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New online hockey officiating program available for Sask. high school students
The Saskatchewan Hockey Association (SHA) is offering a new officiating program for high school students in the province, something a local official says is a great development.According to a media re...
Jul 16, 2020
Wolfpack won't play in Toronto this season due to travel and other restrictions
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack will start and finish the 2020 Super League season in England. The Super League announced its revamped schedule for the resumption of rugby league play, with Toronto pla...
Jul 16, 2020
Russian hackers seeking to steal COVID-19 vaccine data: intel agencies
OTTAWA - Canadian, British and U.S. security services say hackers they believe are working for Russian intelligence have been trying to steal research on COVID-19 vaccines from organizations in all th...
Jul 16, 2020
Vatican says bishops should report sex abuse to police
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican told bishops around the world on Thursday they should report cases of clergy sex crimes to police even when not legally bound to do so, in its latest effort to compel church...
Jul 16, 2020
Winger Liam Kay, the Wolfpack's first-ever player signing, leaves for Wakefield
Winger Liam Kay, the Toronto Wolfpack's leading try-scorer and first-ever signing, has left the transatlantic rugby league club to join Wakefield Trinity. The Irish international is also one of only f...
Jul 16, 2020
UK, US, Canada accuse Russia of hacking virus vaccine trials
LONDON - Britain, the United States and Canada say Russia is trying to steal information from researchers seeking a COVID-19 vaccine. The three nations alleged Thursday that hacking group APT29, also ...
Jul 16, 2020
Study suggests 8 times more people in B.C. infected with virus than confirmed
VICTORIA - A new study suggests eight times as many people in Metro Vancouver have been infected by the novel coronavirus than the rate of reported cases. The joint study by researchers at the B....
Jul 16, 2020
Compared to U.S., Canada no saint either on Indigenous rights, racism: experts
WASHINGTON - As one of America's most familiar sports franchises finally confronts its controversial identity, experts warn against assuming Canada is farther along than the United States in...
Jul 16, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, July 16
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on July 16, 2020: There are 108,829 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 56,859 confirmed (including 5,636 deaths, 26,097 resol...
Jul 16, 2020
Court drops split-jury verdict in killing of NFL's McKnight
GRETNA, La. - An appeals court has granted the killer of NFL player Joe McKnight a new trial because his manslaughter conviction was delivered by a split jury. Ronald Gasser's 30-year sentence and man...
Jul 16, 2020