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Toronto Wolfpack to play London Broncos for promotion in Million Pound Game
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack will have to win promotion the hard way. Thanks to Hull Kingston Rovers’ 30-0 win over Widnes Vikings on Sunday in the final game of the Super 8s Qualifiers, the t...
Sep 30, 2018
Quebec party leaders fan out across province on final campaign day before vote
MONTREAL - There was no final show of unity in Quebec’s campaign on Sunday, as the four leaders delivered contrasting final messages on the eve of the provincial election. Rather than sticking t...
Sep 30, 2018
Maple Leafs waive Jordan Subban, reduce roster to 26 ahead of season opener
The Toronto Maple Leafs reduced their roster to 26 players on Sunday, with 13 forwards, nine defencemen and four goaltenders making the cut. The Leafs loaned 13 players to the American Hockey League&#...
Sep 30, 2018
Spain's Valverde sprints to road race world title, Canada's Woods wins bronze
INNSBRUCK, Austria - Michael Woods fed off the crowd’s energy in a big way Sunday at the men’s road race world championship. Woods, a 31-year-old from Ottawa, won bronze to become the firs...
Sep 30, 2018
Toronto police to expand neighbourhood officer program amid spate of shootings
Toronto’s police service is set to expand an existing neighbourhood officer program in an effort to “build trust and reduce crime,” but critics say it’s unlikely to do either. ...
Sep 30, 2018
Out with NAFTA, in with USMCA: Canada inks new trade deal with U.S., Mexico
WASHINGTON - A new era in North American free trade dawned in the dead of night Sunday as a 14-month NAFTA modernization effort between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico finally came to fruition with just h...
Sep 30, 2018
Canada edged Nigeria for seventh place at FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA, Spain - Kia Nurse had 17 points and Canada’s offence erupted for 24 points in the fourth quarter to edge Nigeria 73-72 on Sunday in the seventh-place game at the FIBA...
Sep 30, 2018
Leafs, Caps' repeat bid, Karlsson's move among NHL top storylines in 2018-19
John Tavares spent the first nine seasons of his NHL career in relative anonymity. The quiet, keeps-to-himself star centre was the face of the New York Islanders - a team with rich history, but not mu...
Sep 30, 2018
Indigenous underemployment persists but OECD report points to positive changes
WINNIPEG - When Kevin Chief finished his university degree, he wasn’t sure how to land his first real job. The vice-president of the Business Council of Manitoba and former NDP cabinet minister,...
Sep 30, 2018
Potential Calgary 2026 Olympic bid stokes hope for more affordable housing
CALGARY - Affordable housing advocates are hopeful a potential Calgary 2026 Olympic bid could help put a dent in the city’s shortfall. A draft hosting plan unveiled earlier this month by the bid...
Sep 30, 2018