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Jason Maas joins Saskatchewan Roughriders as offensive co-ordinator
REGINA - Craig Dickenson is thrilled to have a man with four years of CFL head coaching experience guiding the Saskatchewan Roughriders offence. The Roughriders head coach has made a change at offensi...
Dec 06, 2019

Calgary Stampeders re-sign defensive back Jamar Wall
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders have re-signed defensive back Jamar Wall. The eight-year veteran from Lubbock, Texas, has played 128 career regular-season games for the Stampeders, including 16 start...
Dec 06, 2019

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Andreas Johnsson goes on long-term injury list
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Andreas Johnsson has been placed on long-term injury reserve with a leg injury. Johnsson underwent a CT scan Thursday after suffering the injury on Wednesday against the Co...
Dec 06, 2019

Feds vow to ban guns similar to one used in Ecole Polytechnique shooting
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the federal government will be ready soon to produce a list of semi-automatic weapons that will be banned in Canada. His comments come the same day...
Dec 06, 2019

Blondin wins, Weidemann takes third in World Cup 5,000m speedskating race
NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan - Ivanie Blondin won gold and fellow Ottawa native Isabelle Weidemann claimed bronze in the women's 5,000 metres Friday at a World Cup speedskating event. Blondin captured her f...
Dec 06, 2019

Navigating the Grey Area: Hockey pushes coaching styles into spotlight
Longtime hockey pro Sean McMorrow knew what was coming after his team's particularly poor showing in a blowout loss back in his junior days. Hockey sticks would not be needed&...
Dec 06, 2019

Ottawa's plan on missing and murdered Indigenous women due by June: Bennett
OTTAWA - The Liberal government will release its national action plan to respond to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by June 2020, say...
Dec 06, 2019

Kenney to meet Trudeau next week, discuss pipelines and equalization
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will meet Tuesday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa to discuss issues ranging from pipelines to equalization. Kenney says he and eight of h...
Dec 06, 2019

Staff report rejects proposed site for potential Halifax CFL stadium
HALIFAX - A report prepared for Halifax Regional Council recommends the rejection of a proposed CFL stadium in the city's Shannon Park neighbourhood, but also says a one-time payment of $20-million co...
Dec 06, 2019

Scheer warns Liberals his Tories are watching as Parliament prepares to return
OTTAWA - Opposition Conservatives are looking ahead to the return of Parliament Thursday as an opportunity to change the channel after weeks of very public party in-fighting around the future of leade...
Dec 06, 2019