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Veteran midfielder Jonathan Osorio not interested in easy road to World Cup
Canadian midfielder Jonathan Osorio isn't interested in getting to the World Cup via the back door, as co-host in 2026. "I want to be part of a team that's able to say that we qualified and not hosted...
Nov 09, 2021
Bank of Canada governor says central bank's role includes reducing inequality
OTTAWA - The governor of the Bank of Canada has laid down an argument for the central bank's actions during the pandemic, hours after the country's opposition leader suggested the bank stay in its inf...
Nov 09, 2021
Medicine Hat's mayor and area leaders talk improving teamwork
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The need for strong communication and teamwork between local politicians and organizations was emphasized during an online lunch gathering of area leaders Tuesday."Over the years we...
Nov 09, 2021
Premier ambivalent as Brian Jean seeks return to provincial politics
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is dismissing a challenge from a vanquished foe.Kenney says fellow United Conservative Party co-founder Brian Jean is trying to settle political scores by announcing he wa...
Nov 09, 2021
Parole recommended for Manson follower Leslie Van Houten
SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) - A California parole panel on Tuesday recommended for the fifth time that Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten be freed from prison, decisions previously rejected by two g...
Nov 09, 2021
Crescent Heights Remembrance Day displays pay tribute to the poppy
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Unable to welcome veterans to the school or have in-person ceremonies the past two years, a pair of visual displays in the hallways of Crescent Heights High School are giving studen...
Nov 09, 2021
Logging truck collides with RCMP vehicles headed to enforce B.C. injunction
PORT RENFREW, B.C. - Mounties on southern Vancouver Island say three officers were hospitalized with injuries after a collision involving a logging truck Tuesday morning. The RCMP say the officers wer...
Nov 09, 2021
Quebec religious symbols ban will apply to English schools until appeal decided
MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal will not allow the English Montreal School Board to hire teachers who wear religious symbols while an appeal of a lower court decision on Quebec's secularism law ...
Nov 09, 2021
Habs goalie Carey Price says "substance use" led him to NHL's assistance program
MONTREAL - Carey Price has broken his silence after voluntarily entering the NHL's player assistance program more than a month ago. The superstar goaltender issued a statement through the Montreal Can...
Nov 09, 2021
Canadian show jumping chef d'equipe Mark Laskin quits, unhappy with Equestrian Canada
OTTAWA - Mark Laskin has resigned as chef d'equipe of the Canadian show jumping team and says he's been forced out. Laskin has been the show jumping team's chef d'equipe since 2012, which was a role i...
Nov 09, 2021