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Lions CB Okudah has season-ending Achilles tendon injury
Detroit Lions cornerback Jeff Okudah has a season-ending Achilles tendon injury, the team announced Monday. "He will be out for the rest of the year," Lions coach Dan Campbell said. "I hate it for him...
Sep 13, 2021

Slumping Toronto FC could do worse than follow the progress of improving Inter Miami
TORONTO - In hosting Inter Miami CF on Tuesday, struggling Toronto FC could do well to take a page out of the second-year MLS team's book. And hope that it can get to where Phil Neville's side has got...
Sep 13, 2021

Tories promise new parents on leave could earn up to $1,000 without losing EI benefit
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives promised Monday to let new parents earn up to $1,000 per month without it affecting their maternity or parental leave payments. The pledge builds on Tory Leader Erin...
Sep 13, 2021

Triple fatal on Highway 6 near Watson
Three men are dead following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 6 over the weekend.On Sept. 12, around 12:30 a.m., Melfort RCMP responded to the scene of a minivan and a truck towing a boat on the hig...
Sep 13, 2021

Desmond inquiry: Nova Scotia firearms official testifies about better communication
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Nova Scotia's chief firearms officer told an inquiry today that communications with his colleagues in other provinces have improved since a former soldier fatally shot his fami...
Sep 13, 2021

Oklahoma board urges governor to commute death sentence
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole Board on Monday recommended the governor commute the death sentence of Julius Jones, who has maintained his innocence in a 1999 killing that has garne...
Sep 13, 2021

Raj Saini stands to gain $93,000 payoff — but no pension — after standing down
OTTAWA - Raj Saini stands to walk away with a $93,000 "golden goodbye" after standing down as a Liberal candidate. The former MP for Kitchener Centre stepped down after facing allegations that he hara...
Sep 13, 2021

Raj Saini stands to gain $93,000 payoff — but no pension — after standing down
OTTAWA - Raj Saini stands to walk away with a $93,000 "golden goodbye" after standing down as a Liberal candidate. The former MP for Kitchener Centre stepped down after facing allegations that he hara...
Sep 13, 2021

Law changes to protect sexual violence victims in Saskatchewan
A proposed change to laws in Saskatchewan will take effect today with the aim of protecting victims of sexual violence. The changes were first brought forward in January of this year to help sexual vi...
Sep 13, 2021

Staff, supplies lacking at Résidence Herron before the pandemic, Quebec coroner hears
MONTREAL - A nurse told a Quebec coroner's inquest today that a Montreal-area long-term care home where dozens of people died during the first wave of COVID-19 was understaffed and lacked proper equip...
Sep 13, 2021