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Alouettes look to hand Toronto its first home loss of season in East final
Cody Fajardo and the Montreal Alouettes are on a nice roll and enjoying their best season since 2012, but they will be decided underdogs Saturday afternoon. Montreal visits BMO Field to face the Toron...
Nov 08, 2023
Defence policy update: Industry demand for clarity has Blair back at drawing board
OTTAWA, Kan. - Defence Minister Bill Blair says he recently instructed his team to rejig the Liberals' long-promised defence policy update, so as to give industry more clarity on long-term spending pl...
Nov 08, 2023
Two more Lethbridge neighbourhoods drop speed limits to 40 km/hr
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge said is it continuing research into how reduced speed limits in residential neighbourhoods could impact safety.Effective November 24, 2023, the speed limit has ...
Nov 08, 2023
Colorado funeral home owner, wife, arrested on charges linked to the handling of at least 189 bodies
DENVER (AP) - The owner of a Colorado funeral home and his wife were arrested Wednesday after the decaying remains of at least 189 people were recently found at his facility. Jon and Carrie Hallford w...
Nov 08, 2023
English Montreal school board sues after it's forced to communicate in French only
MONTREAL - The English Montreal School Board says it will take the Quebec government to court over strict language rules requiring the board to communicate exclusively in French. The board says it wil...
Nov 08, 2023
Woman part of first cohort of Canadian evacuees describes journey from Gaza to Egypt
A woman who was part of the first group of Canadians evacuated from Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war says she is incredibly relieved to have made it out of the besieged Palestinian enclave with her two ...
Nov 08, 2023
Trudeau to travel to San Francisco Nov. 15-17 to attend meeting of APEC leaders
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to travel to San Francisco next week for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly and Internatio...
Nov 08, 2023
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to share stage with former Fox host Tucker Carlson
CALGARY, AB - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to share a stage in January with a right-wing news commentator who has defended a white-supremacist theory and spread misinformation about the war i...
Nov 08, 2023
Canada's Einarson dumps South Korea's Ha at Grand Slam of Curling's Kioti National
PICTOU, N.S. - Canada's Kerri Einarson defeated South Korea's Seungyoun Ha 7-1 on Wednesday morning at the Grand Slam of Curling's Kioti National. Einarson and her team from Gimli, Man., needed only f...
Nov 08, 2023
The Under-17 World Cup gives Indonesia a second chance at hosting a global soccer event
Indonesia's unexpected second chance of hosting a global soccer tournament gets underway Friday when the Under-17 World Cup kicks off in Surabaya. The soccer-loving nation of almost 280 million is det...
Nov 08, 2023