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Downtown Businesses need attention
PRINCE GEORGE - A billion dollars to be spread over 188 municipalities. That's what the Province has announced as the new Growing Communities Fund. Music to the ears of local government, though the de...
Feb 23, 2023

Hamilton Tiger-Cats deal veteran quarterback Dane Evans to B.C. Lions
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats traded former starting quarterback Dane Evans to the B.C. Lions on Thursday. Hamilton receives a conditional 2024 fourth-round selection for Evans, who started for the Ticats i...
Feb 23, 2023

Co-founder and CEO Chris Overholt leaving OverActive Media for another job
TORONTO - Chris Overholt is stepping down as CEO of OverActive Media. The esports company says Overholt is leaving "to pursue another opportunity" but will stay on as a strategic adviser for 30 days t...
Feb 23, 2023

Florida executes man for 1990 murder while a fugitive
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - Florida executed a man on Thursday for murdering a woman in 1990 after he escaped from prison, stabbing her to death in a shopping mall parking lot in an attempted carjacking. Dona...
Feb 23, 2023

Ryan O'Reilly settling into life as a member of the Maple Leafs
TORONTO - Ryan O'Reilly passed through the locker room's sliding doors and was immediately told he would be heading to a different sheet of ice. After one of the newest Maple Leafs was done with a ser...
Feb 23, 2023

Ontario Indigenous group criticizes federal government's unmarked graves contract
OTTAWA - An Indigenous political organization representing 39 Ontario First Nations says it is "confounded" by a federal decision to hire an international organization to provide advice on unmarked gr...
Feb 23, 2023

Argos head coach Dinwiddie content with giving Chad Kelly chance to lead offence
TORONTO - McLeod Bethel-Thompson's decision to play in the fledgling USFL this season didn't catch Ryan Dinwiddie by surprise. The Toronto head coach said Thursday the Argonauts have known for about a...
Feb 23, 2023

Survey by seniors advocate says home support satisfaction declined in past five years
VICTORIA - A survey by British Columbia's seniors advocate of people who receive home support has found a decline in satisfaction with the services over the past five years. Isobel Mackenzie's "We Mus...
Feb 23, 2023

Auger-Aliassime through to semis at Qatar Open, next faces nemesis Medvedev
DOHA, Qatar - Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 7-6 (5) Thursday at the Qatar Open, setting up a semifinal against nemesis Daniil Medvedev. A...
Feb 23, 2023

Class action against Quebec businessman accused of allegedly paying minors for sex
MONTREAL - A Montreal law firm has filed an application for a class-action lawsuit against a prominent Quebec businessman accused of allegedly paying minors for sex. Consumer Law Group is representing...
Feb 23, 2023