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Parti Québécois leader insists he won't swear oath to King before taking office
QUEBEC - Parti Qubcois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says he believes he can sit in the legislature without swearing an oath to the King, even if the secretary general of the legislature says otherw...
Oct 17, 2022
Defending-champion Bombers only CFL team to have pinned down their playoff future
Five teams have clinched CFL playoff berths but only Zach Collaros and the Grey Cup-champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers know when and where they'll be once the postseason begins. Winnipeg (league-best 14-3...
Oct 17, 2022
Any drop in house prices in Medicine Hat likely 'minimal,' says head of real estate board
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Inflation and interest rates are putting a lot of housing questions in people's minds, says the president of the Medicine Hat Real Estate Board. But he says a forecast drop in the n...
Oct 17, 2022
Wheelchair star Esther Vergeer on Tennis Hall of Fame ballot
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Dutch wheelchair star Esther Vergeer is among three new International Tennis Hall of Fame nominees for the Class of 2023 announced Monday, joining the half-dozen holdovers from th...
Oct 17, 2022
Quebec City police officer faces charges after watchdog probed violent arrests
Quebec's police watchdog says an on-duty Quebec City officer caught on video in a pair of violent arrests last year is facing criminal charges. Jacob Picard, 27, was charged by way of summons with one...
Oct 17, 2022
Elks quarterback Taylor Cornelius to miss season finale with spleen injury
Edmonton Elks starting quarterback Taylor Cornelius is set to miss the team's season finale due to a spleen injury, the team announced Monday. Cornelius suffered the injury on Saturday in the team's 2...
Oct 17, 2022
Crosby, McDavid, Oettinger named NHL's Three Stars of the week
Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Jake Oettinger were named the NHL's three stars of the week on Monday. Crosby was named the first star as he led his Pittsburgh Penguins to two consecutive victories ...
Oct 17, 2022
RCMP clock driver at 270 km/h on Trans-Canada Highway near Calgary
A Kelowna man is facing a criminal charge of dangerous driving, after an RCMP officer recorded a Porsche travelling at 270 kilometres per hour on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Calgary.Mounties say ...
Oct 17, 2022
Parliament security took issue with city moving convoy trucks near Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - New evidence shows the Parliamentary Protective Service took issue with the City of Ottawa's plan to move "Freedom Convoy" protesters' semi trucks out of residential neighbourhoods and onto t...
Oct 17, 2022
Canada ends South Korea's unbeaten run with 7-6 win at mixed curling worlds
ABERDEEN, United Kingdom - Canada's Jean-Michel Menard led his rink to a 7-6 extra-end victory over previously unbeaten South Korea at the world mixed curling championships on Monday. Coming off a two...
Oct 17, 2022