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Trilingual ‘O Canada’ to be sung at Blue Jays game

Trilingual ‘O Canada’ to be sung at Blue Jays game

TORONTO – Sgt. Chantal Larocque hopes that singing “O Canada” in English, French and Algonquin at Rogers Centre before a Toronto Blue Jays game will open everyone’s eyes to the possibilities of creating a more inclusive game experience. Larocque, who is an officer with the Anishinabek Police Service, sang the national anthem on Saturday as

Calgary Flames’ AGM Chris Snow suffers brain injury, is not expected to recover

Calgary Flames’ AGM Chris Snow suffers brain injury, is not expected to recover

The wife of Chris Snow says the Calgary Flames assistant general manager has suffered a “catastrophic” brain injury after going into cardiac arrest and is not expected to recover. Kelsie Snow said Wednesday on social media that her husband became unresponsive and suffered a heart attack on Tuesday.She said paramedics and doctors were able to get his heart beating again

Connor McDavid dominates NHL awards

Connor McDavid dominates NHL awards

Connor McDavid dominated the NHL season. The Edmonton Oilers captain did the same at the league’s awards ceremony on Monday.McDavid won his third Hart Trophy as NHL MVP on the heels of a 153-point campaign — the most in the NHL since Mario Lemieux’s 161 in 1995-96.The 26-year-old started the night by taking home his

Leafs fire GM Kyle Dubas after 5 seasons to end stunning, roller coaster week

Leafs fire GM Kyle Dubas after 5 seasons to end stunning, roller coaster week

Brendan Shanahan started the week wanting to keep Kyle Dubas in the fold. A stunning, roller-coaster five days culminated with the Toronto Maple Leafs now in the market for a new general manager ahead of what could be a defining summer for the success-starved Original Six franchise.Shanahan, the team’s president, fired his 37-year-old GM on

Edmonton Oilers fall flat in Game 3 against Vegas Golden Knights

Edmonton Oilers fall flat in Game 3 against Vegas Golden Knights

The Vegas Golden Knights rolled to a convincing 5-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers Monday night at Rogers Place, to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven second round series. “I didn’t think we skated well, I didn’t think we were hard enough in certain areas and to a man, not our finest hour in

How a Canadian hockey player ‘mustard’ up the courage to treat injury

How a Canadian hockey player ‘mustard’ up the courage to treat injury

Most hockey players quench their thirst with water when coming off the ice. Zachary L’Heureux is not most hockey players. A video of the 19-year-old Halifax Mooseheads forward drinking mustard on the bench has been viewed over 100,000 times on social media after the official QMJHL account posted it to their Twitter account this week.Zachary