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Roughriders sign defensive back Jordan Beaulieu to one-year contract extension
REGINA - Canadian defensive back Jordan Beaulieu signed a one-year contract extension with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday. The five-foot-11 Beaulieu first signed with Saskatchewan in July and ...
Dec 02, 2022

Community support grows as Give A Little Life Day Radiothon continues
Donations have been pouring in for the Victoria Hospital Foundation at the start of this year's Give a Little Life Day Radiothon.As of 5 p.m. Friday afternoon, the total raised is $204,704.28 with a g...
Dec 02, 2022

'Major flaw': Judge blames police security plan in 2012 Quebec election shooting
MONTREAL - A Superior Court judge says the police security plan for Quebec's 2012 election night had a "major flaw" that permitted a gunman to carry out a deadly attack. Justice Philippe Blanger has a...
Dec 02, 2022

Ottawa trailing in protection of Indigenous women and girls: federal minister
OTTAWA - The minister for Crown-Indigenous relations says the federal government is trailing in its responsibility to protect Indigenous women and girls, despite allocating money toward the issue. Mar...
Dec 02, 2022

Newly sanctioned Iranians include Toronto gym denizen
OTTAWA - Canada is sanctioning more Iranian officials, including a senior military official spotted earlier this year at a Toronto-area gym. Morteza Talaei, Tehran's former police chief and a former g...
Dec 02, 2022

‘It’s been quite the ride’: Jon Ryan retiring from football
After an 18-year professional football career, Jon Ryan is hanging up the cleats."It's been quite the ride. I look back now and it all seems like a dream. I still can't quite believe it all happened t...
Dec 02, 2022

Government to un-redact text messages, notes of PMO staff at Emergencies Act inquiry
OTTAWA - Lawyers for "Freedom Convoy" organizers have won their bid to get access to unredacted versions of 20 documents at the Public Order Emergency Act. Lawyer Brendan Miller applied to have the pu...
Dec 02, 2022

Mustangs excited to welcome families and billets for weekend set
It'll be a pair of home games this weekend for the Melfort Mustangs as they host their annual Parent-Billet Weekend.The Mustangs will host the Yorkton Terriers on Friday night for Teddy Bear Toss, and...
Dec 02, 2022

Canada Soccer to use lessons from Qatar to refine support at future tournaments
DOHA, Qatar - With bumper TV audiences at home, the World Cup has focused attention on the Canadian men just as the Tokyo Olympics served as a platform for the women to shine. Qatar has also allowed C...
Dec 02, 2022

Canada has lessons to learn after glass half-full, half-empty return to World Cup
DOHA, Qatar - The Canadian men leave the World Cup with "our heads up," according to coach John Herdman. They also exit the world stage without a win, at the bottom of Group F and the second team to b...
Dec 02, 2022