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Montreal Alouettes owner Gary Stern announces he has tested positive for COVID-19
MONTREAL - Owner Gary Stern will be forced to miss the Montreal Alouettes home opener Thursday night. Stern announced on social media he has tested positive for COVID-19. So he won't be in attendance ...
Jun 22, 2022

AP source: Maurice closing in on deal to coach Panthers
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Paul Maurice and the Florida Panthers are in the process of finalizing a deal to make him the club's new coach, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press ...
Jun 22, 2022

Oilers' Woodcroft says minors prepared him for coaching success
EDMONTON - Jay Woodcroft went from a prominent role behind an NHL bench to riding the buses in the American Hockey League. Now back in the big leagues as head coach of the Edmonton Oilers, Woodcroft s...
Jun 22, 2022

MPs meet soldier charged with criticizing vaccine requirements while in uniform
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are meeting today with James Topp, a Canadian soldier charged in May for speaking out against vaccine requirements while in uniform. The meetings come as Topp and his su...
Jun 22, 2022

Trevor Harris to start at quarterback for Alouettes versus Roughriders
There's no quarterback controversy in Montreal, at least not this week. Veteran Trevor Harris will start Thursday night when Montreal hosts the Saskatchewan Roughriders in its home opener. Incumbent V...
Jun 22, 2022

Canadian Shaedon Sharpe has created plenty of buzz ahead of NBA draft
A video of high-flying guard Shaedon Sharpe created a big buzz last month. The 19-year-old from London, Ont., takes two steps then leaps, touching above the top of a vertical leap testing gauge. If th...
Jun 22, 2022

CRTC renews CBC licensing for another five years, tweaks its mandate
OTTAWA - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is renewing CBC's licensing, with tweaks to its mandate that will require it to spend money on programming produced by people w...
Jun 22, 2022

Capitol riot hearings to stretch into July, chairman says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House's Jan. 6 committee plans to continue its public hearings into July as its investigation of the Capitol riot deepens. The chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, told reporters Wedn...
Jun 22, 2022

Parliamentary committee proposes government make strategy to address financial abuse
OTTAWA - A parliamentary report recommends the government develop a comprehensive strategy to address financial and economic abuse as a way to prevent intimate partner violence. The recent report by t...
Jun 22, 2022

Lack of Discipline may Become Riders Achilles Heel in 2022
"The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of Pattison Media and this site."The Riders went 2-0 to open the 2022 season with ...
Jun 22, 2022