Sarah Mills: Snowbirds' grounding is a chance for Liberal government to stand behind its words
We are told the Snowbirds will return. We are told that the plan is to get new planes quickly. Sarah Mills says now, the...
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Finland beats Switzerland 4-1 at world junior hockey championship
EDMONTON - Finland defeated Switzerland 4-1 in preliminary-round play Sunday afternoon at the world junior hockey championship. Switzerland's Attilio Biasca opened the scoring at 3:44. Anton Lundell p...
Dec 27, 2020
Canada defenceman Schneider handed one-game suspension for check to the head
EDMONTON - Canada defenceman Braden Schneider will miss Sunday's game against Slovakia at the world junior hockey championship after being handed a one-game suspension by the IIHF. Schneider delivered...
Dec 27, 2020
Former Montreal Expos pitcher Derek Aucoin dies at 50 from brain cancer
MONTREAL - Canadian pitcher Derek Aucoin, who played two games for the Montreal Expos in 1996, died of brain cancer on Saturday night, his family said. He was 50. "There are very few words to express ...
Dec 27, 2020
Baseball Hall of Famer, knuckleballer Phil Niekro dies at 81
ATLANTA - Phil Niekro threw a pitch that baffled hitters and catchers. Heck, he didn't even know where it was going most of the time. But the knuckleball carried Niekro to more than 300 wins, earned h...
Dec 27, 2020
Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-sign running backs Sean Thomas Erlington and Don Jackson
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-signed running backs Sean Thomas Erlington and Don Jackson on Sunday. Erlington, 28, has played 32 regular-season games with the Ticats over three seasons. The Mo...
Dec 27, 2020
Activist, champion: Naomi Osaka is AP Female Athlete of Year
With tennis, like so much of the world, shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, Naomi Osaka found herself with time to read and think. And while she won the U.S. Open for her third Grand Slam t...
Dec 27, 2020
Burger and The Kickback foster love of running in underserved Toronto communities
TORONTO - Every weekend, Hakim Mohamed and his nine-year-old twin daughters Amira and Anisa run. They head from their Regent Park house in downtown Toronto toward Riverdale Park. They'll run for an ho...
Dec 27, 2020
Cozens scores hat trick. Canada steamrolls Germany 16-2 in world junior championship
EDMONTON - Canada began shedding game rust with a 16-2 win over beleaguered Germany at the world junior men’s hockey championship Saturday. Dylan Cozens of Whitehorse had a hat trick and three a...
Dec 27, 2020
Ottawa Senators acquire Derek Stepan from Arizona Coyotes in exchange for draft pick
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators acquired centre Derek Stepan from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for a second-round draft pick in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. Stepan, 30, scored 10 goals and 28 points in 7...
Dec 26, 2020
DeRozan has 27 points for Spurs, Raptors remain winless on season
SAN ANTONIO - Kyle Lowry can't remember the last time he was 0-2 to start the season. The NBA season is just two games old, but the Toronto Raptors veteran leader had strong words for his team's defen...
Dec 26, 2020
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Murray Wood: Is this the end of the Snowbirds, or just this era?
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