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La Liga sells Spanish broadcast rights for $5B+ for 5 years
MADRID (AP) - Spain's top soccer league has generated 4.95 billion euros ($5.6 billion) from the sale of subscription broadcast domestic rights for five seasons. La Liga has sold games for live broadc...
Dec 13, 2021
Curling bubble helped put sport back on track after being iced by pandemic
Veteran skip Brad Gushue admits he had a love-hate relationship with curling over the last year. The sport essentially shut down for most of 2020 due to the pandemic. It returned last winter with a mo...
Dec 13, 2021
Federal Conservatives back province on removing CP Rail’s tax exemptions
The federal Conservatives are trying to change part of the Constitution.MPs from Saskatchewan have put forward a motion to repeal Section 24 of the Saskatchewan Act.That's the section the CP Rail comp...
Dec 13, 2021
Trudeau won't rule out federal intervention in challenge to Quebec secularism law
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's still not ruling out federal intervention in a legal challenge to Quebec's secularism law after an elementary school teacher was recently reassigned be...
Dec 13, 2021
A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Canada's chief public health officer says Canada is expecting a potentially massive surge in COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks, driven by the new Omicr...
Dec 13, 2021
Some universities cancel in-person exams after rise in COVID-19 cases
Some universities are adjusting their plans for end-of-semester exams in response to the rise in COVID-19 cases. The University of Victoria in British Columbia will not be holding any further in-perso...
Dec 13, 2021
USA Gymnastics, USOPC reach $380M settlement with victims
The legal wrangling between USA Gymnastics and the victims of sexual abuse by former national team doctor Larry Nassar, among others, is over. The fight for substantive change within the sport's natio...
Dec 13, 2021
USA Gymnastics, USOPC reach $380M settlement with victims
The legal wrangling between USA Gymnastics and the victims of sexual abuse by former national team doctor Larry Nassar, among others, is over. The fight for substantive change within the sport's natio...
Dec 13, 2021
New president Jim Rutherford embracing challenge of revamping Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - Veteran NHL executive Jim Rutherford says he knows taking over the Vancouver Canucks will be a challenge, but he also sees it as a special opportunity. Rutherford was named president of th...
Dec 13, 2021
B.C. government lifting 30-litre limit on gas for general public on Tuesday
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is lifting a restriction on gasoline for the general public that was put in place after flooding and landslides cut off supply. Public Safety Minister Mike F...
Dec 13, 2021