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Riders get to host Cup, now need to figure out how to get there
For a bitterly cold wind-swept prairie, this past week was not short of news for Rider and CFL fans.On Thursday the CFL announced the Riders won the bid for the 2020 Grey Cup and Hamilton would take t...
Feb 27, 2019 : Karen Cay
Canucks deal Erik Gudbranson to Penguins for Tanner Pearson
VANCOUVER - General manager Jim Benning says the Vancouver Canucks were looking to add a proven goal scorer when they made a last-minute deal with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday. The team...
Feb 27, 2019
Labour code issues flagged after fatal Canadian Pacific accident in Calgary
CALGARY - Documents show a federal investigator flagged labour code contraventions after a Canadian Pacific Railway train conductor died in a workplace accident in a Calgary rail yard l...
Feb 27, 2019
Freeland wants Venezuelan sanctions with 'bite,' and long-term rebuilding plan
OTTAWA - Canada and its allies are well down the road to crafting a long-term, post-Maduro recovery plan for Venezuela's disastrous economic decline, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland sa...
Feb 27, 2019
'Beverly Hills, 90210' cast reunites, 'irreverence' in store
LOS ANGELES - The original stars of "Beverly Hills, 90210" are planning a high school reunion with a twist. Fox said Wednesday that cast members including Jason Priestly and Jennie Garth will play "he...
Feb 27, 2019
Liberals to introduce bill to provide no-cost pardons for simple pot crimes
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says the government will soon bring in legislation to provide pardons for anyone convicted of pot possession before the drug's legalization last year...
Feb 27, 2019
Bid to strip Confederate link from Arkansas flag rejected
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas legislators on Wednesday rejected a proposal to change the meaning of one of the stars on the state flag from honouring the Confederacy to honouring the contributions Nati...
Feb 27, 2019
PMO ordered review that spawned measures that could help SNC-Lavalin: memo
OTTAWA - Two policy moves that could help beleaguered SNC-Lavalin came out of public consultations on federal anti-corruption measures that a newly disclosed memo says were ordered by the Pr...
Feb 27, 2019
Political operative arrested in North Carolina scandal
RALEIGH, N.C. - The political operative at the centre of an election fraud scandal that has engulfed a North Carolina congressional race was arrested Wednesday on charges of illegal ballot handling an...
Feb 27, 2019
Senators trade Stone to Golden Knights for package including Brannstrom
Ottawa general manager Pierre Dorion said he understands that some Senators are frustrated with the team's direction. After all, the club had just parted ways with leading scorer Mark Stone, making hi...
Feb 27, 2019
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