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Ohio University QB Kurtis Rourke ranked No. 1 prospect on CFL scouting list
TORONTO - Kurtis Rourke has secured family bragging rights. The Ohio University quarterback was the top player listed Thursday in the CFL Scouting Bureau's fall edition of the top-20 prospects for nex...
Aug 24, 2023
Foreign interference talks: Parties trade jabs for bipartisan chats from the cottage
OTTAWA - House leaders for the main federal parties have been working together this summer to make a public inquiry on foreign interference happen, as they put aside partisan jabs that dominated Parli...
Aug 24, 2023
Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan chides Joly for 'unacceptable' comments to Armenians
OTTAWA - Azerbaijan's foreign ministry argues Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is undermining peace in the Nagorno-Karabakh region by referring to the area with the name used by Armenian ...
Aug 24, 2023
Trump is set to surrender at a Georgia jail on charges he sought to overturn his 2020 election loss
ATLANTA (AP) - Donald Trump was set to turn himself in Thursday to authorities in Georgia on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in that state, a county jail booking expect...
Aug 24, 2023
Music Review: Big Thief's Buck Meek delivers from high on the ear-friendly 'Haunted Mountain'
Buck Meek, "Haunted Mountain" (4AD) Buck Meek, the stellar guitarist of Big Thief, is out with his third studio album, "Haunted Mountain." It is a lovely fusion of twang and rock with prime songwritin...
Aug 24, 2023
Quebec company buys private island with chalet to boost employee happiness
LAVAL, Que. - A Montreal-area company has come up with a novel - if extreme - way to boost employee happiness: buying them a private island. The 30 workers at data services company Mon Technicien are ...
Aug 24, 2023
LGBTQ advocates in Saskatchewan gear up for human rights fight over pronoun rules
Fran Forsberg fought years ago for a gender marker to be removed from her child's birth certificate. Now up against the Saskatchewan Party government's pronoun and naming changes in schools, she says ...
Aug 24, 2023
Renewables pause in Alberta affecting 118 projects worth $33 billion, think tank says
A clean energy think tank says Alberta's pause on approvals for new renewable energy projects is affecting 118 projects worth $33 billion. The Pembina Institute says those projects would create enough...
Aug 24, 2023
Putin breaks silence on plane crash that presumably killed Wagner leaders
Russian President Vladimir Putin has broken his silence on the plane crash that killed top leaders of the Wagner mercenary group. Putin expressed condolences for those who were aboard the jet, includi...
Aug 24, 2023
Ukraine seeks Canada's help in selling peace plan to skeptical states, more demining
OTTAWA - Ukraine is calling on Canada to help it sell a peace plan with Russia to developing countries who have taken a neutral stance on Moscow's invasion. Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro K...
Aug 24, 2023