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Toronto FC continues busy stretch with key road game against Earthquakes
Fresh from another successful Canadian Championship title defence, Toronto FC returns to the grind of trying to claw its way into the Major League Soccer playoff picture on Saturday at San Jose. Toron...
Aug 17, 2018
No changes planned to push Irving out of National Shipbuilding Strategy: Brison
HALIFAX - The federal Treasury Board president says there are no changes planned to the National Shipbuilding Strategy that would compromise the role of Halifax’s Irving Shipbuilding Inc. The sh...
Aug 17, 2018
Wolfpack look to make Hull Kingston Rovers their first Super League victim
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack, no stranger to firsts, mark another milestone Saturday when they host Hull Kingston Rovers. The venerable visitors, whose history dates back to 1882, are the first Supe...
Aug 17, 2018
Lions' Shawn Lemon looking forward to facing former Argos teammates
TORONTO - Shawn Lemon will have a little extra juice Saturday afternoon at BMO Field. The veteran defensive lineman will make his first appearance in Toronto since being dealt to B.C. on July 24 for a...
Aug 17, 2018
Suddenly slumping Impact look to snap winless run against Fire
MONTREAL - Facing the last-place Chicago Fire is a match the Montreal Impact not only want to win, it’s one they may have to win. The Impact are clinging to the sixth and final playoff spot in t...
Aug 17, 2018
Case of women who climbed into crane cab in Toronto put over until next week
TORONTO - The case of a young woman who was charged after climbing a construction crane near Toronto’s waterfront has been put over to next week. Police allege that Lindsey Flockhart, 34, damage...
Aug 17, 2018
Vanadals spray-paint Montreal statue of Sir John A. Macdonald
MONTREAL - A downtown Montreal statue of Sir John A. Macdonald was spray-painted red early Friday, with an anti-colonial group claiming responsibility for the vandalism. It said it wanted to show its ...
Aug 17, 2018
Hospitals to see 'delays' in care after losing Saudi students, health group says
OTTAWA - The loss of Saudi Arabian resident physicians in Canada’s hospitals will likely cause delays, but ultimately won’t impact the quality of care, says a health care group that repres...
Aug 17, 2018
Canadians believe in immigration but concerned about asylum seekers: study
OTTAWA - Canadians are generally supportive of current immigration levels, a survey of public perceptions commissioned by the federal government suggests - but they are also worried and confused when ...
Aug 17, 2018
Bowen in a good place years after police incident resulted in career-ending injury
TORONTO - On a night he had every reason to live, Orlando Bowen believed he was going to die. In March 2004, Bowen was planning to celebrate signing a contract extension with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. ...
Aug 17, 2018