CFL rule changes about ‘making a great game better’: Riders CEO

Sweeping changes coming to Canadian Football League (CFL) over the next two years are part of an effort to make the game more “entertaining,” according to Saskatchewan Roughriders CEO and president Craig Reynolds. “The whole goal around today’s announcement was to keep the game moving — transition from less field goals, more touchdowns, more scoring,…

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Canadians Nicholas Bennett, Arianna Hunsicker earn bronze medals at Para swimming worlds

Canada’s Nicholas Bennett and Arianna Hunsicker both reached the podium with bronze medals at the Para swimming world championships on Sunday in Singapore. Bennett of Parksville, B.C., claimed bronze in the men’s 200-metre freestyle S14 midway through opening night. The 21-year-old, who entered as the defending world champion, touched the wall in one minute 53.97…

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Canada eliminated from men’s volleyball world championship with loss to Poland

Canada has been eliminated from the men’s volleyball world championship. The Canadians fell 3-1 to top-ranked Poland on Saturday in Pasay City, Philippines to end their tournament. The Poles took the opening set 25-18 before Canada pushed back to grab the second 25-23, but were unable to keep that momentum going in losing 25-20 and 25-14 to…

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Marit Stiles holds onto Ontario NDP leadership, says changes needed to defeat Ford

After getting just over two-thirds support in Saturday’s leadership vote, Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles says she understands the party needs to change if it’s going to win the next election. Stiles received 68 per cent of the votes at the party’s annual convention in Niagara Falls, Ont., held just one week after Bonnie Crombie stepped down as…

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