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Montreal Alouettes face B.C. Lions minus head coach Khari Jones in COVID-19 isolation
MONTREAL - With head coach Khari Jones in COVID-19 isolation, the Montreal Alouettes' play-calling Saturday will be by committee led by Andre Bolduc. The Alouettes (2-2) are at home to the B.C. Lions ...
Sep 17, 2021
Veteran TFC fullback Justin Morrow looks to keep making a difference post-soccer
TORONTO - Justin Morrow cost Toronto FC some US$100,000 in allocation money when he came over in a December 2013 trade with the San Jose Earthquakes. Back then, it was a fair chunk of change - a sourc...
Sep 17, 2021
Conservative dropped as candidate over tweets says she is still the Tory choice
OTTAWA - A Conservative candidate dropped by the party over Islamophobic tweets she claims were faked says she is still running as the "confirmed" Tory candidate in the Toronto riding. The Tories dump...
Sep 17, 2021
Kane says he didn't know in 2010 about assault allegations
CHICAGO - Blackhawks star Patrick Kane said Friday he has participated in the investigation into allegations that a then-assistant coach sexually assaulted two players in 2010, adding that he did not ...
Sep 17, 2021
RCMP seeks search, access powers at Fairy Creek to safely execute expiring injunction
NANAIMO, B.C. - The RCMP says it needs more powers to search and exclude people at an old-growth logging protest area on Vancouver Island where about 1,000 arrests have already been made. A federal go...
Sep 17, 2021
Pentagon reverses itself, calls deadly Kabul strike an error
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month, announcing Friday that a review revealed that only civilians were ...
Sep 17, 2021
Elks quarterback Taylor Cornelius gets first CFL start in absence of injured Harris
EDMONTON - It's baptism by fire for Edmonton Elks quarterback Taylor Cornelius on Saturday. Cornelius makes his first CFL start at home against the league-leading Winnipeg Blue Bombers (5-1). Elks vet...
Sep 17, 2021
Toronto FC looks to live up to expectations as Nashville SC comes to town
TORONTO - It has been an almost weekly occurrence this season. Rival coaches kill Toronto FC with kindness ahead of games and then watch their team hand TFC more heartache on the field. This Saturday,...
Sep 17, 2021
Improving Quebec's relations with Indigenous people will take a long time: minister
Quebec's Indigenous Affairs Minister Ian Lafrenire says the provincial government is working to improve services for Indigenous people, but he concedes it will take a long time. Lafrenire made the com...
Sep 17, 2021
Applications being accepted for Hay West 2021
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), working with farmers across the country, has launched a relief program to move hay to drought-stricken livestock producers in the west....
Sep 17, 2021