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CALGARY — Oral Virtue first met Newfoundland-based Canadian soldiers as a child growing up in Jamaica, never forgetting their friendliness, openness and the way they spoke this “funky foreign language.

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Military service for Black Canadians dates back two centuries, but underlying racism limited the roles in which they were able to serve

CALGARY - Oral Virtue first met Newfoundland-based Canadian soldiers as a child growing up in Jamaica, never forgetting their friendliness, openness and the way they spoke this “funky foreign language.”

Oral Virtue said while everyone was supposed to serve as equals, shoulder to shoulder, he signed up with his eyes wide open as a Black man.

CALGARY - Oral Virtue first met Newfoundland-based Canadian soldiers as a child growing up in Jamaica, never f...

The NHL season is long, so slumps are unavoidable. Good teams overcome them quickly, and great teams limit how many prolonged losing streaks they record.

Torontos longest win streak of the season started in an unlikely way. Morgan Rielly was serving the first game of a five-game suspension back on Feb. 13 with the surging St. Louis Blues, who had won seven of eight games, in town. In the hours before puck drop, the Leafs learned that John Tavares and Mitch Marner were unable to play due to illness. Mark Masters has more.

Demanding Hamas release hostages immediately is a message that should never have led to the messenger being thrown out of Scotiabank Arena.

-- Maple Leaf Foods Inc. on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $9.3 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, narrower than a loss of $41.5 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, a year...