7 h. ago Our final Maple Leaf camp takeaways – and sunset for Brendan Shanahan

Before embarking on a new season, some old business to clear up, via Brendan Shanahan.  The deposed president of the Maple Leafs didn’t think his “Shanaplan” was the expensive failure that two playoff series wins in nine years might indicate, reminding Prime Video’s Faceoff: Inside the NHL series that he left the Bay Street house […]

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22 h. ago Nick Robertson shines, Dennis Hildeby, James Reimer busy in Maple Leafs pre

Don’t tell those Maple Leafs hopefuls toiling Saturday in Detroit it was a meaningless game to wrap the exhibition schedule. Winger Nick Robertson flew out of the gate, created his own breakaway and though stopped, he scored short-handed and buzzed the net consistently, playing 200-foot hockey in a 6-5 overtime loss. The battle for the […]

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22 h. ago B.C. Lions 38, Stampeders 24: Surging Lions clinch playoff berth with win over Calgary

This was the second time this year that Lions' quarterback Nathan Rourke has thrown for more than 400 yards and the 10th time he has been over 300.

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43 h. ago Three takeaways: Has Matvei Gridin earned a spot on Flames roster?

Would the Calgary Flames cut their pre-season goal-scoring leader? Matvei Gridin has made this a very difficult decision.

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46 h. ago Redblacks' playoff hopes officially squashed in loss to Saskatchewan Roughriders

With three games left on their schedule, the Ottawa Redblacks have officially been eliminated from the CFL playoffs. Any hope of a mad dash to the regular season finish line was dashed Friday in a 20-13 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders at TD Place. It was Ottawa’s fourth straight defeat and left the cellar-dwelling team […]

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50 h. ago Letters to the Sun: Changes to our football rules about more than a game

Re: B.C. Lions QB Nathan Rourke: 'The new rule changes are garbage'

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50 h. ago Ottawa Senators add muscle by acquiring Kurtis MacDermid from Devils

The Ottawa Senators have served notice to the Atlantic Division that they won’t be pushed around. After taking it on the chin from the Montreal Canadiens in a 5-0 loss on Tuesday in Quebec City, the Senators served notice on Friday night that they won’t stand still by acquiring Kurtis MacDermid from the New Jersey […]

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54 h. ago 'I've lost my confidence' Vernon Adams Jr. says amid Stampeders' three

Starting QB aims to help turn fortunes around in visit to play former team in Vancouver

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2 d. ago TAKEAWAYS: Anthony Stolarz sharp, Stolarz, special teams on point in Maple Leafs preseason loss to Wings

Pick through the sloppiness and the Maple Leafs weren’t all bad on Thursday night. Their best player in a 3-1 preseason loss against the Detroit Red Wings happened to be goaltender Anthony Stolarz, who sparkled with 40 saves at Scotiabank Arena. On the whole, the Leafs would have liked to have been more sharp, but […]

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3 d. ago Scale up efforts to reduce wildfire risk or B.C. faces dire economic consequences: Study

Indirect costs — that include disaster recovery, property loss, environmental damages, and business and health costs — can push the total costs of wildfires 1.5 to 20 times higher.

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3 d. ago La CDPDJ presse Québec de financer la modernisation du centre jeunesse de Laval

L’établissement «est le premier sur notre liste», assure Lionel Carmant, exhorté à faire rénover les infrastructures.

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3 d. ago Algoma Steel extends stock drop after warning of quarterly loss

The company received $500 million in government loans this week to help offset the impacts of U.S. steel tariffs

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4 d. ago Erling Haaland closes in on Lionel Messi’s Champions League record

Having set a new Champions League record last time out, Erling Haaland is fast approaching another. The Manchester City striker became the fastest player to score 50 goals in the competition with one against Napoli last month. His half-century came in his 49th appearance — smashing Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record of 50 in 62 games. […]

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4 d. ago Man who beheaded sea lion in second California attack hunted

Under federal law it is illegal to harass, hunt, capture or kill sea lions and other marine life in the U.S.

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4 d. ago Lion Copper & Gold Corp. to Present at the Metals & Mining Virtual Investor Conference October 8th

Company invites individual and institutional investors, as well as advisors and analysts, to attend online at VirtualInvestorConferences.com YERINGTON, Nev., Oct. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lion Copper & Gold Corp. (OTCQB: LCGMF CSE:LEO), based in Yerington NV, focused on the Yerington Copper Project, today announced that John Banning, CEO, will present live at the Metals […]

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4 d. ago DEVO of the dead: a concert review transcending time and space

Sometimes, we actually haunt our own ghosts. Thirteen years ago, a mop-haired local spark plug named Darren Zenko partially collapsed a loose creative scene when he died of cancer, the brutal loss of a whip-smart, ever-curious writer, including for these very pages. Prone to passionate outbursts, he was best friend to many, a cheerful explorer […]

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4 d. ago Takeaways: Ottawa Senators take ugly loss to Montreal Canadiens

The Ottawa Senators held their own version of the Battle of Quebec on Tuesday night. The good news it was only the preseason. The Senators closed out their five-day stay in picturesque Quebec City with an ugly 5-0 loss to the arch-rival Montreal Canadiens at Centre Videotron. There is no cause for concern because a […]

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4 d. ago Week 18 for Calgary Stampeders: Rush end Lorenzo Mauldin plans to bring the pressure

Latest addition to CFL club's short-handed defensive line brings 'everything — passion, heart, tenacity'

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5 d. ago Quantexa Named as a Technology Innovator on the 2025 InsurTech100 List

Decision Intelligence Platform powers insurers to grow premium, optimize costs, and protect loss ratios LONDON, Sept. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Quantexa, the global pioneer in Decision Intelligence (DI), today announced its recognition as a top Technology Innovator on the 2025 InsurTech100, the annual list compiled by FinTech Global on the most influential technology companies […]

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5 d. ago This is how people in Ontario are marking National Truth and Reconciliation Day

Today officially marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which recognizes the ongoing trauma caused by residential schools in Canada, reflecting on the children who never returned home, Survivors, their families, and communities. The holiday was officially proposed back in 2015 by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, which, under Action 80, called upon the federal government (in collaboration with Indigenous peoples) to establish a statutory holiday to ensure that "public commemoration of the history and legacy of residential schools remains a vital component of the reconciliation process." Sept. 30 is also known as Orange Shirt Day, which was established in 2013 and honours Phyllis' story, whose new orange shirt was taken on her first day at a residential school when she was only six years old. The orange shirt symbolizes the loss of culture and freedom that many Indigenous children experienced in these schools, and serve...

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