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Red Deer city council pushes for 14 staff increases in Emergency Services
Red Deer Emergency Services (RDES) may be getting 14 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employees within the next two years. On the fourth day of the 2023-24 Capital and Operating budget deliberations, city c...
Dec 02, 2022
Pat Tabler leaves Sportsnet, ending 30-year caree as Blue Jays broadcaster
TORONTO - Pat Tabler's career as a key member of the Toronto Blue Jays' broadcast team is coming to an end after 30 years. Sportsnet announced his departure in a statement on Friday afternoon. Tabler ...
Dec 02, 2022
Redblacks officially name Bob Dyce as third head coach in franchise history
OTTAWA - Bob Dyce will return at the helm of Ottawa Redblacks next season after the CFL club officially named him as the third head coach in franchise history. The 56-year-old Winnipeg native took ove...
Dec 02, 2022
Inuit leader says he can't support bill creating national reconciliation council
OTTAWA - The president of a national Inuit organization says he cannot support federal legislation to create a national reconciliation council. The legislation which will create a board of directors t...
Dec 02, 2022
Ontario woman upset after encountering barriers when reporting sex assault in Quebec
MONTREAL - An Ottawa woman says her experience of trying to report a sexual assault that happened in another province led to a "convoluted" back-and-forth between police forces that has made her recon...
Dec 02, 2022
Shooting survivor objects to firearm coalition's 'disrespectful' sales promotion
OTTAWA - A mass shooting survivor and spokeswoman for gun-control group PolySeSouvient says it is "incredibly disrespectful" for firearm rights advocates to invoke the group's name in a merchandise sa...
Dec 02, 2022
Canadian Rhian Wilkinson steps down as Thorns head coach following investigation
PORTLAND, Ore. - Canadian Rhian Wilkinson has stepped down as head coach of the National Women's Soccer League's Portland Thorns, saying players asked her to resign following an investigation into mis...
Dec 02, 2022
Two-time Olympic trampoline champion Rosie MacLennan retires from competition
TORONTO - Two-time Olympic gold medallist Rosie MacLennan announced her retirement from competition on Friday while still working to make gymnastics and all sports safer in Canada. The 34-year-old rep...
Dec 02, 2022
Roughriders sign defensive back Jordan Beaulieu to one-year contract extension
REGINA - Canadian defensive back Jordan Beaulieu signed a one-year contract extension with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday. The five-foot-11 Beaulieu first signed with Saskatchewan in July and ...
Dec 02, 2022
'Major flaw': Judge blames police security plan in 2012 Quebec election shooting
MONTREAL - A Superior Court judge says the police security plan for Quebec's 2012 election night had a "major flaw" that permitted a gunman to carry out a deadly attack. Justice Philippe Blanger has a...
Dec 02, 2022