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As part of the lease, the new tenant is also entering into an agreement to pay the arrears owed to the city by the previous baseball operator totaling $473,000. 

"It is time to return to our heritage, but in a bold, new manner," says team owner Eugene Melnyk.

The league is hoping to have regular season play underway on December 1.

Smoke from wildfires raging through California, Oregon and Washington have been affecting air quality throughout the Pacific northwest.

'The Race of the two Seas' runs across Italy, from the Adriatic Sea to the Tyrrhenian Sea.

The award is given out annually to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to ice hockey.

The hockey club says Ottawa Public Health, the City of Ottawa and the provincial government will be overseeing final event plans, to ensure the safety of all participants.

Less than 24 hours after members of the eight remaining teams taking part in the league's restart decided to postpone playoff games scheduled for Thursday and Friday following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin last weekend, Marchand made it clear lip-biting on issues like systemic racism and social justice is over.

More than 50,000 people attended the event in 2017, where Sung Hyun Park earned a two-shot victory in Ottawa.

Due to COVID-19, the team's first season consisted of a handful of games as part of the CEBL Summer Series held in St. Catharines.