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MLS triggering 'force majure' clause in contract over COVID-19 losses
Less than a year after agreeing to a new five-year collective bargaining agreement, Major League Soccer and its players union are heading back to the bargaining table. The league has told the MLS Play...
Dec 29, 2020
'I'm not going to change my game': Perry eager to bring grit, experience to Canadiens
Corey Perry had to set the record straight. Although the NHL's website - and most online hockey databases - lists his birthplace as Peterborough, Ont., the winger actually spent the first 10 years of ...
Dec 29, 2020
Blizzard blasts Nunavut, 135 km/h winds rip off stairs and crush cabins
IQALUIT - Pangnirtung mayor Eric Lawlor couldn't see out his windows on Sunday.That's when a day-long blizzard hit the Baffin Island community of about 1,500, shaking houses and crushing cabins. Accor...
Dec 29, 2020
Former Alberta cabinet minister turned Independent senator Elaine McCoy dies
OTTAWA - Sen. Elaine McCoy, who sat as an Independent from the day she was appointed to the upper chamber, has died.McCoy died Tuesday in Ottawa. She was 74.Born in Brandon, Man., McCoy began her care...
Dec 29, 2020
First reported US case of COVID-19 variant found in Colorado
DENVER - The first reported U.S. case of the COVID-19 variant that's been seen in the United Kingdom has been discovered in Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday. The variant was found in a man...
Dec 29, 2020
‘I want to be there’: Evans to return to Saskatchewan in 2021
There was only one place Shaq Evans wanted to play football in 2021."My heart is (in Regina) and I was never really swayed by anything and I was always hoping and desiring to be back in Saskatchewan. ...
Dec 29, 2020
Feds decline charges against officers in Tamir Rice case
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it would not bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, saying video...
Dec 29, 2020
Ottawa Senators sign first-round pick Ridly Greig to entry-level deal
Ottawa Senators first-round pick Ridly Greig has signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the club. The native of Lethbridge, Alta., was one of five players released from the Canadian junior cam...
Dec 29, 2020
Americans shut out Czech Republic at world junior hockey championship
EDMONTON - The United States recorded its second straight shutout at the world junior hockey championship on Tuesday, beating the Czech Republic 7-0. Coming off an 11-0 win over Austria on Boxing Day,...
Dec 29, 2020
Melfort Fire responds to Christmas Day house fire
Melfort Fire and Rescue responded to a house fire on Christmas Day.Crews were called to the home on Whitley Street shortly before 9 p.m. where smoke was seen coming from the basement.Fire Chief Shaun ...
Dec 29, 2020