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Quebec coroner extends hearings into care home where 47 died during COVID-19 1st wave
MONTREAL - The coroner investigating 47 deaths at a Montreal long-term care home that occurred during the pandemic's first wave says she is prolonging the hearings that were set to end today. Coroner ...
Sep 23, 2021

RCMP charge SNC-Lavalin, former execs with fraud over alleged bribery
MONTREAL - The RCMP say they have charged two former SNC-Lavalin executives for allegedly paying bribes to obtain a contract, and have also laid charges against the Quebec engineering giant and its in...
Sep 23, 2021

Jays make more tickets available for final homestand, hoping for capacity increase
The Toronto Blue Jays are making additional tickets available for next week's final homestand, hopeful that government regulations will be loosened to allow for an expansion of the current Rogers Cent...
Sep 23, 2021

Canadian goalkeeper Stephanie Labbé opens up on struggles during Tokyo Olympics
Stephanie Labb, whose heroics in goal helped Canada win gold at the Tokyo Olympics, says she could not train for part of the Games because of "high levels of anxiety and multiple panic attacks." The 3...
Sep 23, 2021

Sabres' Jack Eichel fails physical, stripped of captaincy
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Buffalo Sabres center Jack Eichel failed his pre-training camp physical and was placed on injured reserve, leaving the two sides no closer to a resolution over how to treat a hern...
Sep 23, 2021

Lululemon to outfit Canadian Olympic, Paralympic athletes through 2028 Games
VANCOUVER - Canada's Olympic and Paralympic athletes will be clad in Lululemon as they climb the podium in Beijing next year. The Vancouver-based athletic company has signed on to become the official ...
Sep 23, 2021

US special envoy to Haiti resigns over migrant expulsions
The Biden administration's special envoy to Haiti has resigned, protesting "inhumane" large-scale expulsions of Haitian migrants to their homeland wracked by civil strife and natural disaster, U.S. of...
Sep 23, 2021

CF Montreal beats HFX Wanderers, advance to semifinals
CF Montreal has claimed the second of four semifinal spots in the Canadian Championship by beating Canadian Premier League side HFX Wanderers 3-1 on Wednesday. Matko Miljevic and Ballou Jean-Yves Tabl...
Sep 23, 2021

Pacific FC downs Cavalry FC 1-0 in Canadian championship, Toronto FC next
CALGARY - Having dispatched one Major League Soccer club in the Canadian Championship, Pacific FC must do that again to continue its march to a title. Pacific blanked Canadian Premier League counterpa...
Sep 23, 2021

Prince George bylaw targeting homeless people 'scapegoats' the poor, says expert
PRINCE GEORGE - A northern British Columbia city is enacting new restrictions meant to erase the homeless from its core, intensifying the grief that COVID-19 and the overdose crisis have already infli...
Sep 23, 2021