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Kaillie Humphries' bid to be released by Canadian bobsleigh group denied
CALGARY - A Calgary judge has denied Kaillie Humphries' bid to be released by Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton. The two-time Olympic bobsled champion asked the courts for an injunction forcing the national g...
Sep 17, 2019
Federal party leaders address gun violence after weekend shooting near Toronto
OTTAWA - What police were calling an "ambush-style" shooting in the Toronto area that left one teenager dead and five other people injured saw federal party leaders swiftly move to offer con...
Sep 17, 2019
Stampeders teammates, Roughriders running back named CFL top performers
TORONTO - Calgary defensive back Tre Roberson, Stampeders wide receiver Eric Rogers and Saskatchewan Roughriders running back William Powell are the CFL's top performers of the week for Week 14. Rober...
Sep 17, 2019
Man who pleaded guilty in killing of unborn child wants to withdraw plea
MONTREAL - A Montreal man who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing his unborn child told a court today he wants to withdraw his plea. Sofiane Ghazi announced today he had fired the lawyers who...
Sep 17, 2019
AP source: NFL to meet with Antonio Brown accuser Monday
The NFL plans to meet Monday with a woman who says she was raped by New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown. A person with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed the meeting to The Assoc...
Sep 17, 2019
One Financial Resolution to Make Right Now:
Tackle Your Credit Card Debt
September feels like a new year for many of us. It's a month full of changes - families have returned to a more predictable routine, younger children and university students are back in school, and th...
Sep 17, 2019
Federal government posts third straight double-digit deficit with $14B shortfall
OTTAWA - The federal government's latest annual financial report shows it ran a $14-billion deficit in 2018-19 for its third consecutive double-digit shortfall. The deficit for the fiscal ye...
Sep 17, 2019
Lindhout kidnapper Ali Omar Ader abandons appeals of sentence, conviction
OTTAWA - A Somalian man found guilty in the kidnapping of Amanda Lindhout has abandoned appeals of his sentence and conviction.In a statement today, the Public Prosecution Service of Canada says Ali O...
Sep 17, 2019
Attack on Saudi oil sites raises risks amid US-Iran tension
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A weekend drone attack on Saudi Arabia that cut into global energy supplies and halved the kingdom's oil production threatened Sunday to fuel a regional crisis, as the U....
Sep 17, 2019
Last third of 2019 CFL Season proving difficult to handicap
We have passed the two-thirds mark of the 2019 CFL season and there are still enough unanswered questions to make forecasting any kind of Grey Cup Champion a fool's errand.The BC Lions won the toilet ...
Sep 17, 2019
