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Canadian tight end Antony Auclair isn't looking back after NFL retirement
Antony Auclair took a year to ponder his future in football. Once he made his decision, he wasn't going to look back. Not even after receiving a formal invitation from an NFL team. "I had a tryout thi...
Feb 01, 2024

Evacuation alerts lifted as flood risk recedes across B.C.'s South Coast
PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Pemberton resident Dean Matt's anxiety has waxed and waned this week with the levels of the swollen Lillooet River on B.C.'s South Coast. Matt, owner of a roofing...
Feb 01, 2024

Library's future bright
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Public Library has been up and running since 1955, moving to its current location in 1981. Currently, the library had just under 180,000 people walk through their doo...
Feb 01, 2024

National chief calls on Ottawa to resume policing talks after mass stabbing inquest
SASKATOON - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says a coroner's inquest into a mass killing in Saskatchewan shows Ottawa must return to the table to negotiate long-promised legislatio...
Feb 01, 2024

One dead in Western Quebec plane crash; TSB to deploy investigators Friday
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say a 57-year-old man is dead after a Cessna 172 plane crashed in Western Quebec early Thursday. The Transportation Safety Board says its investigators will be depl...
Feb 01, 2024

New CF Montreal striker Matais Coccaro: 'I'm here to score goals'
MONTREAL - Matias Coccaro says he loves scoring goals. That will come as welcome news to a CF Montreal side that sorely needed them last season. The 26-year-old Uruguayan striker said scoring would be...
Feb 01, 2024

FIFA World Cup tournament path to become a little clearer Sunday in televised reveal
TORONTO - The 2026 World Cup tournament path will become a little clearer Sunday with a televised reveal on some schedule details. On Sunday, the world will learn the host city allocations for the 48-...
Feb 01, 2024

Wake-up call: Former Argonaut Jordan Williams embraces move to 'hard-nosed' Hamilton
It wasn't exactly the best start to Jordan Williams' day. The Canadian linebacker awoke Monday morning expecting it to be another day of preparing to help the Toronto Argonauts avenge a disappointing ...
Feb 01, 2024

Increase in U.S. softwood lumber duties 'entirely unwarranted,' trade minister says
OTTAWA - The federal government is lashing out at the U.S. Commerce Department over plans to raise duties on Canadian softwood lumber. International Trade Minister Mary Ng says the U.S. has signalled ...
Feb 01, 2024

Auger-Aliassime squeaks into Montpellier quarters with win over Cazaux
MONTPELLIER, France - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals of the Open Sud de France tennis tournament with a razor-thin 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (4) win over local favourite Arthur Cazau...
Feb 01, 2024