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Decision at head coach among many off-season tasks facing Redblacks GM Burke
OTTAWA - After three straight seasons of falling far short of expectations, Ottawa Redblacks general manager Shawn Burke will have his work cut out for him this off-season. Ottawa finished the 2022 se...
Oct 31, 2022
Grandmother pleads for return of bag stolen from Departure Bay ferry terminal
NANAIMO - A computer case may not seem all that valuable, but to a Victoria woman it's the first thing she thought about when her luggage was stolen.Marian Paris, her grandchildren and other family me...
Oct 31, 2022
Double dose of cuteness with Lefty and Mertie
NANAIMO - Lefty and Mertie are a bonded pair of either-month-old female rats, and they can't wait to find the perfect home for them.These two social critters like to hang out with each other or whoeve...
Oct 31, 2022
Ukraine tracking thousands of war crimes despite judicial system woes: chief justice
OTTAWA - Violence in Ukraine has crippled the country's judicial system, the chief justice of its Supreme Court says, and left it struggling to handle tens of thousands of criminal reports arising fro...
Oct 31, 2022
Delegation returns from Haiti amid high expectations for Canadian leadership
OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to Haiti says a team tasked with assessing the situation in the beleaguered Caribbean nation has returned home. Ambassador Sbastien Carrire revealed the team's return whil...
Oct 31, 2022
Blair insists he 'did not ask' RCMP to release information about N.S. shooting guns
OTTAWA - Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair isn't budging from his stance that he did not interfere in a police investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting of April 2020. Blair, who was p...
Oct 31, 2022
Co-owner Grant has enjoyed stellar ride with Bulldog Hanover
It's been quite the ride for Brad Grant. Since buying into heralded pacer Bulldog Hanover in 2021, the trucking magnate from Milton, Ont., has had plenty to celebrate. There've been countless trips to...
Oct 31, 2022
Status of women committee passes motion for study on safety in sport
The standing committee on the status of women unanimously passed a motion Monday to undertake a study on the safety of women and girls in sport. "There needs to be an in-depth study on the causes as t...
Oct 31, 2022
MLA stripped of duties after inviting killer to throne speech
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has removed a legislature member's duties after Lyle Stewart invited a notorious killer to watch the government's Speech from the Thorne last week. A statement ...
Oct 31, 2022
Einarson's Canada squad thumps New Zealand 11-3 at Pan Continental Championship
CALGARY - Kerri Einarson's Canada squad scored five in the eighth end to complete an 11-3 win over New Zealand on Monday in its opening match at the inaugural Pan Continental Curling Championships. Wi...
Oct 31, 2022