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Riders quarterback Fajardo unsure where he'd be without Lawrence's hit on Collaros
With one play, Simoni Lawrence changed the path of Cody Fajardo's CFL career. Fajardo entered the 2019 season as Saskatchewan's backup and short-yardage quarterback behind Zach Collaros. But the 28-ye...
Nov 19, 2020
Saint John Sea Dogs have five games postponed after positive COVID test
QUEBEC - The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Saint John Sea Dogs have suspended in-person activities after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19.The Sea Dogs become the fifth team in the maj...
Nov 19, 2020
Solitary confinement persists in federal prisons despite new system, reports find
TORONTO - Prisoners are still being held in harmful solitary confinement despite a revamped system implemented after the courts struck down the previous regime as unconstitutional, according to two re...
Nov 19, 2020
Thompson has torn Achilles tendon, expected to miss season
SAN FRANCISCO - Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson has suffered a torn right Achilles tendon and is expected to miss the upcoming season, the team said Thursday. The team said in a tweet that a...
Nov 19, 2020
Border officer can't recall where idea to collect Meng's phone passcodes came from
VANCOUVER - The border officer who led the examination of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver's airport before her arrest two years ago says he can't recall whose idea it was to collect the pas...
Nov 19, 2020
Border officer can't recall where idea to collect Meng's phone passcodes came from
VANCOUVER - The border officer who led the examination of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver's airport before her arrest two years ago says he can't recall whose idea it was to collect the pas...
Nov 19, 2020
'Shuggie Bain' writer Douglas Stuart wins Booker Prize
LONDON - Scottish writer Douglas Stuart won the Booker Prize for fiction Thursday for "Shuggie Bain," the story of a boy's turbulent coming of age in hardscrabble 1980s Glasgow. Stuart, 44, won the pr...
Nov 19, 2020
Woodbine Entertainment announces that jockey has tested positive for COVID-19
TORONTO - A jockey based at Woodbine Racetrack has tested positive for COVID-19.Woodbine Entertainment made the announcement Thursday, but didn't divulge the identity of the jockey. As per the per the...
Nov 19, 2020
Jim Pattison Broadcast Group wins BCAB for Spirit Day coverage
PRINCE GEORGE - A big honour for the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group.The British Columbia Association of Broadcasters (BCAB) today announced that The River and The Drive have been awarded its Community S...
Nov 19, 2020
Alek Minassian fantasized about mass shootings, court hears
TORONTO - A psychiatrist at the trial of the man behind Toronto's van attack says Alek Minassian had a long history of fantasizing about shooting other people.Dr. Rebecca Chauhan, who was hired by the...
Nov 19, 2020