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Pair of Riders close to 1,000-yard milestones
Saskatchewan Roughriders running back William Powell is looking to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark for the second time in the same season.The 31-year-old rusher reached the mark in Friday's 27-19 CFL vict...
Oct 24, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders tailback William Powell. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Police called after Catherine McKenna's office vandalized with vulgar slur
OTTAWA - Newly re-elected Liberal MP Catherine McKenna says she has notified police after someone spray-painted an obscenity on the front of her Ottawa Centre campaign office. Staff arriving at t...
Oct 24, 2019
Ticats' Evans and Sutton, Stamps' Begelton named CFL top performers for Week 19
TORONTO - Hamilton quarterback Dane Evans, Tiger-Cats running back Tyrell Sutton and Calgary Stampeders wide receiver Reggie Begelton are the top performers for Week 19 of the CFL season. Ev...
Oct 24, 2019
At different ends of salary scale, Pozuelo and Laryea make mark with Toronto FC
NEW YORK - With a salary of US$3.8 million in 2019, Spanish playmaker Alejandro Pozuelo is looking like a bargain for Toronto FC. But Toronto-born fullback Richie Laryea, at the MLS-minimum $56,2...
Oct 24, 2019
Actor Alec Baldwin campaigns for Virginia Democrats
MIDLOTHIAN, Va. - The actor known for his mocking impersonations of Republican President Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" campaigned Tuesday for Democratic legislative candidates in a Virginia el...
Oct 24, 2019
Overcrowding at Pine Grove an issue: SGEU
Nearly a year after concerns were raised about the number of prisoners at Pine Grove Correctional Centre, the union representing corrections workers at the facility is highlighting issues about overcr...
Oct 24, 2019 Overcrowding is an issue at Pine Grove Correctional Centre. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Judge allows Chicago suit against Jussie Smollett to proceed
CHICAGO - A federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss Chicago's lawsuit against former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett. U.S. District Virginia Kendall's ruling means that Chicago's suit that seeks to...
Oct 24, 2019
Alleged RCMP secret leaker Cameron Ortis granted bail with conditions
OTTAWA - Cameron Jay Ortis, a senior RCMP official accused of breaching Canada's official-secrets law, walked out of an Ottawa courthouse Tuesday after being released on bail with strict conditio...
Oct 24, 2019
AP source: Phillies hiring Joe Girardi as manager
PHILADELPHIA - A person familiar with the deal says the Philadelphia Phillies are hiring former Yankees manager Joe Girardi to replace Gabe Kapler. The person spoke to The Associated Press on conditio...
Oct 24, 2019
Released prisoner: Russian authorities abused other inmates
WARSAW, Poland - A Ukrainian film director recently freed from Russian captivity says prisoners where he was held were routinely abused. Oleg Sentsov was included in a Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange...
Oct 24, 2019
