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Miami stadium could rise from ruins under restoration plan
Miami Marine Stadium is a shell of its former self. What was once home to world-class speedboat races, sold-out rock concerts and boxing matches now sits abandoned behind a fenced-off section of Virgi...
Nov 23, 2018
Younger, smaller Canadian men's ski team prepares for Lake Louise
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - A suddenly contracted Canadian men’s ski team was adjusting to its new reality ahead of the season-opening World Cup downhill. The retirement of Erik Guay and Manuel Osborne...
Nov 23, 2018
Does Canada have a new power soccer couple in Alphonso Davies and Jordyn Huitema?
Teenage stars Alphonso Davies and Jordyn Huitema have already made their soccer mark for Canada. Now it seems they are making news off the pitch. Social media postings by the 18-year-old Davies and 17...
Nov 23, 2018
GM Marcel Desjardins pressing a lot of the right buttons with Redblacks
EDMONTON - It’s been a meteoric rise for general manager Marcel Desjardins and the Ottawa Redblacks. In their fifth year of operation, the Redblacks will face the Calgary Stampeders on Sunday in...
Nov 23, 2018
Three more cases of E. coli confirmed, none found in tested Canadian lettuce
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has tested more than 2,000 samples of fresh lettuce and packaged salads but it hasn’t found produce containing the bacteria in its search for the sou...
Nov 23, 2018
Jury dismissals in Atlantic Canada raise wider issues about vetting:experts
HALIFAX - Jury dismissals in two high-profile Atlantic Canada court cases this week raise issues around jury vetting in the digital age, according to some legal experts. A judge declared a mistrial Tu...
Nov 23, 2018
'Mass immigration' talk relocated, pro-diversity groups speak out
A group wanting to put a halt to "mass immigration" to Canada is returning to Red Deer this weekend. The National Citizens Alliance (NCA) is hosting an event Saturday afternoon from 2 - 4 p.m. It was ...
Nov 23, 2018
Environment ministers agree to cut garbage produced by half by 2040
OTTAWA - Canada’s environment ministers want to cut in half the amount of garbage this country produces, in a little over two decades. By 2030, they want to reduce the total amount of waste Cana...
Nov 23, 2018
Sens owner Melnyk sues partner in stalled development deal that includes arena
OTTAWA - Senators owner Eugene Melnyk is suing his business partner for $700 million in a development deal that was meant to bring a new NHL arena to Ottawa’s downtown. Capital Sports Management...
Nov 23, 2018
Singh to run in Burnaby South byelection, despite friendlier Brampton opening
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he still intends to run in a federal byelection in British Columbia, even though a friendlier riding in his hometown of Brampton, Ont. has suddenly opened up. Si...
Nov 23, 2018