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Andre Bolduc, Ryan Williams join Calgary Stampeders coaching staff
CALGARY - Dave Dickenson will have two newcomers to his Calgary Stampeders coaching staff this season. Dickenson, Calgary's head coach and general manager, unveiled his 2024 staff Monday and it includ...
Jan 29, 2024
Muslim council cancels meeting with Trudeau over Liberal stance on hate crimes, Gaza
OTTAWA - The National Council of Canadian Muslims has cancelled a scheduled meeting today with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, saying there's no point in speaking with him. Chief executive Stephen Brow...
Jan 29, 2024
Teachers Federation announces rotating strikes starting Thursday
More teacher strikes will be coming to Saskatchewan schools in just a matter of days.On Monday, the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF) announced a series of rotating full-day strikes will take pla...
Jan 29, 2024
B.C. blocks new colleges seeking to enrol international students, adds language rules
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's post-secondary education minister says no new institutions will be allowed to enrol international students for two years as the province seeks to eliminate "exploitiv...
Jan 29, 2024
Nikita Kucherov, Connor McDavid, Matthew Tkachuk named NHL's 3 stars of the week
NEW YORK - Tampa Bay right-wing Nikita Kucherov, Edmonton centre Connor McDavid and Florida left-wing Matthew Tkachuk have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Kucherov led the league with ni...
Jan 29, 2024
CP NewsAlert: Trucker loses bid for third trial in killing of woman at Edmonton hotel
EDMONTON - Alberta's highest court has dismissed a former Ontario truck driver's bid for a third trial in the 2011 death of a woman in an Edmonton hotel. Bradley Barton was sentenced to 12 1/2 years f...
Jan 29, 2024
Two Canadians charged in U.S. plot to kill Iranian defector
OTTAWA - The U.S. Department of Justice has charged two Canadians and an Iranian in a murder-for-hire plot targeting two people in Maryland. An indictment unsealed today says Naji Sharifi Zindashti, D...
Jan 29, 2024
Roughriders sign DB Nelson Lokombo to one-year extension
The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced Monday the signing of defensive back Nelson Lokombo to a one-year contract extension.The former University of Saskatchewan Huskies star could have become a CFL f...
Jan 29, 2024
Ottawa to offer universities, colleges low-cost loans to build new student housing
OTTAWA - Housing Minister Sean Fraser says post-secondary institutions will be able to apply for low-interest loans to build student housing starting this fall. Post-secondary institutions will have a...
Jan 29, 2024
Former Major League manager Jimy Williams, who spent 9 seasons with Jays, dead at 80
TORONTO - Former Toronto Blue Jays manager Jimy Williams has died. The Blue Jays confirmed Williams's death Monday on social media but did not provide a cause of death. He was 80. Williams joined the ...
Jan 29, 2024
