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WHITEHORSE - The Canadian side of the Yukon Quest dog-sled race has been cancelled for 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yukon Quest says the annual 1,600-kilometre race had already bee...

Seven people from the Regina area were among nine people charged after a 17-month-long investigation resulted in the seizure of more than 2.8 million cigarettes and more than $500,000 in cash. (RCMP/S...

Getting to the UFC or any high-level sport is so hard, you better enjoy it when you get there, says Canadian bantamweight Cole (The Cole Train) Smith. "I'm very blessed. I couldn't imagine doing a nin...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy added 246,000 in August as the pace of job gains slowed compared with July, when 419,000 jobs were added. The figure marked the fourth consecutive month of ...

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning of potential COVID-19 exposures in the north-central areas of the province. The exposure alert stretches from Prince Albert to North Battleford over four d...

TORONTO - In another year at another time, this would be a busy weekend for Joseph Hicks. With the Toronto Blue Jays in Boston to face the Red Sox and the Toronto Raptors and Boston Cel...

Thursday's Games NHL Eastern Conference Semifinal at Toronto Philadelphia 5 N.Y. Islanders 4 (2OT) (Series tied 3-3) Western Conference Semifinal at Edmonton Vancouver 4 Vegas 0 (Series tied 3-3) --- ...

EDMONTON - Goaltender Thatcher Demko has gone from riding the bench to crafting a storybook playoff season in the span of 72 hours and he's taking the Vancouver Canucks along for the ride. Demko, 24, ...

BOSTON - Teoscar Hernndez hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the 10th inning after breaking up Boston's no-hit bid with a leadoff single in the seventh, and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied past the Red ...

TORONTO - The Philadelphia Flyers credit Oskar Lindblom's fight against bone cancer for inspiring them all year. Having him back in a game for the first time in nearly nine months provided a big emoti...