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Fajardo taking full advantage of his opportunity with Roughriders
Cody Fajardo is the CFL's 2019 feel-good story. He began the year as Saskatchewan's backup quarterback but was thrust into the starting lineup just three plays into the Roughriders...
Sep 30, 2019
Winnipeg Jets star Patrik Laine happy to sign bridge deal with club
WINNIPEG - Patrik Laine isn't short on confidence. The two-year bridge deal Laine signed with the Winnipeg Jets last Friday gives him the opportunity to increase his value on his next contract. "I kno...
Sep 30, 2019
Canada's Mohammed Ahmed wins world bronze in men's 5,000 metres
DOHA, Qatar - Mohammed Ahmed has made Canadian history at the world track and field championships. The 28-year-old Ahmed won a bronze medal in the men's 5,000 metres on Monday, becoming the first Cana...
Sep 30, 2019
Reigning NBA champion Toronto Raptors ready to begin quest to repeat
TORONTO - Entering every NBA season in recent years, the respect level for the Toronto Raptors always seemed to be a touch lower than other contenders. No matter how many division titles they earned o...
Sep 30, 2019
NDP commits $10 billion for 500,000 new child-care spaces across Canada
OTTAWA - An NDP government would spend $10 billion over the next four years to create 500,000 new child-care spaces in Canada, leader Jagmeet Singh said Monday. In an announcement at a child-care...
Sep 30, 2019
Coleman denies trying to barter husband Boyle to get chocolate in captivity
OTTAWA - Caitlan Coleman denies trying to use her husband Joshua Boyle as a bargaining chip to get chocolate while the pair were held captive by extremists. Coleman told Boyle's assault trial in Ontar...
Sep 30, 2019
NHL's Hank Williams? Green Day song may be new hockey anthem
The NHL could be on the way to its version of "Are You Ready For Some Football?" The league is announcing a two-year partnership with Green Day that includes an opening song for NBC Sports' "Wednesday...
Sep 30, 2019
Renowned poet Rupi Kaur endorses Jagmeet Singh before crowd in his B.C. riding
BURNABY, B.C. - Internationally renowned poet Rupi Kaur and Jagmeet Singh held a love-in of sorts Saturday as each heaped praise on the other before a crowd in the NDP leader's riding in Burnaby, B.C....
Sep 30, 2019
Scheer promises Tories would ease access to federal disability tax credit
WHITBY, Ont. - Andrew Scheer continued applying his campaign strategy of offering tax breaks to specific groups of Canadians on Monday by promising a Conservative government would make it easier for t...
Sep 30, 2019
Scheer promotes Conservative plan to create national energy corridor
EDMONTON - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer touted his plan for a national energy corridor Saturday, pitching it not only as a way to benefit the struggling oil-and-gas sector, but also the environme...
Sep 30, 2019