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Canadian Lacrosse Association to discuss dropping use of 'midget' term
TORONTO - The Canadian Lacrosse Association is the latest domestic sport federation to consider dropping the term ‘midget’ from its youth category classification system. The move comes aft...
Dec 07, 2018
Benevides out in Edmonton as CFL clubs continue to wrestle with operations cap
EDMONTON - Mike Benevides is the latest casualty of the new CFL non-player operations cap. The Edmonton Eskimos announced Friday that Benevides will not be returning to Jason Maas’s coaching sta...
Dec 07, 2018
More EMS staff, ambulance coverage for Sylvan Lake
EDMONTON – Alberta is hiring more paramedics and deploying more ambulances in an attempt to improve front-line medical care. Health Minister Sarah Hoffman says the province is adding 58 first re...
Dec 07, 2018
McGill to announce decision on contentious Redmen team name in January
MONTREAL - A report on renaming buildings, scholarships and other entities at McGill University to adapt to 21st century concerns has exposed the divisive nature of the debate over the name of the sch...
Dec 07, 2018
Destiny Child's Michelle Williams reveals engagement is off
LOS ANGELES - Destiny’s Child singer Michelle Williams has called it quits with her fiance. The star announced Friday that her engagement to 40-year-old pastor Chad Johnson is over. The 38-year-...
Dec 07, 2018
Flames' Mark Giordano suspended two games for kneeing Wild's Mikko Koivu
Calgary Flames defenceman Mark Giordano was suspended two games by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety on Friday for a kneeing incident that occurred during Thursday’s 2-0 win over the M...
Dec 07, 2018
China retaliation against Canadian companies unlikely for now: experts
VANCOUVER - Fears of retaliation against China-based staff of Canadian companies in the wake of a Chinese tech exec’s arrest in Canada are overblown at the moment, but experts say that could cha...
Dec 07, 2018
Onyemata making impact with Saints after taking unconventional path to NFL
David Onyemata hadn’t played a single down of football when he arrived at the University of Manitoba in 2011. More interested in quarterly reports than quarterback blitzes, Onyemata originally c...
Dec 07, 2018
Ship saves British sailor after storm in Southern Ocean
LONDON - A cargo ship on Friday rescued a British sailor after a violent storm ripped off her mast and flung her yacht end over end in the Southern Ocean as she competed in a solo round-the-world race...
Dec 07, 2018
Stephans to seek nearly $4 million in court costs and stay of proceedings
LETHBRIDGE – David and Collet Stephan will not be seeking court ordered legal aid (Rowbotham and Fisher applications) after all, but instead will file an application to recover nearly $1 million...
Dec 07, 2018