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'I always considered myself a Canuck:' Bieksa officially retires in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - When Kevin Bieksa stepped on the ice at Rogers Arena for the Vancouver Canucks' morning skate on Thursday, he felt like he was home. It's been more than four years since the defenceman sui...
Nov 03, 2022

Decorated Canadian curler Jennifer Jones fast-tracking young team
CALGARY - Winning and mentorship hand in hand is what Jennifer Jones envisioned when she phoned Mackenzie Zacharias. Jones, an Olympic and two-time world curling champion, saw potential for both when ...
Nov 03, 2022

Five things you need to know about the Liberals’ fall economic update
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals unveiled their fall economic update Thursday - a 92-page mini-budget setting out Canada's fiscal situation and outlining new policies to tackle cost-of-living woes. The w...
Nov 03, 2022

After N.S. mass shooting, American family member of victims lost faith in Mounties
HALIFAX - U.S. citizen Jennifer Zahl Bruland says the murders of her father and stepmother in Nova Scotia's mass shooting led her to stop believing in the quality of Canada's national police force. In...
Nov 03, 2022

Avery Oitomen returns to Arrows after taking break to obtain degree in Wales
TORONTO - Wing Avery Oitomen is returning to the Toronto Arrows for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The 23-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., played for the Arrows in 2019 before stepping away to ob...
Nov 03, 2022

Hamilton will have to win two road games to make third straight Grey Cup appearance
HAMILTON - Safety Tunde Adeleke and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats will have to become road warriors to make another Grey Cup appearance. Hamilton (8-10) visits the Montreal Alouettes (9-9) in the East Divis...
Nov 03, 2022

Former goalkeeper Stephanie Labbé to be honorary coach for Special Olympics Canada
Amy Nelson and Kristy Alford say they're most excited about making new friends when they represent Canada at the Special Olympics World Games next year in Berlin. One of those new pals will be Stephan...
Nov 03, 2022

RCMP diverted attention from errors made during mass shooting investigation: lawsuit
HALIFAX - The spouse of the Nova Scotia mass shooter says she was charged with supplying ammunition to the killer because the RCMP wanted to deflect attention from mistakes made during their investiga...
Nov 03, 2022

Ontario border town giving Phillies some love to support local skipper Rob Thomson
CORUNNA, Ont. - Sporting loyalties on the Ontario side of the St. Clair River have been split between Toronto and Detroit for decades. The Blue Jays and Tigers hats have been put away for another seas...
Nov 03, 2022

Quebec hospital may remove child's breathing tube despite parents' objection: court
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has ruled that a Montreal children's hospital can permanently remove a breathing tube from a five-year-old who has been in a coma since June. The Sainte-Justin...
Nov 03, 2022