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Squad depth helping CF Montreal deal with congested schedule
MONTREAL - Regardless of the sport, squad depth is one of the key elements that differentiates good teams from successful ones and two distinct stretches of games this season have shown that for CF Mo...
May 27, 2022
Feds announce funds for women's shelters, advocate says more needed
OTTAWA - The federal government has announced funding to construct and repair hundreds of spaces for women and children fleeing violence. Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen says the government will give ov...
May 27, 2022
CFL commissioner Ambrosie feels new deal provides benefits for both CFL and players
TORONTO - For the first time in months, Randy Ambrosie can think solely about football. The CFL commissioner was in a very upbeat mood Friday, and with good reason. On Thursday night, the CFL Players'...
May 27, 2022
More than 18 hours to find five N.S. mass shooting victims was 'deficient': lawyer
HALIFAX - A lawyer for families of victims of the Nova Scotia mass shooting says an 18-hour delay in finding five bodies of those killed by the shooter is a sign of "deficient" policing. A study relea...
May 27, 2022
‘Always hope’: Remains of Cree woman sent home to Alberta decades after disappearance
Violet Soosay's search for her missing aunt began four decades ago.The pursuit took her to parts of Alberta and B.C. and down paths of uncertainty as weeks, months and years passed without word of Shi...
May 27, 2022
Quebec mosque disappointed with ruling allowing shooter to seek parole after 25 years
QUEBEC - Today's Supreme Court of Canada ruling allowing the Quebec City mosque shooter to be eligible for parole after 25 years in prison is being met with disappointment by members of the mosque whe...
May 27, 2022
CFL's first female coach eager to get to work as B.C. Lions defensive assistant
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - As the CFL's first full-time female coach, Tanya Walter knows she's paving the way for future generations. Right now, though, she's focused on making sure the B.C. Lions defence is re...
May 27, 2022
Canada's Leylah Fernandez reaches fourth round at French Open
PARIS - Canada's Leylah Fernandez is moving on to the fourth round of the French Open. The 19-year-old Montreal native outlasted Olympic gold medallist Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 on t...
May 27, 2022
Questions arise over police delays with gunman inside school
UVALDE, Texas (AP) - The gunman who killed 21 people at a Texas elementary school was in the building for over an hour before he was killed by law enforcement officers, authorities say. It was 11:28 a...
May 27, 2022
Whitecaps look to build on Canadian Championship momentum against Kansas City
VANCOUVER - The road has not been kind to the Vancouver Whitecaps this season. Three months into the 2022 campaign, the 'Caps (3-7-2) have yet to earn a result away from B.C. Place, dropping six strai...
May 27, 2022