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Veteran CFL receiver Naaman Roosevelt among 15 players released by Montreal Alouettes
MONTREAL - Veteran American receiver Naaman Roosevelt was among 15 players released Monday by the Montreal Alouettes. Roosevelt, 33, had 77 catches for 946 yards and a TD in 2019 with the Saskatchewan...
Jul 26, 2021

'A very gentle soul': Inuit react to Canada's first Inuk Governor General
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Sitting with her four-year-old daughter on her lap, Crystal Martin-Lepenskie had tears in her eyes as she watched Mary Simon become Canada's 30th Governor General. Simon, an Inuk bo...
Jul 26, 2021

Family: Last victim ID'd in Florida condo building collapse
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The final victim of the condo building collapse in Florida has been identified, a relative said Monday, more than a month after the middle of the night catastrophe that ul...
Jul 26, 2021

Province expands child care subsidy program
Alberta's minister of children's services provided more details on child care investments in the province today, but they didn't include $10 per day child care.The province is increasing subsidy avail...
Jul 26, 2021

California to require proof of vaccination for state workers
SACRMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California will require state employees and all health care workers to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or get tested weekly as officials aim to slow rising coronavirus infe...
Jul 26, 2021

National Bank Open given final approval to go ahead: Tennis Canada
Tennis Canada says it has received approval from the country's top health agency to host the National Bank Open in Toronto, Ont. and Montreal, Que. The organizing body says the Public Health Agency of...
Jul 26, 2021

WATCH: Details on provincial child care funding
Coming up at 11 a.m.Children's Services Minister Rebecca Schulz and Associate Minister of Status of Women Whitney Issik will give more details on the allocation of child care funding under the updated...
Jul 26, 2021

Canada to play Finland in first game of women's world hockey championship
CALGARY - Hockey Canada has released the schedule for the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship Women's World Championship, featuring Canada versus Finland in the opening game. The 31...
Jul 26, 2021

Rehabilitation work to start on four pedestrian bridges
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Work on the first of four pedestrian bridge facelifts in the city will begin later this week. The Division Avenue Pedestrian Bridge in Riverside and below Crescent Heights will clos...
Jul 26, 2021

Singer Pink backs beach handball team on 'sexist' clothing
HELSINKI (AP) - U.S. pop singer Pink has offered to pay a fine given to the Norwegian female beach handball team for wearing shorts instead of the required bikini bottoms. Pink said she was "very prou...
Jul 26, 2021