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Colin Schmidt scores four, Mustangs down Bombers
It took them until Feb. 9, but the Melfort Mustangs have finally gotten their first road win of the 2019 calendar year.Colin Schmidt led the way in the Saturday night contest as the Mustangs took an 8...
Feb 10, 2019
Riders head coach Dickenson names Shivers as defensive co-ordinator
REGINA - Craig Dickenson has settled on a defensive co-ordinator. The Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach announced Friday that defensive back coach Jason Shivers has been promoted to the post.&n...
Feb 10, 2019
O'Day, CFL GMs will have no shortage of options in CFL free agency
Jeremy O'Day's first foray into CFL free agency as a general manager promises to be a unique one. As of Friday, more than 190 players were scheduled to hit the open market at ...
Feb 10, 2019
Matty Russell leads the way as Toronto Wolfpack cruise to rugby league win
ROCHDALE, England - Winger Matty Russell scored four tries Sunday as the Toronto Wolfpack cruised to a 58-6 win over the Rochdale Hornets in Betfred Championship play. The game was a matchup of t...
Feb 10, 2019
Scheer demands PM let Wilson-Raybould talk about SNC-Lavalin discussions
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is writing to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ask that he waive solicitor-client privilege so former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould can publicly talk...
Feb 10, 2019
Fire at Brazilian soccer academy kills 10, injures 3
RIO DE JANEIRO - Fire tore through the sleeping quarters of an academy for one of Brazil's most popular professional soccer clubs Friday, killing 10 people and injuring three, most likely teenage play...
Feb 10, 2019
Ukraine has 44 presidential candidates in all-time record
KIEV, Ukraine - Election officials in Ukraine said Friday that 44 candidates have registered to compete in the March presidential election - a record for the nation. The latest polls show that comedia...
Feb 10, 2019
Canada's Andreescu to play singles and doubles against Dutch side in Fed Cup
Canadian captain Heidi El Tabakh will go with the hot hand at this weekend's Fed Cup World Group II first-round tie in the Netherlands. She has selected rising star Bianca Andreescu to play two single...
Feb 10, 2019
Quebec City mosque killer Bissonnette sentenced to life, no parole for 40 years
QUEBEC - Alexandre Bissonnette was driven by "racism and hatred" when he stormed into a Quebec City mosque and gunned down six worshippers in 2017, a judge said Friday as he sentenced him to 40&n...
Feb 10, 2019
Ex-judge who advised Forces on sex assaults says reforms slow
OTTAWA - The Canadian military has been slow to change its highly sexualized culture, says former Supreme Court judge Marie Deschamps, who wrote a major report on the problem four years ago. Testifyin...
Feb 10, 2019