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Grey Cup rematch highlights opening week of 2020 CFL schedule
TORONTO - The 2020 CFL season will feature a Grey Cup rematch in its opening week. The league released its 2020 schedule Monday, and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers start their Grey Cup title defence w...
Dec 18, 2019
Canadian featherweight Felicia Spencer returns to action on UFC card in Norfolk
TORONTO - Canadian Felicia (Feenom) Spencer looks to bounce back from a July loss to former UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg when she takes on France's Zarah (Infinite) Fairn on Feb. 29 in a tel...
Dec 18, 2019
Warburg Post Office Broken Into
Thorsby RCMP are investigating an incident of mail theft that occurred at the Warburg Canada Post office.Officers responded to reports of theft from the post office on Tuesday. Four mailboxes were bro...
Dec 18, 2019
Blue Jays sign right-handed pitcher Roark to 2-year, $24-million deal
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have signed right-handed pitcher Tanner Roark to a two-year contract worth US$24 million. The signing was made official Wednesday after The Associated Press first repor...
Dec 18, 2019
Tekashi 6ix9ine gets 2-year prison term in racketeering case
NEW YORK - The rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced to 2 years in prison Wednesday for his entanglement with a violent street gang that fueled his rise to fame, but was spared a much harsher possible ...
Dec 18, 2019
Knights' Pacioretty, Sens' Duclair, Sabres' Eichel named NHL's weekly three stars
NEW YORK - Vegas Golden Knights left-winger Max Pacioretty, Ottawa Senators left-winger Anthony Duclair and Buffalo Sabres centre Jack Eichel were named the NHL's three stars of the week on Monday. Pa...
Dec 18, 2019
Expanded AHS, RCMP program gives sexual assault victims more time for healing
RED DEER - Alberta Health Services (AHS) says more people who have been sexually assaulted in Alberta will have an opportunity to focus on healing and delay a decision about reporting the crime follow...
Dec 18, 2019
Groups seek leave to appeal Quebec's religious-symbols law to Supreme Court
MONTREAL - Groups challenging Quebec's secularism law say they are seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. Plaintiffs in the highly publicized case said Wednesday they have s...
Dec 18, 2019
Montreal Impact sign centre-back Rod Fanni to one-year contract
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact have signed centre back Rod Fanni to a one-year contract. The French defender will play his third season with the Impact after joining Montreal in 2018. The 38-year-old ...
Dec 18, 2019
N.B. premier hopeful final sign-off on carbon plan coming early in the new year
OTTAWA - The premier of New Brunswick said Monday he hopes to hear back early in the new year about whether the federal government will sign-off on his province's plan to reduce greenhouse g...
Dec 18, 2019