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Last-minute Liegghio field goal gives Blue Bombers thrilling 18-16 win over Stamps
WINNIPEG - Rookie kicker Marc Liegghio made a 45-yard field goal with 37 seconds left in his first CFL start and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeated the Calgary Stampeders 18-16 on Sunday. Calgary vete...
Aug 29, 2021
Ottawa Senators sign backup goalie Filip Gustavsson to two-year contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed backup goalie Filip Gustavsson to a two-year deal. The team said in a release Sunday that the first year of the contract is two-ways and worth US$750,000 in th...
Aug 29, 2021
Russia downs Germany 3-2 at women's world hockey championship
CALGARY - Oxana Bratisheva scored the game winner Sunday as Russia topped Germany 3-2 at the women's world hockey championship in Calgary. Veronika Korzhakova and Anna Savonina also scored for the Rus...
Aug 29, 2021
2 Jays homers enough for Berríos in 2-1 win over Tigers
DETROIT (AP) - Jos Berros pitched seven strong innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tigers 2-1 on Sunday, taking two of three in a low-scoring series with Detroit. Bo Bichette and Kevin Smith ho...
Aug 29, 2021
Edmonton Elks revise number of COVID-19 cases following false positive
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Elks say they have gone three-straight days without recording a new positive COVID-19 test. The news comes a week after Edmonton's game against the Toronto Argonauts, initially...
Aug 29, 2021
A list of milestones in Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister's political career
WINNIPEG - A timeline of major events in Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister's political career: Sept. 15, 1992: Pallister wins a provincial byelection in Portage la Prairie. He is re-elected in 1995 and...
Aug 29, 2021
Excerpts from an interview with Manitoba premier as he prepares to leave office
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has said that he plans to step down Wednesday. Here are some quotes from an interview with The Canadian Press: On low polling numbers: "If you govern with a...
Aug 29, 2021
After dearth of hockey, Canadian women's hockey team savours Beijing preparation
CALGARY - Never have players on the Canadian women's hockey team looked forward to the rigours of pre-Olympic preparation more. Ice time wasn't always available during the COVID-19 pandemic, let alone...
Aug 29, 2021
Montreal mayor invests $5.5 million to boost police resources to fight gun crime
Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante says the city will invest an additional $5.5 million in its police force in order to help fight gun crime. Plante said today alongside Chief Sylvain Caron that the amount ...
Aug 29, 2021
Flames consume high-rise in Milan; residents evacuated
MILAN (AP) - Italian firefighters on Sunday battled a high-rise blaze in Milan that was spreading rapidly through a 20-story residential building. Residents were hurriedly evacuated. There were no imm...
Aug 29, 2021