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Trevor Harris to start at quarterback for Alouettes versus Roughriders
There's no quarterback controversy in Montreal, at least not this week. Veteran Trevor Harris will start Thursday night when Montreal hosts the Saskatchewan Roughriders in its home opener. Incumbent V...
Jun 22, 2022
Canadian Shaedon Sharpe has created plenty of buzz ahead of NBA draft
A video of high-flying guard Shaedon Sharpe created a big buzz last month. The 19-year-old from London, Ont., takes two steps then leaps, touching above the top of a vertical leap testing gauge. If th...
Jun 22, 2022
CRTC renews CBC licensing for another five years, tweaks its mandate
OTTAWA - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is renewing CBC's licensing, with tweaks to its mandate that will require it to spend money on programming produced by people w...
Jun 22, 2022
Capitol riot hearings to stretch into July, chairman says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House's Jan. 6 committee plans to continue its public hearings into July as its investigation of the Capitol riot deepens. The chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, told reporters Wedn...
Jun 22, 2022
Hurricanes trade Easton Kovacs to Seattle Thunderbirds for 2024 draft pick
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Hurricanes have traded defenseman Easton Kovacs to Seattle.In exchange, the Lethbridge club will receive a fifth-round draft pick in the 2024 Western Hockey League (WHL...
Jun 22, 2022
Parliamentary committee proposes government make strategy to address financial abuse
OTTAWA - A parliamentary report recommends the government develop a comprehensive strategy to address financial and economic abuse as a way to prevent intimate partner violence. The recent report by t...
Jun 22, 2022
Jason Kenney announces cabinet changes
EDMONTON, AB - Premier Jason Kenney has announced several changes to cabinet that the government says will fill vacancies left by departing ministers.The following changes were announced in a news rel...
Jun 22, 2022
Man found not responsible for Times Square vehicle rampage
NEW YORK (AP) - A man who drove his car through crowds of people in Times Square in 2017, killing a young tourist and maiming helpless pedestrians, was cleared of responsibility Wednesday because of m...
Jun 22, 2022
Bulgaria's no-confidence vote could hamper EU expansion
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Lawmakers in Bulgaria have approved a no-confidence motion against the country's coalition government that could topple the centrist prime minister and further stall efforts by ...
Jun 22, 2022
IndyCar driver Devlin DeFrancesco raising funds for Toronto's Sunnybrook hospital
Devlin DeFrancesco will finally be returning to Toronto as an IndyCar driver next month, and he plans to give back to the local doctors and nurses who saved his life as a baby. The 22-year-old DeFranc...
Jun 22, 2022