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Collaros, Lewis in the running for CFL's outstanding player award
TORONTO - Another year, another West Division outstanding player nomination for Zach Collaros. The Winnipeg quarterback secured the Western nomination Tuesday for a second straight year. Collaros capt...
Nov 01, 2022

Child Amputee Finds Inspiration from Second World War Veteran
Eight-year-old Isla McCallum is an energetic young girl with a big smile, and Charlie Jefferson, 98, is a veteran of the Second World ar. At first glance, these two appear to have little in common, ye...
Nov 01, 2022

Canada failing Black, Indigenous prisoners as overrepresentation persists: report
OTTAWA - A new report says Canada has made scant progress in addressing the overrepresentation of Black and Indigenous offenders in prisons, with some facing even worse conditions than a decade ago. T...
Nov 01, 2022

Stevens, Mills, Adeyemi-Berglund honoured as Stampeders sweep CFL weekly awards
TORONTO - Quarterback Tommy Stevens, running back Dedrick Mills and defensive lineman Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund of the Calgary Stampeders swept the CFL's top performers honours Tuesday. Stevens ran for 1...
Nov 01, 2022

RCMP searching for man who escaped custody in Pelican Narrows
Pelican Narrows RCMP is searching for a man who escaped police custody last week.Last Wednesday around 6 p.m., RCMP officers were called to a report of a break-in at a home in Pelican Narrows. Officer...
Nov 01, 2022

Ottawa reveals plan to welcome 500,000 immigrants per year by 2025
OTTAWA - The federal government is planning a massive increase in the number of immigrants entering Canada, with a goal of seeing 500,000 people arrive each year by 2025. Immigration Minister Sean Fra...
Nov 01, 2022

Canada finalizes training camp roster for FIBA World Cup qualifiers in Edmonton
TORONTO - Canada's men's national basketball team roster will consist of less NBA talent and more pro experience from elsewhere heading into the fifth World Cup qualifying window. The Canadians will f...
Nov 01, 2022

Results of First Nation suicide study show need for improvement, offer hope for change
Chief Margaret Bear of the Ochapowace First Nation remembers sitting in the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations' previous building three years ago, filled with emotion and sharing much of the p...
Nov 01, 2022

Roberts delays handover of Trump tax returns to House panel
WASHINGTON (AP) - Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday put a temporary hold on the handover of former President Donald Trump's tax returns to a congressional committee. Roberts' order gives the Supre...
Nov 01, 2022

Parkland victim's wife to shooter: 'You will cease to exist'
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz's two-day sentencing hearing began Tuesday, with the families of the 17 people he murdered addressing him in emotional and often angry...
Nov 01, 2022