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TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts have signed four of their 2020 draft picks, including first-round selection Theren Churchill. Churchill, a six-foot-six, 295-pound offensive lineman from Stettler, Alta...

TORONTO - Released from lockdown and back training again after an outbreak of COVID-19, Toronto FC leaves for Florida on Wednesday to set up shop in the Orlando area for the MLS season. Pandemic-relat...

LOS ANGELES - Elgin Baylor changed the very direction of basketball when he joined the NBA and brought his vertical feats of athletic brilliance to a largely horizontal game. He filled scoresheets and...

An expert in infectious diseases says people should not be distracted by efficacy rates when reading headlines about COVID-19 vaccines. Dr. Joseph Blondeau, a microbiologist at Royal University Hospit...

Saskatchewan schools are about to give more tests. The provincial government announced Monday it was shipping 100,000 rapid COVID-19 tests to K-12 schools in Saskatchewan. The testing could begin as e...

Richardson International Ltd.’s canola crush plant in Yorkton is growing. The Winnipeg-based company announced Monday an investment that will double the processing capacity of the plant to 2.2 m...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have claimed centre Travis Boyd off waivers from the Toronto Maple Leafs. Boyd has three goals and five assists in 20 games this season. The Maple Leafs placed him on...

MUNICH - Canadian Alphonso Davies has been suspended for two games in the wake of his red card in Bayern Munich's 4-0 win over VfB Stuttgart on Saturday. The 20-year-old fullback from Edmonton was yel...

MIAMI - Canada's Leylah Fernandez dropped a 6-4, 6-2 decision to Mihaela Buzarnescu in first-round qualifying play Monday night at the Miami Open.Fernandez, from Laval, Que., won her first career WTA ...

TORONTO - Hall of Fame jockey Sandy Hawley is scheduled to appear before a House of Commons committee Tuesday as part of its study of a private member's bill calling for the legalization of single-eve...