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Alouettes in town as Bombers look to start season 10-0 for the first time since 1960
WINNIPEG - Zach Collaros admits he's got to brush up on his Winnipeg Blue Bombers' history, even though he's aware the team is on the cusp of tying a club record. If the Blue Bombers (9-0) defeat the ...
Aug 10, 2022
Timberwolves men's soccer team prepping for season opener
PRINCE GEORGE - August 26 is quickly approaching for the TWolves men's soccer team. The team has been hard at work preparing for their pre-season tournament in Kelowna next week to see where their tea...
Aug 10, 2022
Aid shipment to Afghanistan cancelled due to anti-terrorist law
OTTAWA - Two containers of food bound for Afghanistan have been cancelled by a Canadian aid agency because of a law banning any dealings with the Taliban. World Vision says it has been forced to cance...
Aug 10, 2022
Snowbirds grounded in 'operational pause' as B.C. accident investigated: Air Force
WINNIPEG - The Royal Canadian Air Force has ordered an "operational pause" for its Snowbird air demonstration squadron jets after a crash earlier this month. A statement from Maj.-Gen. Iain Huddleston...
Aug 10, 2022
Ex-Miss America Mund: Abortion ruling prompted US House run
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Former Miss America Cara Mund said Wednesday that her concern about the erosion of abortion rights prompted her independent bid for the U.S. House in her home state of North Dako...
Aug 10, 2022
Morreale: CEBL's championship weekend caps another successful CEBL season
OTTAWA - Mike Morreale says people thought he was crazy when he became commissioner and chief executive officer of the fledgling Canadian Elite Basketball League four years ago. Now he can't imagine C...
Aug 10, 2022
Canadian Rourke leads B.C. Lions into Calgary to face Stamps in intriguing matchup
Nathan Rourke and the B.C. Lions will get to know the Calgary Stampeders very well over the next few weeks. B.C. (6-1) visits Calgary (5-2) on Saturday night in the first of three meetings between the...
Aug 10, 2022
Quebec public health wants smelter's arsenic emissions cut to 5 times provincial norm
MONTREAL - Quebec's public health director is recommending that arsenic emissions in a northwestern Quebec city be reduced to five times the provincial standard. Dr. Luc Boileau told reporters today t...
Aug 10, 2022
City of North Bay to dedicate field in honour of Blue Bombers head coach O'Shea
He's a six-time Grey Cup champion and member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. But on Saturday, he'll merely be known as Mike O'Shea from North Bay, Ont. On Saturday, the city of North Bay will d...
Aug 10, 2022
Montreal public health investigating after man dies from legionnaires' disease
Montreal public health officials say they are investigating a deadly case of legionnaires' disease in the city's east end to see if it is linked to two other cases detected in the area. The city's pub...
Aug 10, 2022