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After several NFL suspensions, receiver Martavis Bryant signs with Argonauts
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts have signed former Pittsburgh Steelers and Oakland Raiders wide receiver Martavis Bryant, who has been suspended multiple times by the NFL for substance abuse violation...
Jan 25, 2021
Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-sign defensive back Cariel Brooks
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have re-signed American defensive back Cariel Brooks. The 29-year-old started 17 regular-season games at defensive halfback for the Tiger-Cats in 2019, tying a caree...
Jan 25, 2021
US virus numbers drop, but race against new strains heats up
Coronavirus deaths and cases per day in the U.S. dropped markedly over the past couple of weeks but are still running at alarmingly high levels, and the effort to snuff out COVID-19 is becoming an eve...
Jan 25, 2021
Watchdog probes if DOJ officials tried to overturn election
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department's inspector general is launching an investigation to examine whether any former or current department officials "engaged in an improper attempt" to overturn the res...
Jan 25, 2021
Canadian provinces push back vaccination plans as Pfizer deliveries grind to a halt
Some Canadian health-care workers are being told they'll have to wait longer to receive their first doses of COVID-19 vaccines as deliveries from a major manufacturer grind to a temporary halt. Canada...
Jan 25, 2021
Police vehicle rammed as Mounties interrupt break and enter in Innisfail
Four people were arrested over the weekend after Mounties interrupted a break and enter in progress at a business in Innisfail. Innisfail RCMP Members responded in the early morning hours on Sunday (J...
Jan 25, 2021
Lynn Beyak, who defended 'good' of residential schools, resigns from the Senate
OTTAWA - Ontario Sen. Lynn Beyak is leaving the upper chamber three years before her mandatory retirement. Named to the Senate on the advice of Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper in 2013, she ...
Jan 25, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, Jan. 25, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern):11 a.m.Quebec is reporting 1,203 new cases of COVID-19 and 43 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including 12 that ...
Jan 25, 2021
Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio won't seek reelection
CINCINNATI - Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, of Ohio, said Monday that he won't seek reelection due in part to how it's gotten "harder to break through the partisan gridlock and make progress," and ...
Jan 25, 2021
NDP warns of long delays in equal pay for women in federal pay equity rules
OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats say new rules to close a gender wage gap in federally regulated workplaces will take too long to make a difference. The government's pay equity regulations require t...
Jan 25, 2021