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B.C. Lions can clinch home playoff game with victory over Roughriders
Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. and the B.C. Lions look to secure a home playoff game Friday night. B.C. (10-4) can cement a playoff date at BC Place Stadium with a home win over the Saskatchewan Roughri...
Sep 27, 2023

Flames AGM Chris Snow suffers brain injury, is not expected to recover
CALGARY - The wife of Chris Snow says the Calgary Flames assistant general manager has suffered a "catastrophic" brain injury after going into cardiac arrest and is not expected to recover. Kelsie Sno...
Sep 27, 2023

Woman tells Quebec coroner of grief after losing brother in 2022 killing spree
MONTREAL - The sister of one of the victims of a Montreal-area murder spree in August 2022 told a coroner today she lives with a tremendous amount of grief over the loss of her younger brother. Roxann...
Sep 27, 2023

Flames winger Pelletier to undergo surgery on left shoulder, will be out indefinitely
Calgary Flames winger Jakob Pelletier is scheduled to undergo surgery on his left shoulder next week and will be out indefinitely. The Flames updated Pelletier's status after the 22-year-old sustained...
Sep 27, 2023

Invitation withdrawn for ethnic nationalist set to testify at Quebec legislature
QUEBEC - An ethnic nationalist who had been scheduled to testify Thursday before a Quebec legislature committee studying the province's immigration plan was told today he's no longer welcome. Earlier ...
Sep 27, 2023

Immigration drives massive Canadian population increase: StatCan
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says immigration is almost solely responsible for the largest annual population boom Canada has seen since 1957. The newly released data shows Canada's population grew by mo...
Sep 27, 2023

Canada pledges $14 million for Afghan refugees in Pakistan after 2022 floods
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen has unveiled $14 million to support global organizations in Pakistan to help accommodate Afghan refugees. The funding is meant to help the Worl...
Sep 27, 2023

Montana judge blocks enforcement of law to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A Montana law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors is temporarily blocked, a state judge ruled Wednesday, just four days before it was to take effect. Dist...
Sep 27, 2023

Veteran American receiver Derel Walker signs with Hamilton Tiger-Cats
HAMILTON - Derel Walker is back in the East Division. The veteran CFL receiver signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Wednesday. The club also signed American defensive lineman Jamal Davis II. Walker,...
Sep 27, 2023

Canadian pot companies cheer as Senate committee advances cannabis finance reforms
WASHINGTON - Canadian cannabis companies are cheering a Senate committee's decision today to push forward with easing federal financing restrictions on the U.S. industry. The Senate banking committee ...
Sep 27, 2023