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Whitecaps exercise options on seven players, 'continuing discussions' with Montero
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps are hanging on to several of their young players and continuing contract talks with two veterans. The club announced Monday that it has exercised options for seven ...
Nov 30, 2020
Lethbridge's COVID cases to date surpasses 1,000 while 206 currently active
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Monday's report on COVID-19, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.1,733 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 58,1...
Nov 30, 2020
Poultry farmers welcome announcement of federal assistance
OTTAWA, AB. -- The federal government is working to follow through with its committment to provide compensation for Canada's supply managed sectors by the coming spring. The move is to offset the impa...
Nov 30, 2020
Former quarterback Brad Sinopoli can appreciate challenges Hinton faced with Broncos
Ottawa Redblacks receiver Brad Sinopoli fully understands the challenge Kendall Hinton faced Sunday with the Denver Broncos.The NFL club activated the rookie receiver from the practice roster to becom...
Nov 30, 2020
Owner of missing diamond-covered eagle loses latest round in insurance fight
VANCOUVER - A legal battle over a missing diamond-encrusted eagle statue valued at nearly $1 million will continue, more than four years after the artwork was stolen during a robbery in Delta, B.C. In...
Nov 30, 2020
Mo Farsi adds to trophy cabinet, wins Canadian Futsal Player of the Year Award
Mo Farsi added to his trophy cabinet Monday when he was named Canadian Futsal Player of the Year. Last week the 20-year-old from Montreal, a defender with Cavalry FC, collected the Canadian Premier Le...
Nov 30, 2020
Highlights of the federal government's fiscal update
OTTAWA - Key elements from the federal government's fiscal update, delivered by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland Monday afternoon: The pandemic response from Ottawa. The total cost of the federal re...
Nov 30, 2020
Liberals take step on national child-care system, promise plan coming in 2021 budget
OTTAWA - The federal government is proposing millions of dollars in new spending as a down payment on a planned national child-care system that the Liberals say will be outlined in next spring's budge...
Nov 30, 2020
With deficit closing in on $400 billion, Liberals detail more spending to come
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are proposing $25 billion in new spending to help Canadian businesses and workers make it through a COVID-19 winter and vowing tens of billions more to help the country r...
Nov 30, 2020
Ottawa beefs up loans for hard-hit sectors — but big airlines not included for now
Ottawa is rolling out a wave of new funding for pandemic-battered industries including tourism, the arts and regional aviation, with smaller companies top of mind - and large airlines notably absent. ...
Nov 30, 2020