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Montreal Alouettes set to start Matt Shiltz at quarterback against Lions
MONTREAL - Matt Shiltz will replace the suspended Vernon Adams Jr. as starting quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes in the team's next game. Shiltz gets the call on Saturday in B.C., against the Lio...
Sep 26, 2019
Ottawa Redblacks prepare to use two quarterbacks against Eskimos
OTTAWA - The slumping Ottawa Redblacks plan to use two quarterbacks for their next game. Head coach Rick Campbell says Dominique Davis and Jonathon Jennings both will see time on Saturday when Ottawa ...
Sep 26, 2019
Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur has heart surgery
Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur underwent heart surgery on Thursday, the NHL club has confirmed. The 68-year-old native of Thurso, Que., played in 1,126 career NHL games from 1971 to 1991, regis...
Sep 26, 2019
Promise tracker: What the parties are pitching on the campaign trail
OTTAWA - A running list of specific promises announced by the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP and Green party since the official start of the federal election campaign on Sept. 11. Liberal...
Sep 26, 2019
Alberta property owner who shot, wounded suspected thief facing lawsuit
CALGARY - A southern Alberta man who shot at suspected thieves on his rural property is being sued by one of the people. A statement of claim says Ryan Watson entered Edouard Maurice's prope...
Sep 26, 2019
Dylan Cozens, Bowen Byram returned to Western Hockey League teams
Two of the three Canadian Hockey League players picked in the top-10 selections in this year's NHL draft are going back to their junior teams. The Buffalo Sabres sent centre Dylan Cozens back to the W...
Sep 26, 2019
Singh pledges $5,000 home rental subsidy to help up to 500,000 families
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says, if elected, he would offer rent subsidies of up to $5,000 each to provide immediate help for families struggling to pay for ho...
Sep 26, 2019
Five meals a week: Scientists audit garbage to assess household food waste
A team of scientists spent weeks combing through the garbage of dozens of households to come up with what the researchers say is the most accurate measure yet of how much food is wasted in Canadian ki...
Sep 26, 2019
Fredette's lawyer urges jury to opt for manslaughter in double murder case
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - A Quebec man accused of the murder of two people, including his ex-wife, had reached his breaking point the day of the killings but didn't intend to kill anyone, his law...
Sep 26, 2019
Rouhani: US should end its policy of 'maximum pressure'
NEW YORK - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged the United States on Thursday to "cease this policy of maximum pressure" in favour of "dialogue, and logic and reason." Rouhani's comments came one da...
Sep 26, 2019