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'You feel like the world is against you:' Impact weathering tough season
Defender Samuel Piette admits this season has been a heavy one for the Montreal Impact. Border closures forced the team to relocate to Harrison, N.J., in mid September, leaving players separated...
Oct 16, 2020
Lawsuit filed in case of man who killed himself after release from Regina hospital
REGINA - The family of a young man who took his own life after going to a hospital twice in one day during a mental-health crisis is suing the Saskatchewan Health Authority and the provincial governme...
Oct 16, 2020
Policing must be adequate to keep 'everyone' safe in Indigenous lobster dispute: PM
HALIFAX - Justin Trudeau called Friday for federal agencies to ensure those involved in an Indigenous-led lobster fishery are safe, a day after a Mi'kmaq chief accused him of offering words rather tha...
Oct 16, 2020
40 new cases of COVID-19, 12 more recoveries in Sask.
There are 40 news cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan and data has revealed 79 people in various communities have tested positive for the virus connected to the Gospel Worship event in Prince Albert.The...
Oct 16, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Lions GM Hervey steps down for personal reasons
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions are in the market for a new general manager. The CFL club announced Friday that GM Ed Hervey has advised the franchise that he's stepping down for personal reasons. Hervey j...
Oct 16, 2020
Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley could return to action Sunday against Atlanta
Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley, who has missed the last nine games with a knee injury, could return to action Sunday against Atlanta United. "(There's a) very good chance that he could be availabl...
Oct 16, 2020
Toronto FC coach has to watch young sons go into quarantine from a distance
Forced to play games south of the border due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney has had to watch from a distance as his family back home went into lockdown. Vanney's 12-year...
Oct 16, 2020
Awash in red ink: US posts record $3.1T 2020 budget deficit
WASHINGTON - The federal budget deficit hit an all-time high of $3.1 trillion in the 2020 budget year, more than double the previous record, as the coronavirus pandemic shrank revenues and sent spendi...
Oct 16, 2020
Ottawa Senators sign forward Rudolfs Balcers to a one-year, two-way contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Rudolfs Balcers to a one-year, two-way contract. The deal is worth US$735,000 in the NHL and $70,000 in the American Hockey League. The 23-year-o...
Oct 16, 2020
'A tragedy for Quebec': Pierre Laporte's death remembered 50 years later
MONTREAL - At age 91, Marc Lalonde still remembers the shock he felt on Oct. 17, 1970 when Pierre Laporte's body was discovered in the trunk of a car at an airport south of Montreal, a week after he h...
Oct 16, 2020