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Khari Jones joins Redblacks as offensive coordinator and assistant head coach
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks hired Khari Jones as the team's offensive coordinator on Saturday. He'll also serve as an assistant to head coach Bob Dyce, who had the interim tag removed from his title...
Dec 03, 2022

AHS redeploys staff from Calgary children's respite facility
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is redeploying staff from a facility in Calgary that helps dying children and their families to Alberta Children's Hospital to help deal with an influx of respiratory vir...
Dec 03, 2022

Canadian defender Alistair Johnston moves to Celtic after standout World Cup
Defender Alistair Johnston, one of Canada's standout players at the 2022 World Cup, is headed to Scotland's Glasgow Celtic. CF Montreal confirmed the transfer Saturday, saying it will take effect Jan....
Dec 03, 2022

'More American than football': Retired history professor recounts abortion fight
CALGARY - Betsy Jameson found a yellow piece of paper in 2017 when she cleaned out her office after retiring from the history department at the University of Calgary. The paper, faded and slightly sta...
Dec 03, 2022

Investments in Inuit housing inadequate to address human rights violations: watchdog
From a family living for seven years in a condemned home that was meant to be temporary to people with disabilities having to be carried in and out of their bathrooms, Canada's housing advocate says d...
Dec 03, 2022

Antisemitic celebrities stoke fears of normalizing hate
(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)U.S. Desk: Please file at 9a EST Saturday. NYSS504-507 are on hold.(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk) A surge of anti-Jewish vitriol, spread by a world-famous rapper, an NBA ...
Dec 03, 2022

Ministers decline request to testify on Afghan aid blockade as desperation grows
OTTAWA - Three Liberal ministers have declined invitations to testify at the Senate as the upper chamber probes why Canada still won't allow humanitarian workers to help in Afghanistan. The Senate's h...
Dec 03, 2022

Brady Tkachuk lifts Senators past Rangers, 3-2 in OT
NEW YORK (AP) - Brady Tkachuk scored the tying goal for Ottawa in the final minute of regulation and won it with a backhander with 17.4 seconds remaining in overtime as the Senators beat the New York ...
Dec 02, 2022

Former Jet Laine scores two and the Columbus Blue Jackets upset Winnipeg Jets 4-1
WINNIPEG - Patrik Laine scored twice and Johnny Gaudreau contributed a trio of assists as the Columbus Blue Jackets upset the Winnipeg Jets 4-1 on Friday. Laine was back in action after missing the pa...
Dec 02, 2022

Nets build huge lead, beat Raptors 114-105 for 4th straight
NEW YORK (AP) - Kyrie Irving scored 27 points and the Brooklyn Nets built a huge lead before beating the Toronto Raptors 114-105 on Friday night. Kevin Durant had 17 points and Nic Claxton chipped in ...
Dec 02, 2022