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QMJHL players to be handed 15-minute penalties for fighting
LONGUEUIL, Que. - The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has approved new rules that dole out stiffer punishments for fighting. All players involved in a fight will now receive a 10-minute miscon...
Sep 30, 2020
Canadian rower Silken Laumann drawn to paratriathlete's story, backs her with cash
CALGARY - Leanne Taylor was born the same year Silken Laumann overcame long odds to stand on the Olympic podium. Laumann rowing to a bronze medal with a mangled leg at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barc...
Sep 30, 2020
Golf Canada CEO Laurence Applebaum happy with how industry stepped up during pandemic
Although restrictions put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 initially wreaked havoc on the golf season, Laurence Applebaum said this season showed the sport's resilience in Canada. The Golf Cana...
Sep 30, 2020
A's hold off Abreu, White Sox 5-3, force series to Game 3
OAKLAND, Calif. - Marcus Semien and Khris Davis homered early and the Oakland Athletics held off Jos Abreu and the Chicago White Sox in the late innings for a 5-3 win Wednesday that sent their AL play...
Sep 30, 2020
Mustangs cleared to resume hockey-related activities after positive COVID-19 test
The Melfort Mustangs are now able to get back onto the ice after having a player test positive for COVID-19 last week.The team said in a release sent out on Wednesday, Sept. 30 the team is cleared for...
Sep 30, 2020
Sask. Party unveils new home renovation tax credit on Day one of campaign
In front of a home in Saskatoon's Montgomery Place on Wednesday, Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe unveiled a new election promise.Moe said if the Sask. Party is elected on Oct. 26, its new mandate ...
Sep 30, 2020
UN meeting that began with unity concludes with divisions
TANZANIA, Tanzania - This year's U.N. General Assembly meeting began with calls for multilateralism and co-operation - a declaration that the urgency for countries to unite "has rarely been greater." ...
Sep 30, 2020
Carrot River Valley candidates talk election campaign
With less than a month to go until the Saskatchewan provincial election, candidates across the province are out making their cases to be chosen by the electorate.In the Carrot River Valley Riding, Sas...
Sep 30, 2020
European report finds waning of democracy in Poland, Hungary
BRUSSELS - Democratic standards are facing "important challenges" in some European Union countries, particularly in Hungary and Poland, where the judicial systems are under threat, the EU's executive ...
Sep 30, 2020
Rape and killing of Dalit woman shocks India, draws outrage
NEW DELHI - The gang rape and death of a woman from the lowest rung of India's caste system sparked outrage across the country on Wednesday, with several politicians and activists demanding justice an...
Sep 30, 2020