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B.C. Lions bolster offence by signing three receivers, one running back
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have signed receivers Travis Fulgham, Stanley Berryhill III, Milton Wright and running back Ronald Awatt, the CFL team announced Tuesday. Fulgham played for 13 games with th...
Jan 16, 2024

Jets' leading goal-scorer Kyle Connor set to return from injury
WINNIPEG - The surging Winnipeg Jets are getting one of their biggest offensive weapons back with the return of leading goal-scorer Kyle Connor. The Jets announced Tuesday that the 27-year-old left-wi...
Jan 16, 2024

Calgary Stampeders sign Canadian receiver Middlemost to contract extension
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders signed Canadian receiver Tyson Middlemost to a contract extension Tuesday. The 25-year-old native of Dundas, Ont., was slated to become a free agent next month. The si...
Jan 16, 2024

Notley legacy as Alberta premier includes pipeline, higher minimum wage, deficits
EDMONTON - One of Rachel Notley's prized possessions from her time as Alberta premier sits on her bedroom dresser: a framed picture of hell freezing over. It's a photo of a newspaper headline taken th...
Jan 16, 2024

Crown says suspect in Quebec cold case murder tracked down by Y chromosome project
MONTREAL - A Quebec prosecutor says a man charged with the sexual assault and murder of a 19-year-old junior college student nearly 24 years ago was tracked down with the help of a project that matche...
Jan 16, 2024

Flames goalie Markstrom out day-to-day with injury, Wolf recalled from Wranglers
Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom is out day-to-day with a lower-body injury, the NHL club announced Tuesday. Markstrom, who is 13-11-2 with a 2.59 goals-against average and .912 save percenta...
Jan 16, 2024

Canada's Gushue opens Canadian Open with victory over Norway's Ramsfjell
RED DEER, Alta. - Canada's Brad Gushue opened the Grand Slam of Curling's Co-op Canadian Open with a 7-1 victory over Norway's Magnus Ramsfjell on Tuesday. Gushue, from St. John's, N.L., scored four i...
Jan 16, 2024

'Hurry please': Details of stabbing rampage heard on Day 2 of Saskatchewan inquest
MELFORT, Sask. - The first 911 calls as a mass stabbing unfolded on a Saskatchewan First Nation have been played on the second day of a coroner's inquest. "Hurry please. I'm bleeding," Brandon Generea...
Jan 16, 2024

Day after Trump win in Iowa, Trudeau says U.S. faces choice between optimism, retreat
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says voters in the United States will face a choice later this year between optimism for the future or nostalgia for a past that never existed. Trudeau made th...
Jan 16, 2024

Canadian welterweight (Proper) Mike Malott looks to make the most of UFC 297 showcase
TORONTO - It seems only fitting that Canadian welterweight (Proper) Mike Malott helps set the table for the two title fights that wrap up Saturday's UFC 297 fight card in Toronto Malott (10-1-1) is ba...
Jan 16, 2024