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Canada's Jordan Mein returns to action with Bellator later this month
LOS ANGELES - Canadian welterweight Jordan (Young Gun) Mein will make his Bellator debut July 24 when the MMA organization stages its first fight card since Feb. 22. Bellator 242 will take place ...
Jul 15, 2020
Toronto Arrows sign five more players, including Argentine prop Gaston Cortes
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows have signed Argentine international prop Gaston Cortes and four others. The Major League Rugby team re-signed lock Paul Ciulini, prop Cole Keith and fullback/wing Gaston M...
Jul 15, 2020
Wendy's Canada selects Coaldale greenhouse as their sole lettuce provider
COALDALE, AB - Whole Leaf could be about to rake in some serious green.Wendy's Restaurants of Canada has announced that it is now sourcing 100 per cent of its lettuce from one particular Canadian grow...
Jul 15, 2020
Oklahoma's governor says he has tested positive for COVID-19
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Wednesday that he's the first governor in the United States to test positive for the coronavirus and that he is isolating at home. Stitt, 48, said h...
Jul 15, 2020
Lethbridge Police to keep Marshal Iwaasa case open
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service recently wrapped up a search of the area where Marshal Iwaasa's burned out truck was found in B.C.The southern Alberta man has been missing since Novembe...
Jul 15, 2020
Bloc leader Yves-Francois Blanchet denies anonymous allegations against him
MONTREAL - The leader of the Bloc Quebecois is categorically denying allegations that were made against him Tuesday night in an anonymous Facebook post. Yves-Francois Blanchet reacted today throu...
Jul 15, 2020
Two presumed COVID-19 cases at Nunavut mine may be territory's first infections
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is reporting two presumptive cases of COVID-19 at an iron mine on the northern tip of Baffin Island. The territory is the only jurisdiction in Canada without a confirmed cas...
Jul 15, 2020
Ethnocultural crime statistics to be collected through police, StatCan co-operation
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada and the country's police chiefs have agreed to help collect and report data about Indigenous and ethnocultural groups when compiling information on victi...
Jul 15, 2020
Super League looks to help out the Toronto Wolfpack over visa issue for imports
TORONTO - Rugby league authorities say they are working with the Toronto Wolfpack to resolve a visa issue that could derail the transatlantic team's attempt to resume play in England this summer. At i...
Jul 15, 2020
Ethiopia denies reports government has started filling dam
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ethiopia's water minister is denying reports citing him as saying the government had begun filling the massive hydroelectric dam that has caused severe tensions with Egypt. Aft...
Jul 15, 2020