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Alouettes QB Cody Fajardo to return from injury Thursday vs. Blue Bombers
Montreal Alouettes quarterback Cody Fajardo is set to return from injury this week against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, head coach Jason Maas confirmed on Tuesday. Fajardo had missed the last two games ...
Aug 22, 2023
Patients in B.C. long-term care homes and N.W.T. hospitals displaced by wildfires
Nearly 900 seniors have been forced out of care facilities in a wildfire-ravaged region of British Columbia while the province has joined Alberta in receiving medical evacuees from the Northwest Terri...
Aug 22, 2023
Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation settles century-old grievance with Ottawa
OTTAWA - Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation in Saskatchewan has settled a specific claim with the federal government over nearly 20,000 acres of land. The nation north of Regina and the federal government ...
Aug 22, 2023
Quebec court authorizes class action over alleged sterilization of Indigenous women
Quebec's Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Atikamekw women who say they were sterilized against their will. Two plaintiffs are leading the suit filed on behalf of all t...
Aug 22, 2023
B.C. woman looking for lone firefighter she says saved her home with garden hose
KELOWNA - A British Columbia fire evacuee is looking for a solo firefighter she says saved her home from flames with a garden hose. Marnie Endersby has taken to social media to share her story in hope...
Aug 22, 2023
Climate change made Quebec fire weather twice as likely, flames more intense: study
Climate change has made summers like the kind that led to Quebec's disastrous wildfire season at least seven times more likely to happen again, says a new scientific analysis. The study by the U.K.-ba...
Aug 22, 2023
Canada's Marco Arop advances to men's 800m semifinal at World Athletics Championships
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Edmonton's Marco Arop cruised into the men's 800-metre semifinals on Tuesday at the World Athletics Championships. Arop finished atop the seventh and final heat with a time of one ...
Aug 22, 2023
Ford named CFL's top-graded quarterback after leading Elks to first victory
TORONTO - Canadian Tre Ford was very efficient in leading the Edmonton Elks to their first win of the season. Ford, of Niagara Falls, Ont., earned the top quarterback grade of 91.7 on Tuesday in the C...
Aug 22, 2023
Federal NDP targets blue seats in Alberta, bets on urban prairie appetite for change
OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats are eyeing Alberta's urban-rural divide as a way to flip blue seats in the next general election. Jennifer Howard, chief of staff to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, sees a...
Aug 22, 2023
Quebec releases new road safety plan, includes higher fines for drivers
MONTREAL - Quebec is rolling out a sweeping series of proposed regulations to deter dangerous drivers by increasing fines and adding speed cameras across the province. Transport Minister Genevive Guil...
Aug 22, 2023