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Toronto Six intend to make semifinal bye work for them in Isobel Cup
Caught at the finish line for the regular-season title, the Toronto Six can still claim the Premier Hockey League's ultimate crown and hoist the Isobel Cup on Monday. The Six are the No. 2 seed headin...
Mar 24, 2022
NYC mayor allows unvaccinated athletes play home games
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's mayor exempted athletes and performers from the city's vaccine mandate following weeks of pressure from the sports world after the rule kept Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Ir...
Mar 24, 2022
Canada under the gun as NATO allies to present defence spending plans by June
BRUSSELS - Canada faces fresh pressure to increase its defence spending as the head of the NATO military alliance says leaders have agreed to present plans by June on investing billions of additional ...
Mar 24, 2022
ISU replaces commentators, apologizes for vulgar comment aimed at Canada's Duhamel
The International Skating Union has apologized and replaced its world championship commentators for vulgar comments aimed at Canadian Meagan Duhamel. British commentator Simon Reed called Duhamel, a t...
Mar 24, 2022
PST increases not drawing favourable reaction from Sask. public, golf industry
Most Saskatchewan residents don't seem thrilled with the province's most recent budget."I think we're being taxed enough as it is," Steve commented on the provincial sales tax (PST) now being added to...
Mar 24, 2022
Black Academy's Legacy Awards set for fall, to air on CBC
TORONTO - The Black Academy's inaugural Legacy Awards has found a venue and an air date. The Canadian award show dedicated to Black talent will be held at the Toronto live event space History and will...
Mar 24, 2022
Zelenskyy pleads for aid as Biden, allies begin summits
BRUSSELS (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for "military assistance without limitations" as he addressed an emergency NATO summit on Thursday, the first of three urgent meetings U....
Mar 24, 2022
Judge scolds ex-NBA star Ray Allen for skipping jury duty
MIAMI (AP) - Basketball Hall of Famer Ray Allen got scolded by a federal judge and ordered to donate $1,000 to charity for failing to show up at a trial after being selected as a juror. U.S. District ...
Mar 24, 2022
4 dead, 1 injured, after apparent fall from Swiss building
GENEVA (AP) - Four people were found dead at the foot of a seven-story residential building in the lakeside Swiss city of Montreux, police said Thursday, with a fifth person hospitalized in serious co...
Mar 24, 2022
Trudeau meets with NATO, reconciling faith with identity: In The News for March 24
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 24 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Mar 24, 2022
