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Grey Cup champion Blue Bombers extend contracts of coach and general manager
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are rewarding general manager Kyle Walters and head coach Mike O'Shea for helping the team win the Grey Cup last month. The CFL team says Walters' contract&nb...
Dec 13, 2019
Brad Wall not interested in Conservative party leadership
REGINA - Former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall says he's not interested in running for the Conservative party leadership. His is one of the names being tossed around in Conservative circles ...
Dec 13, 2019
Two Hurricanes named to 2020 World Junior roster
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Hockey Canada has announced its 24-man roster for the upcoming 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship and a couple of Lethbridge Hurricanes made the cut.19-year-old Calen Addison is one ...
Dec 13, 2019 Dylan Cozens and Calen Addison will represent Canada at the World Juniors (Photo courtesy the Lethbridge Hurricanes at lethbridgehurricanes.com)
Police investigate after woman, two young sons found dead in east-end Montreal home
MONTREAL - Police officers who showed up at an east-end Montreal home Wednesday morning to break the news of a family member's death instead discovered the bodies of a 42 year-old-woman and ...
Dec 13, 2019
Bill to ratify new North American trade deal coming in short order: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Opposition parties' public fretting over aspects of the newly revised North American free-trade deal - a pact tweaked this week to win American lawmakers' support - suggests the agreemen...
Dec 13, 2019
AG Lametti looking ahead to larger reforms on doctor-assisted death
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking his justice minister to move quickly to respond to a recent court ruling on doctor-assisted death. David Lametti received his new mandate let...
Dec 13, 2019
Crown corporation immune from taxation, but still might have to pay GST: Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says the B.C. agency responsible for managing public-sector pension plan investments is constitutionally immune from remitting the goods-and-services tax to the fe...
Dec 13, 2019
Trudeau tells ministers openness, co-operation are key in minority government
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking his finance minister to cut taxes but also keep "fiscal firepower" on hand in case the economy goes bad. Trudeau is giving detailed to-do lists to ...
Dec 13, 2019
A$AP Rocky to perform in Stockholm months after conviction
STOCKHOLM - A$AP Rocky is back in Sweden. The American rapper is set to perform late Wednesday in Stockholm, where he was convicted of assault in August over a street brawl. The artist, whose real nam...
Dec 13, 2019
Taylor Swift calls out Scooter Braun during Billboard speech
LOS ANGELES - Taylor Swift used the Billboard Women in Music stage to address a series of issues including her ongoing beef with Scooter Braun. Swift was awarded the first-ever woman of the decade hon...
Dec 13, 2019