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Bombers set to host Stampeders in showdown of CFL's last two unbeaten teams
WINNIPEG - Mike O'Shea downplayed Friday's battle of the unbeaten, but the Winnipeg head coach hopes CFL fans will be hyped. The 5-0 Blue Bombers host the 4-0 Calgary Stampeders at IG Field, with both...
Jul 14, 2022
City set to conduct Dutch Elm Disease survey
The City of Prince Albert has hired Living Tree Environmental to conduct a Dutch Elm Disease (DED) survey beginning on Friday. The goal of the survey is to identify all American trees with symptoms of...
Jul 14, 2022
Ivana Trump, first wife of former president, dies at 73
NEW YORK (AP) - Ivana Trump, who formed half of a publicity power couple in the 1980s as the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother of his oldest children, has died in New York City, h...
Jul 14, 2022
Federal government sends $2B in health transfers, other funding to provinces
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the provinces, territories and municipalities have now received more than $2.85 billion promised months ago for health care, transit systems and classr...
Jul 14, 2022
Man acquitted in Air India bombing shot dead in B.C.: family of victim
SURREY, B.C. - Ripudaman Singh Malik, the man acquitted in the 1985 Air India terrorist bombing, appears to have been killed in a shooting in Surrey, B.C., according to several media outlets. Vancouve...
Jul 14, 2022
Local Jiu-Jitsu athletes ready to test their skills against the best in Western Canada
The second annual combat submission invitational takes place this weekend in Regina, and a number of local athletes will be competing.Corey Lillis, head instructor at the BJJ Lab, will have a match ag...
Jul 14, 2022
Canadians Kellett, DeFrancesco excited to make Honda Indy Toronto debuts
TORONTO - Racecars will once again be whizzing past Toronto's scenic Princes' Gates all weekend, with the statue Winged Victory looming over Turn 1 of the Exhibition Place track. Local drivers Dalton ...
Jul 14, 2022
CFL commissioner Ambrosie still bullish on league adding 10th franchise
HALIFAX - The global pandemic pushed it to the back burner but commissioner Randy Ambrosie says expansion has always been on the CFL's radar. On Saturday, the Toronto Argonauts and Saskatchewan Roughr...
Jul 14, 2022
Veteran goaltender Cam Talbot looks to being leadership to young Ottawa core
OTTAWA - Cam Talbot is not sure what his first season in Ottawa will bring, but believes he still has a lot to offer the Senators as they look to become a playoff contender. The Senators acquired Talb...
Jul 14, 2022
Canada bringing back mandatory random testing of travellers arriving at main airports
OTTAWA - The federal government says mandatory random testing of travellers arriving at its four main airports will start again next week. Ottawa paused the random testing of vaccinated travellers ent...
Jul 14, 2022
