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Alouettes' turn to try and hand Blue Bombers their first loss of the season
It's now up to Trevor Harris and the Montreal Alouettes to try and accomplish something no other CFL team has so far this season. Montreal (2-5) hosts Grey Cup-champion Winnipeg (8-0) on Thursday to o...
Aug 03, 2022
Raptors to host Jazz in Edmonton and Celtics in Montreal as part of pre-season
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors will play a pair of pre-season games in Edmonton and Montreal. The team announced Wednesday it will host the Utah Jazz on Oct. 2 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, and then the...
Aug 03, 2022
St. John's regatta and civic holiday for N.L. capital postponed because of wind
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A weather-dependent holiday in Newfoundland and Labrador's capital city is being postponed because of high winds. The 204th Royal St. John's Regatta rowing races were supposed to go...
Aug 03, 2022
Montreal police investigating after two men killed in separate shootings
Montreal police are investigating the shooting deaths of two men within the span of about an hour in neighbouring boroughs. Const. Caroline Chvrefils says there is no link between the two homicides, w...
Aug 03, 2022
Pelosi departs Taiwan after visit that fueled US-China rift
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi departed Taiwan on Wednesday after meeting with the president and other officials in a visit that heightened tensions with China. Pelosi and five ...
Aug 03, 2022
Friends of Japanese journalist demand his release in Myanmar
TOKYO (AP) - Friends of Toru Kubota, a Japanese journalist detained in military-ruled Myanmar while covering a protest, called for his immediate release Wednesday and an online petition has collected ...
Aug 03, 2022
Rising sextortion cases, Conservative leadership debate : In The News for Aug. 3
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Aug. 3 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Aug 03, 2022
Three out of five Conservative candidates to appear tonight for final party debate
OTTAWA - No audience, no podiums and appearances from only three out of the five candidates running to lead the federal Conservatives. These are the circumstances under which the party's last official...
Aug 03, 2022
Ontario woman who was known as 'napalm girl' helping Ukrainians settle in Canada
Tears streamed down Kim Phuc Phan Thi's face as she stood at the entrance to a plane set to carry Ukrainian newcomers from Poland to Canada last month. The aircraft was emblazoned with a famous black ...
Aug 03, 2022
'A wake-up call': Online crimes see stark increase during COVID-19 pandemic
WINNIPEG - New statistics show that police-reported extortion cases in Canada rose by nearly 300 per cent in the last decade, as the crime swelled online during the COVID-19 pandemic. "These concernin...
Aug 03, 2022
