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Alouettes look to earn right to host East Division final by securing win in Toronto
The Montreal Alouettes can secure another first on Saturday night. Montreal (11-2-1) visits the Toronto Argonauts (7-7) with a chance to clinch first in the East Division and earn home-field advantage...
Sep 25, 2024
Conservative non-confidence motion defeated; government survives
The Liberal minority government has survived a vote of non-confidence in the House of Commons by a count of 211-120.Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre put forward the motion asking MPs to declare th...
Sep 25, 2024
Sound decision: Montreal to change bylaw to protect venues from noise complaints
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal is promising to rapidly change a bylaw to protect entertainment venues and bars from noise complaints, after a court ordered a beloved music hall to pipe down. In a dec...
Sep 25, 2024
Former Houston officer convicted of murder in deaths of couple during drug raid
HOUSTON (AP) - A former Houston police officer was convicted of murder Wednesday in the deaths of couple during a 2019 drug raid that revealed systemic corruption problems within the police department...
Sep 25, 2024
B.C. helicopter pilot sick with fever in days before fatal crash, report finds
RICHMOND, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board says a helicopter pilot killed in a crash in British Columbia almost two years ago was sick in the days leading up to the accident and reported "shiver...
Sep 25, 2024
PointsBet Curling Invitational hitting the ice in Calgary
Red Deer born and raised Jocelyn Peterman and her partner Brett Gallant are heading to the 2024 PointsBet Curling Invitational in Calgary in the hopes of kicking off the 2024-25 campaign successfully....
Sep 25, 2024
Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre appoints new executive director
The Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre has appointed a new executive director, Lisa Manning, who will officially step into the role on September 30."Lisa's experience with seniors and her commitment...
Sep 25, 2024
Vancouver's B.C. Place to host games at soccer's 2025 Gold Cup
VANCOUVER - Vancouver's B.C. Place Stadium has been named as one of the host venues for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial regional championship for teams in North and Central America and the Ca...
Sep 25, 2024
Putin says a nuclear power supporting an attack on Russia can be considered an aggressor
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that a nuclear power supporting another country's attack on Russia will be considered a participant in aggression under a new version of M...
Sep 25, 2024
Pope expels a bishop and 9 other people from a Peru movement over 'sadistic' abuses
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis took the unusual decision Wednesday to expel 10 people - a bishop, priests and laypeople -- from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican investigation unc...
Sep 25, 2024