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Canucks recall Baertschi from Utica, place Ferland on injured reserve
ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Vancouver Canucks have recalled forward Sven Baertschi from the American Hockey League's Utica Comets. Baertschi was surprisingly put on waivers at the end of the Canucks' t...
Nov 03, 2019
Argos GM Clemons: Chamblin's future to be addressed in off-season
TORONTO - Corey Chamblin is still the Toronto Argonauts head coach. General manager Mike (Pinball) Clemons said Chamblin's future will be addressed this off-season as Toronto's braintru...
Nov 03, 2019
Larsen holds overall lead headed into final day of CFR 46
Orin Larsen is enjoying the 2019 Canadian Finals Rodeo. The four time CFR qualifier just made his second consecutive victory lap and is well placed heading into tomorrow's final performance, thanks in...
Nov 03, 2019 Orin Larsen on horse Special Delivery. (Photo by Billie-Jean Duff - CPRA)
Crews restore power across Quebec after almost one million customers hit by storm
MONTREAL - The number of Quebecers without power following Friday's intense storm dropped steadily throughout the day Saturday, as hundreds of hydro employees worked to repair broken el...
Nov 03, 2019
Flamboyant Puerto Rican astrologer Walter Mercado dies at 88
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Walter Mercado, a flamboyant astrologer and television personality whose daily TV appearances entertained many across Latin America for more than a decade, has died. He was 88....
Nov 03, 2019
Barring inmates access to clean needles unconstitutional, activists to argue
TORONTO - Barring drug-using federal prisoners from access to clean syringes puts them at risk for serious diseases and violates their rights, an Ontario court is set to hear. For two days starting Mo...
Nov 03, 2019
'Extremely childlike:' Defence says accused in caseworker death needs assessment
CALGARY - A lawyer for an 18-year-old charged with killing his case worker at an assisted-living home says he doubts the young man is fit to stand trial. Brandon Newman remains in custo...
Nov 03, 2019
Argos GM Clemons: Chamblin's future to be addressed in off-season
TORONTO - Corey Chamblin remains the Toronto Argonauts head coach, at least for now. General manager Mike (Pinball) Clemons said Chamblin's future with the CFL club will be addressed this off-season a...
Nov 03, 2019
Three-year-old boy stabbed in Winnipeg to be taken off life support
WINNIPEG - A three-year-old boy who was stabbed multiple times while he slept in his bed was to be taken off life support on Friday. Roxanne Moar said her nephew Hunter Haze Straight-Smith was to be r...
Nov 03, 2019
President of Cannabis NB says it will take more time to be profitable
FREDERICTON - The new president of Cannabis NB - New Brunswick's Crown-owned cannabis retailer - says it will be next year or more before the operation can be profitable. Patrick Parent says the ...
Nov 03, 2019