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CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders could be minus veteran quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell when they host the Montreal Alouettes on Friday. Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson said Mitchell's presence unde...
Aug 16, 2021
ST JOHN'S, Newfoundland and Labrador - A western Newfoundland artist is facing off against homophobia in hockey by creating a fantasy hockey league full of "sissies," "pansies" and "flamers."Lucas Mor...
Aug 16, 2021
EDMONTON - An Ontario trucker is trying to appeal his 12 1/2-year sentence after he was found guilty in the killing of a woman in his Edmonton hotel room. Bradley Barton was sentenced in July for mans...
Aug 16, 2021
Aurelie Rivard has learned to adapt to swimming with no fans in the stands to cheer her on. The Paralympic star can dig deep within herself to find that pre-competitive adrenalin rush. Organizers anno...
Aug 16, 2021
MONTREAL - Lamenting the "fly in and fly out" culture of workers in Quebec's northern communities, Premier Franois Legault said Monday his government would build more affordable housing in the north t...
Aug 16, 2021
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Thousands of Afghans rushed into Kabul's main airport Monday, some so desperate to escape the Taliban that they held onto a military jet as it took off and plunged to their d...
Aug 16, 2021
Building permits values continue to rise in Red Deer this summer, with an increase of $4.1 million in July 2021 compared to July 2020. A total of 94 permits were approved valued at $9.4 million this p...
Aug 16, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military is sending another battalion of about 1,000 troops to help safeguard the Kabul airport, where American forces killed two armed people during increasingly chaotic ev...
Aug 16, 2021
OTTAWA - The federal parties are beginning to lay out their plans to revive the country's economy after months of pain from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Liberals are promising to extend a hiring credit ...
Aug 16, 2021
SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. - Nova Scotia's Sipekne'katik First Nation says it is expanding its self-regulated lobster fishery in St. Marys Bay, despite concerns from the federal government. The band is to ma...
Aug 16, 2021