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Text messages link Favre, welfare money, volleyball facility
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The governor of Mississippi in 2017 was "on board" with a plan for a nonprofit group to pay Brett Favre more than $1 million in welfare grant money so the retired NFL quarterback...
Sep 14, 2022
Ottawa Senators sign forward Tyler Motte to one-year, $1.35-million contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senatorshave signed forward Tyler Motte to a one-year, US$1.35-million contract. The 27-year-old registered 15 points (seven goals, eight assists) over 49 games with Vancouver last...
Sep 14, 2022
No charges coming, but RCMP will update probe of vandalism against B.C. gondola
SURREY, B.C. - RCMP say they are ready to release new details about two acts of vandalism against a privately owned tourist attraction near Squamish, B.C. The Mounties' major crimes special projects s...
Sep 14, 2022
Blue Bombers can become first CFL team to clinch home playoff game
Zach Collaros and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are eyeing another CFL first. Winnipeg (12-1) is the only team to have cemented a playoff berth this season. On Saturday afternoon, the Bombers can become t...
Sep 14, 2022
Conservative Bolduc wins New Hampshire's GOP Senate primary
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Retired Army Brig. Gen. Donald Bolduc won New Hampshire's Senate Republican primary on Wednesday and will face potentially vulnerable Democratic incumbent Maggie Hassan in Novembe...
Sep 14, 2022
Quebec election: Liberals to correct costed platform after underestimating debt
MONTREAL - The Quebec Liberals today removed their costed platform from their website after a media report noted its debt figures were off by $12 billion. La Presse reported that the Liberals underest...
Sep 14, 2022
Italian star Lorenzo Insigne returns to training with Toronto FC
TORONTO - Italian star Lorenzo Insigne returned to training Wednesday after missing Toronto FC's weekend loss in Atlanta due to what the MLS team described as a "personal family situation." The club d...
Sep 14, 2022
Homicide investigators probe fatal shooting, torched vehicle, in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - A man has been shot and killed in Burnaby, B.C. A statement from Burnaby RCMP says the attack happened just after 11 p.m. Tuesday along a busy stretch of Hastings Street near Confedera...
Sep 14, 2022
Canadian caster Jen (LemonKiwi) Pichette helps provide Overwatch League soundtrack
TORONTO - Standing in front of a bank of screens, Jen (LemonKiwi) Pichette's arms are in constant motion as she documents the carnage in front of her. "Toronto runs London over like a truck," she says...
Sep 14, 2022
Hockey Canada says 2019 email does not reflect the federation's "current direction"
TORONTO - Hockey Canada says a 2019 email detailing its desire to self-govern its safe-sport cases does not reflect the organization's current direction. The national federation, which has been under ...
Sep 14, 2022