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Riders’ defence preparing for rejuvenated Reilly
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are set to match up against an improved and healthier Michael Reilly on Friday.The Riders faced the B.C. Lions and their 36-year-old quarterback on Aug. 6, but Reilly didn...
Sep 22, 2021
Kiermaier hit, apparent retribution, as Rays clinch playoffs
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Kevin Kiermaier was hit by a pitch, apparent retribution for scooping up a Toronto scouting report two days earlier, and the Tampa Bay Rays clinched a postseason berth with...
Sep 22, 2021
Vancouver Canucks sign forward Alex Chiasson to professional tryout contract
VANCOUVER - Forward Alex Chiasson is getting a shot with the Vancouver Canucks. The team announced Wednesday that it has signed the 30-year-old right-winger to a professional tryout contract ahead of ...
Sep 22, 2021
Suits against Ohio State over sex abuse by doc are dismissed
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal judge dismissed some of the biggest remaining lawsuits over Ohio State's failure to stop decades-old sexual abuse by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, saying We...
Sep 22, 2021
Suits against Ohio State over sex abuse by doc are dismissed
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal judge dismissed some of the biggest remaining lawsuits over Ohio State's failure to stop decades-old sexual abuse by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, saying We...
Sep 22, 2021
N.W.T. top doctor says health system is stretched, adds new orders
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories is introducing stricter public health measures and extending current orders as the territory continues to deal with an outbreak of COVID-19. Starting Saturday, ...
Sep 22, 2021
Owner of Quebec care home where 47 died during pandemic testifies at coroner inquest
MONTREAL - The owner of a Montreal long-term care home where 47 residents died during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic told a coroner's inquiry Wednesday she was relieved when government offici...
Sep 22, 2021
Long curling qualifying road to Beijing Olympics makes stop in Ottawa
Jill Brothers had been hoping there might be an outside chance her team could somehow find its way into the Home Hardware Curling Pre-Trials field next month in her hometown of Liverpool, N.S. A five-...
Sep 22, 2021
Environment groups say all parties now firmly behind strong action on climate change
OTTAWA - Two years ago environment groups applauded the federal election results as a win after almost two in every three voters picked a party with a clear commitment to combating climate change. Mon...
Sep 22, 2021
Northern Saskatchewan communities experience one of the hottest & driest summers on record
The last three months were some of the warmest ever recorded for northern Saskatchewan.That's according to Terri Lang, Meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, who said Prince Albert ...
Sep 22, 2021