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Blue Bombers look to become first CFL team to clinch playoff berth
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers can become the first CFL team to punch its 2022 playoff ticket. Winnipeg (10-1) can secure a post-season berth Sunday with a road win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders (6-5) ...
Aug 31, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians have lost faith in Hockey Canada
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Hockey Canada's leadership has lost the confidence of the federal government - and Canadians. Trudeau says the longer it takes the governing body to realize...
Aug 31, 2022
Man charged in random Detroit shootings that killed 3
DETROIT (AP) - A 19-year-old man was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in a series of apparently random shootings over roughly two hours last weekend in Detroit that left three people dead an...
Aug 31, 2022
Canada to implement 988 suicide crisis line starting in fall 2023
The CRTC says it will launch a new emergency crisis number for people in need of immediate mental health or suicide prevention support. It says starting at the end of November 2023, Canadians will be ...
Aug 31, 2022
Saskatchewan to provide $250K to deliver Dene education in the North
The Government of Saskatchewan is providing up to $255,000 to the First Nations University of Canada to deliver the Dene Teacher Education Program (DTEP) in Northern Saskatchewan. Post-secondary stude...
Aug 31, 2022
B.C. Lions acquire veteran quarterback Adams from Montreal Alouettes
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions acquired veteran quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. from the Montreal Alouettes on Wednesday for a 2023 first-round draft pick. Adams fills a need for B.C. (8-2). Last week, start...
Aug 31, 2022
Freeland attends events in Alberta as Mounties investigate harassment
CALGARY - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is spending more time in Alberta days after she was subjected to a profane tirade in her home province. Freeland is to tour a transport facility on th...
Aug 31, 2022
Canadian women's hockey team hits reset button for quarterfinal after loss to U.S.
HERNING - With Canada's bid to defend its women's world hockey title a work in progress, players and coaches got down to the work of making progress Wednesday ahead of their quarterfinal against Swede...
Aug 31, 2022
Quebec Liberal Party still far short of a full slate of candidates days into campaign
SAINT-AGAPIT, Que. - Days into the provincial election campaign, the Quebec Liberal Party is still far short of a full slate of candidates. As of this morning the party that formed the official Opposi...
Aug 31, 2022
Czechs poised to make a move in women's hockey with Canada's Carla MacLeod
Carla MacLeod spent her July holiday in Maui studying flash cards she'd made of hockey players she was about to coach. A two-time Olympic gold medallist with Canada's women's hockey team in 2006 and 2...
Aug 31, 2022
