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TORONTO - Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault unveiled early plans on Friday to give $500 million to Canada's arts, sports and cultural sectors as they weather the COVID-19 pandemic - but exactly...

TORONTO - Major League Soccer has extended its suspension of play to at least June 8 due to the global pandemic, with talks already underway on possible reduction of player wages. In the case of ...

Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff chooses to remember the good times with Dustin Byfuglien. The hulking defenceman's crushing body checks, his unique style, the mind games in ...

Toronto Wolfpack players and staff have been sent word outlining wage cuts due to the suspension of play during the global pandemic. CEO Bob Hunter confirmed the letters Friday, saying that all those ...

Canadian Chuba Hubbard will have a tough act to follow this season. His own. The 20-year-old native of Sherwood Park, Alta., was the NCAA rushing leader last season, running for 1,936 yards and 2...

One of Regina’s most popular sex shops has been seeing the good and bad of people being forced to stay at home. Lisa Phillipson is the manager at Industrial Luv. She said at the beginning of Mar...

Doug Flutie isn't the least bit surprised to see star quarterbacks Tom Brady and Drew Brees still going strong. Brady, 42, signed a two-year, US$50-million deal with the Tampa Bay ...

MONTREAL - Longtime Montreal Canadiens defenceman Andrei Markov won't be making a return to the NHL. The 41-year-old Markov announced his retirement from pro hockey on Thursday - a career that st...

Like many workplaces in the COVID-19 era, the Toronto Blue Jays have used regular Zoom video calls to stay connected during the pandemic. Manager Charlie Montoyo recently offered a chan...

Saskatoon police have charged a 32-year-old woman with arson with disregard for human life in connection to a blaze early Thursday morning in the Pleasant Hill neighbourhood. Firefighters responded to...