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Defending-champion Blue Bombers can become first team to clinch playoff spot with win
They've been the class of the CFL this season and so it's fitting that Zach Collaros and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have the chance to become the first team to cement a playoff berth. Winnipeg (8-1) ca...
Oct 14, 2021
Jan. 6 panel sets vote on contempt charges against Bannon
WASHINGTON (AP) - A congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has set a vote to recommend criminal contempt charges against former White House aide Steve Bannon after he defied the...
Oct 14, 2021
CP NewsAlert: No evidence of freight train involvement in B.C. wildfire: TSB
LYTTON, Australia - The Transportation Safety Board says there's no evidence that a freight train sparked a fire that destroyed the town of Lytton, B.C., this summer. The agency says that unless new i...
Oct 14, 2021
Quebec to hike pay of daycare workers despite ongoing contract negotiations
QUEBEC - The Quebec government says it will immediately hike the pay of daycare workers, despite ongoing contract negotiations that have led to strikes across the province. Families Minister Mathieu L...
Oct 14, 2021
Sentencing date set in fatal Lacombe shooting
Sentencing is scheduled to take place next month for a man charged in the fatal shooting of a young Ponoka man in Lacombe nearly two years ago.Tyler John Campbell, 29, of Lacombe, is scheduled to be s...
Oct 14, 2021
Brady Tkachuk signs seven-year, $57.5 million deal with Ottawa Senators
OTTAWA - Brady Tkachuk and the Ottawa Senators have agreed to a seven-year, US$57.5 million contract. The Senators made the announcement on Thursday morning, hours before Ottawa's home opener against ...
Oct 14, 2021
Quebec reports 644 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths as hospitalizations remain stable
MONTREAL - Quebec is reporting 644 new cases of COVID-19 today and two more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. COVID-19-related hospitalizations remained unchanged compared with the day befor...
Oct 14, 2021
Canada without top two players for Billie Jean King Cup after Fernandez pulls out
MONTREAL - Leylah Fernandez says she will not compete in this year's Billie Jean King Cup Finals, leaving Canada without its top two players heading into the women's international tennis tournament. T...
Oct 14, 2021
CFL announces it has awarded Hamilton the 2023 Grey Cup championship contest
The CFL has awarded Hamilton the 2023 Grey Cup game. Hamilton will stage the 2021 contest at Tim Hortons Field on Dec. 12. The 2022 Grey Cup will be held at Mosaic Stadium in Regina. Regina was suppos...
Oct 14, 2021
Bloc call for Brome-Missisquoi recount halted, confirming federal seat for Liberals
OTTAWA - The Liberals have been confirmed as winners in the Quebec riding of Brome-Missisquoi after the Bloc Quebecois halted a recount of federal election votes. The recount was requested by Marilou ...
Oct 14, 2021