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Tories, cattlemen's group, call for faster aid in wake of bovine TB quarantine
OTTAWA - Faster aid mechanisms are needed for farmers dealing with livestock emergencies, the federal Conservatives and a cattle rancher’s organization said Friday amid an escalating bovine tube...
Nov 25, 2016
CFL commissioner Orridge won't admit to link between football and brain disease
TORONTO - CFL commissioner Jeffrey Orridge isn’t following the NFL’s lead and acknowledging a link exists between football-related head trauma and brain disease. In March, Jeff Miller, the...
Nov 25, 2016
Puempel, Lundqvist lead Rangers past Flyers
PHILADELPHIA - Just as they hoped they would, Henrik Lundqvist and the Rangers bounced back from a dismal performance. Matt Puempel scored in his first game with the Rangers, and Henrik Lundqvist made...
Nov 25, 2016
Feds say they'll negotiate national clean fuel standard with provinces
TORONTO - The federal government says it will work with the provinces to develop a national clean fuel standard, the latest piece in its pan-Canadian climate plan. Environment Minister Catherine McKen...
Nov 25, 2016
Child poverty, the NDP and the way we vote: how politics touched Cdns this week
OTTAWA - The prime minister was out of town most of the week - winding up a trade-focused trip to South America and gearing up for an aid-focused trip to Africa - but the pace of politicking was relen...
Nov 25, 2016
Award-winning Calgary Stampeders say there is no taking Ottawa lightly
TORONTO - Dave Dickenson was a tad prickly with the media ahead of his team’s practice Friday, irked over suggestions the Calgary Stampeders will take Ottawa too lightly in Sunday’s Grey C...
Nov 25, 2016
New flyhalf kicks Samoa to 25-23 win over Canada in Grenoble
GRENOBLE, France - Samoa unveiled a potential new star as teenage flyhalf D’Angelo Leuila kicked 20 points to hold off Canada 25-23 and end their European rugby tour on a high on Friday. Making ...
Nov 25, 2016
NewsAlert: Amber Alert for missing B.C. girl
VANVCOUVER, B.C. - Police in Vancouver have issued an Amber Alert for a missing four-year-old girl. They say Delilah Felton was last seen wearing a colourful rain jacket, mostly red with flowers on it...
Nov 25, 2016
Youth fuels and imperils Maple Leafs through first quarter of season
TORONTO - In the heated aftermath of a loss in New Jersey earlier this week, Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock remarked that it was “evident how young we are”. Though he retreated from t...
Nov 25, 2016
Lethbridge man admits to child porn and luring charges as a youth
LETHBRIDGE – An 18-year old man entered pleas of making child pornography, luring a child and extortion this week in youth court. In a media release from the Lethbridge Police Service, they say ...
Nov 25, 2016