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Two-time Olympic trampoline champion Rosie MacLennan retires from competition
TORONTO - Two-time Olympic gold medallist Rosie MacLennan announced her retirement from competition on Friday while still working to make gymnastics and all sports safer in Canada. The 34-year-old rep...
Dec 02, 2022
Roughriders sign defensive back Jordan Beaulieu to one-year contract extension
REGINA - Canadian defensive back Jordan Beaulieu signed a one-year contract extension with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday. The five-foot-11 Beaulieu first signed with Saskatchewan in July and ...
Dec 02, 2022
'Major flaw': Judge blames police security plan in 2012 Quebec election shooting
MONTREAL - A Superior Court judge says the police security plan for Quebec's 2012 election night had a "major flaw" that permitted a gunman to carry out a deadly attack. Justice Philippe Blanger has a...
Dec 02, 2022
Ottawa trailing in protection of Indigenous women and girls: federal minister
OTTAWA - The minister for Crown-Indigenous relations says the federal government is trailing in its responsibility to protect Indigenous women and girls, despite allocating money toward the issue. Mar...
Dec 02, 2022
Newly sanctioned Iranians include Toronto gym denizen
OTTAWA - Canada is sanctioning more Iranian officials, including a senior military official spotted earlier this year at a Toronto-area gym. Morteza Talaei, Tehran's former police chief and a former g...
Dec 02, 2022
Government to un-redact text messages, notes of PMO staff at Emergencies Act inquiry
OTTAWA - Lawyers for "Freedom Convoy" organizers have won their bid to get access to unredacted versions of 20 documents at the Public Order Emergency Act. Lawyer Brendan Miller applied to have the pu...
Dec 02, 2022
Unemployment rate down in Lethbridge-Medicine Hat for November
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The unemployment rate in Alberta saw a significant jump last month, but locally, the rate for the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region was down.In November, the jobless rate for the provinc...
Dec 02, 2022
Canada Soccer to use lessons from Qatar to refine support at future tournaments
DOHA, Qatar - With bumper TV audiences at home, the World Cup has focused attention on the Canadian men just as the Tokyo Olympics served as a platform for the women to shine. Qatar has also allowed C...
Dec 02, 2022
Canada has lessons to learn after glass half-full, half-empty return to World Cup
DOHA, Qatar - The Canadian men leave the World Cup with "our heads up," according to coach John Herdman. They also exit the world stage without a win, at the bottom of Group F and the second team to b...
Dec 02, 2022
Lethbridge Hurricanes sign d-man Aiden Ziprick
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new defenceman has been added to the Lethbridge Hurricanes roster.The team has signed 2005-born player Aiden Ziprick to a Western Hockey League (WHL) Standard Player Agreement. The ...
Dec 02, 2022