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Public Safety minister defends RCMP's refusal to say how Sanderson died in custody
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is defending the RCMP's decision not to release details surrounding the death of the man accused in a mass stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan. Mendicino s...
Sep 20, 2022
Sunday, Monday football games fight for ratings supremacy
NEW YORK (AP) - The Nielsen company's list of the 20 most popular prime-time programs for the week of Sept. 12-18, their networks and viewerships: 1. NFL Football: Chicago at Green Bay, NBC, 19.55 mil...
Sep 20, 2022
Sweep 16: Curling Canada's PointsBet Invitational ready for debut in Fredericton
Nick Deagle's curling calendar usually includes weekly games in a recreational league along with four or five cashspiel appearances around Nova Scotia each season. His rink is going from the club leve...
Sep 20, 2022
Former Canada rugby captain looks to rebuild bridges, return to national scene
Former Canada rugby captain Jamie Cudmore believes he has a lot more to give the game. Now he hopes others agree. The 44-year-old Cudmore lost his job as head of Rugby Canada's national development ac...
Sep 20, 2022
Canada tuning out noise around expectations at FIBA Women's World Cup
Canada's women's basketball team shouldered weighty expectations at the Tokyo Olympics. After back-to-back Olympic quarterfinal appearances, many surmised a medal was next - an assumption that may hav...
Sep 20, 2022
CFL suspends Stampeders linebacker Judge for one game following incident with Lions
TORONTO - Canadian linebacker Cameron Judge received a one-game suspension from the CFL on Tuesday for a post-game altercation involving B.C. Lions receiver Lucky Whitehead. The incident happened Satu...
Sep 20, 2022
As wildfire risk fades, the last remaining campfire ban is lifted in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Campfires are now permitted in all six of British Columbia's fire centres, as the only remaining campfire ban is lifted across the Coastal Fire Centre. However, bans still apply to any fir...
Sep 20, 2022
AP source: MacKinnon signs 8-year deal, highest paid in NHL
DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Avalanche are making Nathan MacKinnon the highest-paid player in the NHL's salary cap era. MacKinnon, who just turned 27 earlier this month, signed an eight-year contract th...
Sep 20, 2022
QuickSketch: A look at Conservative Party of Quebec Leader Éric Duhaime
MONTREAL - A look at ric Duhaime, leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec. Born: April 15, 1969, in Montreal. Early years: An only child, Duhaime grew up in the Montreal suburb of Laval. His mother...
Sep 20, 2022
Man arrested after firing BB gun at Nanaimo police officers
NANAIMO - One man is in custody after firing a BB gun at several Mounties, injuring one of them and damaging multiple police cruisers in Nanaimo's north end.Daniel John Mcclintock, 35, is facing sever...
Sep 20, 2022