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Ticat offensive line back intact after season of injury and moving parts
HAMILTON - Injuries and a revolving cast made for a challenging season up front for Hamilton. Ticat quarterbacks were sacked 40 times, tied for second-worst in the league. In contrast, the Winnipeg of...
Dec 11, 2021
Grey Cup holds special place in Bombers head coach O'Shea's heart
HAMILTON - The Grey Cup game is always special to Blue Bombers head coach Mike O'Shea. The 51-year-old North Bay, Ont., native will appear in his sixth CFL title contest Sunday when the Winnipeg Blue ...
Dec 11, 2021
Canada's Brittany Phelan takes silver in Ski Cross World Cup
VAL THORENS, France - Canada's Brittany Phelan won silver at the Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup on Saturday. Phelan, from Mont-Tremblant, Que., finished behind Sweden's Sandra Naeslund in the big final....
Dec 11, 2021
Traveller confusion reigns amid shifting advice and variants
Confusion is now the defining state for many Canadians considering travel this month amid shifting advice, COVID-19 variants and layers of testing and quarantine rules. Marty Firestone, who heads a tr...
Dec 11, 2021
Kaiden Guhle gears up to play for Canada again, but in his home rink this time
CALGARY - Kaiden Guhle will be even more of a hometown favourite at the 2022 world junior men's hockey championship in Edmonton. The Western Hockey League's Prince Albert Raiders traded the defenceman...
Dec 11, 2021
Canada wins bronze in World Cup monobob and four-man races at Winterberg
WINTERBERG, Germany - Canada won bronze in the monobob and four-man races Saturday at the Winterberg World Cup bobsled competition. Toronto's Cynthia Appiah finished third with a two-run time of one m...
Dec 11, 2021
Canada’s Keegan Messing wins gold at ISU Challenger Series event
ZIBEL, Croatia - Canada's Keegan Messing won the gold medal Saturday at figure skating's Zagreb Golden Spin. Messing, who lives in Girdwood, Alaska but has dual citizenship, was first in the men's sho...
Dec 11, 2021
Barrett had hundreds of friends and family members in attendance for Toronto return
TORONTO - RJ Barrett had about 1,000 people in attendance to watch him play his second game with the New York Knicks at Scotiabank Arena on Friday night, everyone from family and friends to his entire...
Dec 11, 2021
'Scope' and cost of software fix to naval helicopters expected in spring 2022
HALIFAX - The scope and cost of changes needed to remedy a software issue that was a cause of a naval helicopter crash off Greece resulting in six deaths won't be known until next spring. A Defence De...
Dec 11, 2021
Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis trailblazer, dies at 83
MADRID (AP) - Manuel "Manolo" Santana, who reached No. 1 in the tennis rankings and was the first man from Spain to win a Grand Slam title, has died. He was 83. The Madrid Open announced the death of ...
Dec 11, 2021