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Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Hamilton Tiger-Cats to win the Grey Cup
CALGARY - Running back Andrew Harris made Canadian Football League history and ended the Winnipeg Blue Bombers championship drought on Sunday night. The 32-year-old Winnipeg native had a rus...
Nov 24, 2019
Andrew Harris leads Winnipeg Blue Bombers to first Grey Cup win since 1990
CALGARY -- A historic first by Andrew Harris ended the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' dubious championship drought and continued the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' Grey Cup misery.The 32-year-old Winnipeg native scored...
Nov 24, 2019 Bombers take the Grey Cup -- The Canadian Press
Celtics’ Kemba Walker has concussion-like symptoms
DENVER - Boston Celtics guard Kemba Walker collided with teammate Semi Ojeleye late in the second quarter, striking Ojeleye's abdomen area head-first and going down on to the court in a heap against t...
Nov 24, 2019
Thomas Chabot's two-point game helps Ottawa Senators past New York Rangers 4-1
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have finally found a winning game plan. Anders Nilsson made 30 saves as the Senators beat the New York Rangers 4-1 on Friday night for Ottawa's first three-game win streak...
Nov 24, 2019
Andrew Harris leads Winnipeg Blue Bombers to first Grey Cup win since 1990
CALGARY - A historic first by Andrew Harris ended the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' dubious championship drought and continued the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' Grey Cup misery. The 32-year-old Winnipeg nat...
Nov 24, 2019
New foreign minister presses for Canadian detainees with China counterpart
OTTAWA - Canada's new foreign affairs minister hit the ground running this weekend, spending an hour in face-to-face talks with his Chinese counterpart over the fate of two Canadian men that the Trude...
Nov 24, 2019
Former Desjardins Group president Claude Beland dead at 87
MONTREAL - Former Desjardins Group president Claude Beland has died at the age of 87, the Quebec-based financial institution confirmed Sunday. Beland was elected to the head of Desjardins in 1987 and ...
Nov 24, 2019
Diahann Carroll’s legacy as a trailblazer remembered
NEW YORK - Diahann Carroll was remembered as a brilliant talent, a loving friend and mother and a trailblazer by the likes of Cicely Tyson, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Lenny Kravitz and more a...
Nov 24, 2019
Pentagon chief fires Navy secretary over SEAL controversy
WASHINGTON - Defence Secretary Mark Esper has fired the secretary of the Navy in connection with the controversy over a SEAL whose case has been championed by President Donald Trump. A Pentagon spokes...
Nov 24, 2019
Left foot, right foot, Snickers and Skittles — superstitions abound with Grey Cup teams
CALGARY - Football players prefer to call them pre-game rituals rather than superstitions, but some Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats players are particular about what they do in...
Nov 24, 2019