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Roughriders head coach, GM both have a lot riding on 2023 CFL season
Craig Dickenson has a lot riding on the 2023 CFL season. The Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach is entering the final year of his contract. And Dickenson isn't alone as general manager Jeremy O'Day's...
Jun 05, 2023

India among top actors for foreign interference in Canada: national security adviser
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's national security adviser says India is among the top sources of foreign interference in Canada. Jody Thomas says "a number of state actors and non-state proxi...
Jun 05, 2023

Number of Quebec wildfires rises to 164, at least 114 are out of control
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says there are 164 wildfires burning across the province, including at least 114 that are out of control. Kateri Champagne Jourdain, the minister responsible for the C...
Jun 05, 2023

Ducks hire former Leafs, Islanders assistant Greg Cronin as head coach
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - The Anaheim Ducks have hired veteran NHL assistant and AHL head coach Greg Cronin to be their new head coach. Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek announced the decision Monday to ...
Jun 05, 2023

It will take days to collect debris from plane that flew over Washington, crashed in rural Virginia
WASHINGTON (AP) - Four were killed when an unresponsive plane that flew over the nation's capitol crashed in Virginia, leaving behind "highly fragmented" wreckage in a mountainous area that will take ...
Jun 05, 2023

New Hampshire Gov. Sununu rules out 2024 presidential bid, citing already crowded GOP field
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said Monday that he will not seek the presidency in 2024. The 48-year-old Republican governor, a frequent critic of former President Donald Trump, made the announcement...
Jun 05, 2023

Ticats land Canadian defensive lineman Kongbo from Lions
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats acquired Canadian defensive lineman Jonathan Kongbo from the B.C. Lions on Monday for a conditional fourth-round 2024 draft pick. Hamilton originally obtained the pi...
Jun 05, 2023

Calgary '88 Olympic Games leader Bob Niven dead at 80
CALGARY - One of the men who brought the Winter Olympic Games to Calgary in 1988 has died. Bob Niven, who was president of the bid committee, died May 26 at the age of 80. Niven was vice-chair of the ...
Jun 05, 2023

Sudan crisis: Canada to match $5 million in donations
Ottawa is matching donations to Canadian groups working to help people affected by the humanitarian crisis in Sudan. The Humanitarian Coalition, which includes a dozen organizations, says Ottawa will ...
Jun 05, 2023

Davenport, Iowa, officials: 3 bodies recovered at apartment collapse site; no others thought missing
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Three bodies have been recovered from the site of a collapsed six-story apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, and no other people are thought to be missing, city officials sai...
Jun 05, 2023