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Roughriders announce 'several' positive COVID tests following Touchdown Atlantic game
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders say "several members" of the team have recently tested positive for COVID-19. The Roughriders, who recently returned home after playing Toronto in the Touchdown A...
Jul 18, 2022
Former Juventus winger Federico Bernardeschi happy for new beginning with Toronto FC
TORONTO - While the existing product withers on the field, Toronto FC has assembled some considerable new firepower off it in recent days. The hope is the cavalry is ready to ride in. On Monday, the M...
Jul 18, 2022
Man alleged to have brought imitation gun to Cumberland House band office building
A man accused of having an imitation handgun in his possession while at the Cumberland House Cree Nation band office building will have a couple months to wait for his next court appearance.Julian Tho...
Jul 18, 2022
Ambrosie doesn't feel chippy game negatively impacted Touchdown Atlantic experience
TORONTO - CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie doesn't believe a chippy game between the Toronto Argonauts and Saskatchewan Roughriders negatively impacted the 2022 Touchdown Atlantic experience. In fact, ...
Jul 18, 2022
Gunfire, shootings and panic mar American weekend
A man firing a rifle killed shoppers at an Indiana mall's food court. A gunfight at a Houston home killed four people. A stand-up act by the comedian Craig Robinson in North Carolina didn't even begin...
Jul 18, 2022
Porcupine Opportunities Program receives over $800k for wood workshop expansion
Porcupine Opportunities Program (POP) has received $805,000 in funding from the Government of Canada for the renovation and expansion of their industrial wood workshop in Porcupine Plain.Construction ...
Jul 18, 2022
Senate panel subpoenas federal prisons director to testify
WASHINGTON (AP) - The outgoing director of the Bureau of Prisons has been subpoenaed to testify before a Senate committee examining abuse and corruption in the beleaguered federal agency. Michael Carv...
Jul 18, 2022
Ottawa to provide $870 million to support B.C. flood, landslide recovery efforts
VANCOUVER - Canada's emergency preparedness minister says Ottawa is providing $870 million to support recovery efforts after destructive flooding in British Columbia last fall. Bill Blair says the mon...
Jul 18, 2022
Montreal Canadiens sign goaltender Samuel Montembeault to two-year deal
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens agreed to a two-year, one-way contract with goaltender Samuel Montembeault on Monday. The 25-year-old restricted free agent compiled an 8-18-6 record in 38 games with...
Jul 18, 2022
Historic achievement is nice, but Johnston still in search of first Elite Series win
It wasn't quite enough to secure Cory Johnston his first Elite Series victory, but the Canadian will forever own a piece of circuit history. The Cavan, Ont., angler became the first competitor to weig...
Jul 18, 2022