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Riders prepare to brave elements in showdown with visiting Elks
REGINA - When it comes to playing football in cold weather, CFL head coaches Craig Dickenson and Jaime Elizondo agree that it's a case of mind over matter. Dickenson's Saskatchewan Roughriders and Eli...
Nov 12, 2021

Alouettes need win against Blue Bombers team that will rest some players
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes are facing the team with the best record in the CFL on Saturday - but it won't quite be the Winnipeg Blue Bombers that have dominated all year. Montreal needs to win ...
Nov 12, 2021

EPSS Red Deer launches youth employment initiative
A local organization that enables individuals to explore their employment potential and career options by providing experienced and qualified employment counselling, has launched a new youth employmen...
Nov 12, 2021

Remembrance Day gatherings disrupted in British Columbia
A lawyer says he and his two young daughters left what he thought was a Remembrance Day ceremony In Kamloops after it turned out to be a protest against British Columbia's vaccine mandate. Jay Michi s...
Nov 12, 2021

NHL suspends Canucks' Poolman for two games for high sticking Avs' Sherwood
NEW YORK - The NHL has suspended Vancouver Canucks defenceman Tucker Poolman for two games for high-sticking Colorado Avalanche forward Kiefer Sherwood. The incident took place in the third period of ...
Nov 12, 2021

Bannon indicted on contempt charges for defying 1/6 subpoena
MARKS, Miss. (AP) - Steve Bannon, a longtime ally to former President Donald Trump, was indicted Friday on two counts of contempt of Congress after he defied a congressional subpoena from the House co...
Nov 12, 2021

Man who went to space with Shatner dies in plane crash
HAMPTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - A man who traveled to space with William Shatner last month was killed along with another person when the small plane they were in crashed in a wooded area of northern Ne...
Nov 12, 2021

Australian-born forward Corey Thomas relishes time with Canadian rugby team
A meeting at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan set Australian-born forward Corey Thomas on the path to representing Canada. Thomas was playing club rugby in Kamaishi where Canada was due to play Namib...
Nov 12, 2021

Trade Minister Ng disappointed, not daunted by US protectionism
OTTAWA - Canada's trade minister says she's disappointed at some of the protectionist measures being pushed by the new Biden administration in Washington, but she's not discouraged from partnering wit...
Nov 12, 2021

Nine years after London Games, Canada's Drouin officially upgraded to silver medal
TORONTO - Nine years after winning high jump bronze at the London Olympics, Canada's Derek Drouin's medal has officially been upgraded to silver. Ivan Ukhov of Russia originally won gold in London bef...
Nov 12, 2021