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Ticats add running back Brown and long-snapper Chaves, release veteran DB Dozier
HAMILTON - The East Division-leading Hamilton TigerCats have added some bite to their rushing game by adding American running back Kevin Brown. The CFL club announced Tuesday that it has signed Brown ...
Aug 05, 2025
Canadian 'Youngblood' remake, Charli XCX drama added to TIFF's international lineup
TORONTO - The Toronto International Film Festival has revealed its lineup of international films, including a Canadian remake of the hockey classic "Youngblood." The reimagined drama is co-written by ...
Aug 05, 2025
Fact Check: A look at White House claims about Canada's fentanyl fight 'failure'
The United States made good on its promise to slap hefty tariffs on Canada Friday as the countries failed to reach a trade deal by U.S. President Donald Trump's deadline. A fact sheet from the White H...
Aug 05, 2025
McGill faculty groups file constitutional challenge of Quebec labour bill
MONTREAL - Four faculty groups at McGill University have launched a constitutional challenge of a Quebec bill that allows the provincial labour minister to terminate strikes. The associations, which r...
Aug 05, 2025
Victim in hit and run succumbs to injuries
One of the two people struck in a hit and run last week has died, the Prince Albert Police have advised. The victim, a 34-year-old woman, died on Saturday. The 54-year-old man who was with her and als...
Aug 05, 2025
Fisheries Department offered support to firm behind doomed Titan submersible
HALIFAX - A U.S. Coast Guard investigation into the 2023 sinking of the Titan submersible south of Newfoundland says that Canada's Fisheries Department sent a letter of support to the sub's American o...
Aug 05, 2025
Tennessee executes inmate by lethal injection without deactivating his implanted defibrillator
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee executed an inmate Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when the lethal chemic...
Aug 05, 2025
Maple Leafs sign defenceman Villeneuve to one-year, two-way extension
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman William Villeneuve to a one-year, two-way contract extension, the NHL club announced Tuesday. The 23-year-old from Sherbrooke, Que., recorded 4...
Aug 05, 2025
Ion Iliescu, Romania's first freely elected president after 1989 revolution, has died at 95
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Ion Iliescu, Romania's first freely elected president after the fall of communism in 1989, who later faced charges of crimes against humanity for his role in the bloody revol...
Aug 05, 2025
After unionized Canada Post workers reject ‘final offers,’ what happens next?
OTTAWA - Labour experts say another postal service strike is unlikely after unionized Canada Post workers rejected their employer's latest round of offers in a forced vote and the parties mull their n...
Aug 05, 2025
