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Ottawa Redblacks sign American quarterback Tyrie Adams to contract extension
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks signed American quarterback Tyrie Adams to a one-year contract extension Wednesday. Adams, 27, hasn't thrown a pass in 2024 after suffering a season-ending knee injury in...
Oct 09, 2024

Official languages report questions enrolment cap on Quebec English junior colleges
OTTAWA - Canada's official languages commissioner is expressing concern over Quebec's decision to cap the number of students who can enrol in the province's English-language junior colleges. Raymond T...
Oct 09, 2024

Quebec puts youth protection office branch under trusteeship after shocking report
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has put a branch of the province's youth protection office under trusteeship following a report that alleges the rights of dozens of children have been violated. La Pr...
Oct 09, 2024

Maple Leafs goalie Woll out for opener against Canadiens, Stolarz to start
MONTREAL - Toronto goalie Anthony Stolarz will get the start in place of injured Joseph Woll when the Maple Leafs visit the Montreal Canadiens to open their NHL season on Wednesday night. Maple Leafs ...
Oct 09, 2024

Biden and Netanyahu hold their first conversation in weeks. Trump recently called the Israeli leader
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday were holding their first call in weeks, a conversation that comes as Israel expands its ground incursio...
Oct 09, 2024

Former Sen. Tim Johnson, the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Dakota, dies at 77
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Former Sen. Tim Johnson, a centrist who was the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Dakota and who was adept at securing federal funding for projects back home dur...
Oct 09, 2024

Time to evacuate is running out as Hurricane Milton closes in on Florida
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The National Weather Service says a tornado is on the ground in the lightly populated Everglades area of South Florida. The service posted a photo on the social platform X of the fu...
Oct 09, 2024

The death toll in a gang attack on a small Haitian town rises to 115, a local official says
PONT-SOND, Haiti (AP) - The death toll in a brutal gang attack last week on a small town in central Haiti has risen to 115, a local official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The attack on resid...
Oct 09, 2024

Ottawa Senators sign goalie Ullmark to four-year contract extension
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed goaltender Linus Ullmark to a four-year contract extension. The NHL team says the deal is worth US$33 million with an average annual value of $8.25 million. Ot...
Oct 09, 2024

NHLers discuss long-term injured reserve rules: 'Obviously a loophole in the system'
Nick Suzuki and the Montreal Canadiens were dreaming big. The club stunned the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the 2021 playoffs before sweeping the Winnipeg Jets and besting the Vegas Golde...
Oct 09, 2024