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I was pondering what kind of trivial distraction we were talking about in the world of sports a month ago, before COVID-19 took over our lives and sports went black. David Ayres is the answer. I went ...

Hockey Canada is backing senior vice-president of national teams Scott Salmond after his suspension for an anti-doping rule violation was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Spo...

It was just over two weeks ago that Harry Jones was playing in front of a Canadian-record rugby crowd of 39,533 on Day 1 of the HSBC Canada Sevens in Vancouver. The Canadian rugby sevens men went on w...

TORONTO - Each morning when Dr. Seema Marwaha is preparing for work, she thinks about her husband, her 15-month-old son and the possibility she could bring home a dangerous virus. Like health-care pro...

Taking your kids to the playground or your dog to the dog park or sending teenagers out to play basketball are no longer options as the city and school boards have moved to close outdoor facilities. I...

A farmer with a large online following joined Gormley to share his thoughts on life during the COVID-19 pandemic, but with a positive spin. Quick Dick McDick, who has more than 30-thousand subscribers...

Canadian athletes are recalibrating their lives now that the Tokyo Games are postponed until 2021. Tuesday's announcement by the International Olympic Committee and Japan's organiz...

TORONTO - The CFL postponed its 2020 global draft due to the COVID-19 pandemic Tuesday. The draft was scheduled to be held April 16. It will now coincide with the opening of training camps. ...

Two large-scale uranium project sites in Saskatchewan are going on hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cameco is temporarily suspending operations at its Cigar Lake mine in northern Saskatchewan;...

MADRID - This summer's Tokyo Olympics fell victim to the coronavirus crisis Tuesday as the death toll mounted rapidly in Europe and the United States, while American lawmakers closed in on a nearly $2...