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HFX Wanderers sign local teenager Scott Firth to Canadian Premier League roster
HALIFAX - Teenage midfielder Scott Firth has become the first Halifax-born player to join the CPL’s HFX Wanderers FC. The 17-year-old previously played locally for Suburban FC and the Nova Scoti...
Jan 30, 2019
Calgary's Cavalry FC adds former England U-17 forward Jordan Brown to CPL roster
Calgary’s Calvary FC has signed English striker Jordan Brown. The 22-year-old, who came up through the Arsenal academy, has played for West Ham United and Germany’s Hannover 96. Most recen...
Jan 30, 2019
CHL-topping Prince Albert Raiders have bigger goals ahead: coach
VANCOUVER - The Prince Albert Raiders are in the midst of a record-setting season, but coach Marc Habscheid says there’s still fine tuning to be done for the Canadian Hockey League’s top t...
Jan 30, 2019
Families of Humboldt Broncos victims share statements on how crash changed lives
MELFORT, Sask. - A sentencing hearing is being held this week for the driver of a transport truck involved in a deadly crash with the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu pleaded gui...
Jan 30, 2019
Former Claresholm restaurant owner given conditional discharge and probation for assaults
FORT MACLEOD – A former restaurant owner in Claresholm was given a conditional discharge, along with 12-months probation, on two counts of common assault at a sentencing hearing in Fort Macleod ...
Jan 30, 2019
Canadian rugby sevens women's squad look to repeat Sydney success
The Canadian women’s rugby sevens squad returns to the Sydney Sevens with good memories. Canada was third at the event last season and won it all the season before. “That gives the team th...
Jan 30, 2019
McGill puts off decision on changing contentious Redmen team name
Montreal’s McGill University said Wednesday that it needs more time to decide what to do about its sports teams’ contentious Redmen name. Principal Suzanne Fortier said in a statement that...
Jan 30, 2019
'Not out of the woods:' Alberta easing oil production cuts as price improves
EDMONTON - Alberta is easing mandatory production cuts as the price of oil increases, but industry players remain concerned about the underlying problem that drove the curtailment in the first place: ...
Jan 30, 2019
Opera singer Daniels, husband arrested on sex assault charge
DALLAS - A renowned opera singer and University of Michigan professor is in police custody on allegations that he and his husband in 2010 sexually assaulted a singer in Houston. Countertenor David Dan...
Jan 30, 2019
Federal government finalizes list of regions entitled to Livestock Tax Deferral
OTTAWA — the federal governemnt has released a finalized list of designated regions authorized for the 2018 livestock tax defferal. Most of the areas are in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchew...
Jan 30, 2019