightning in Eastern Conference final
TORONTO - Brock Nelson had a goal and two assists as the New York Islanders defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-0 in Game 7 on Saturday to win their second-round playoff series and advan...
Sep 05, 2020
Vegas' Reaves suspended for West final Game for hit to head
EDMONTON - Vegas Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves will miss the opener of Western Conference final against Dallas after the NHL suspended him a game for an illegal check to the head of Vancouver's T...
Sep 05, 2020
Raptors beat Celtics 100-93 to even playoff series at two games apiece
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Pascal Siakam had 23 points and 11 rebounds to lift the Toronto Raptors to a 100-93 victory over the Boston Celtics on Saturday that evened up their Eastern Conference se...
Sep 05, 2020
Cohen memoir casts him as 'star witness' against Trump
NEW YORK - Michael Cohen's tell-all memoir makes the case that President Donald Trump is "guilty of the same crimes" that landed his former fixer in federal prison, offering a blow-by-blow account of ...
Sep 05, 2020
Canadian bantamweight Cole Smith loses UFC decision to Hunter Azure in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS - Canadian bantamweight Cole (The Cole Train) Smith lost a unanimous decision to American Hunter Azure on Saturday on a UFC Fight Night card. The judges all scored it 29-28 for Azure, a form...
Sep 05, 2020