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Veteran Collaros among 15 Blue Bombers named to CFL's West Division all-star squad
Quarterback Zach Collars of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers has plenty of familiar company on the West Division all-star team. Collaros was among 15 Bombers named to the squad Wednesday. Voting was conducte...
Nov 24, 2021

Several UK-bound migrants die in Channel off Calais
PARIS (AP) - Several migrants died and others were injured Wednesday when their boat capsized off Calais in the English Channel as they tried to cross from France to Britain, according to French offic...
Nov 24, 2021

Greens to choose interim leader tonight with ex-MP Paul Manly the favourite
OTTAWA - The Greens will tonight choose an interim leader to take the helm of their troubled party, following the resignation of Annamie Paul. Paul Manly, the former MP who lost his British Columbia s...
Nov 24, 2021

Conservatives must be professional, show they are an alternative to Trudeau: O'Toole
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole and his caucus put on a show of solidarity today, exactly a week after he was explaining why he decided to kick out a senator for publicly denouncing his lead...
Nov 24, 2021

Conservatives say virtual Commons proceedings allow government to dodge scrutiny
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs will oppose a government proposal today to return to a hybrid format in the House of Commons, which has allowed MPs to participate virtually in proceedings during the COVID-1...
Nov 24, 2021

Janssen COVID-19 vaccine plant in Baltimore gets Health Canada OK
OTTAWA - Health Canada has given the green light for Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines that contained elements produced at the Emergent BioSolutions facility in Baltimore, Md., to be used in Can...
Nov 24, 2021

Toronto FC names Bob Bradley head coach and sporting director
Toronto FC has named Bob Bradley head coach and sporting director, looking to his experience and savvy to revive the franchise after a failed season. The 63-year-old Bradley, father of TFC captain Mic...
Nov 24, 2021

BATUS to remain open
MEDICINE HAT - Britain's Ministry of Defence says it's not planning to close its army training base at CFB Suffield.Reports in British media had said the British government would be leaving BATUS to m...
Nov 24, 2021

Ethiopia says Abiy at war front, handing duties to deputy
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia's government said Wednesday that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has gone to the battlefront to take charge in the country's yearlong war and left the daily work of running th...
Nov 24, 2021

Sports data analytics company predicts Olympic 23 medals for Canada in Beijing
EMERYVILLE, Calif. - A global data analytics company predicts Norway will top the Winter Olympics medal table again and Canada will finish fifth with 23 medals. The California-based Gracenote, which s...
Nov 24, 2021