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Okpalaugo plans on giving star QB Reilly a rough welcome to Winnipeg in West semifinal
WINNIPEG - Tristan Okpalaugo wasn’t playing for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers when head coach Mike O’Shea made a lasting impression on him. After all, it’s not every day someone saves yo...
Nov 10, 2017
Litany of woes for Montreal's Olympic Stadium
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has announced Montreal’s Olympic Stadium will have a new roof by 2023. The facility and its roofs have had a checkered history since the stadium was opened in Ju...
Nov 10, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Nov. 10 --- CANADA SAYS PROGRESS BEING MADE ON SALVAGING TPP: International Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says progress is being made on a Trans ...
Nov 10, 2017
Historic Estate Cliveden Turned Canvas Covered in Blood
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Cliveden Blood Portrait Cliveden, or the Benjamin Chew House, is one of the bloodiest battle scenes of the American Revolutionary War, but it also home to ...
Nov 10, 2017
Massive Planet Discovered and Paper Made from Dung
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [November 5-11, 2017] An object massively larger than Jupiter, presidential jury duty and paper made from a different kind of waste. 5. Coconut C...
Nov 10, 2017
Service to be held Nov. 19 for officer killed while on duty in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A public service will be held Nov. 19 for the police officer killed while on duty Monday in Abbotsford, B.C. The celebration of life ceremony for Const. John Davidson will begin wit...
Nov 10, 2017
Confession by man charged in Alberta triple murder case not admissible: Judge
RED DEER, Alta. - A judge has ruled the recorded confession of a man accused of killing a central Alberta couple and their daughter cannot be used as evidence at his trial because RCMP denied him a ba...
Nov 10, 2017
Prosecutor to appeals court: Halt sale of Rockwell art
BOSTON - The Massachusetts attorney general is again trying to halt a museum’s planned sale of 40 works of art, including two by Norman Rockwell. Attorney General Maura Healey’s office ask...
Nov 10, 2017
Redblacks hope rest, not rust, will be a factor in East semifinal against Riders
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks hope rest, not rust, will be a factor Sunday afternoon against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Redblacks (8-9-1) will host the Roughriders (10-8-0) in the East Division...
Nov 10, 2017
Stettler and Three Hills fraud suspect identified, warrant issued for arrest
Stettler RCMP are thanking members of the public for their help in identifying a suspect accused of trying to fraudulently obtain money from three TD Canada Trust branches in central Alberta in June. ...
Nov 10, 2017