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Rose, Bombers set to make third straight West Division final appearance
He's a native Californian, but Winston Rose has warmed up to the idea of playing football in Canada in November. Rose and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are in their third straight West Division final. The...
Nov 11, 2022
Canadian Elite Basketball League folds its franchise in Newfoundland
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Canadian Elite Basketball League is suspending operations of its franchise in St. John's, N.L. after just one season, the league announced on Friday. CEBL commissioner Mike Morr...
Nov 11, 2022
Colorado voters decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms
DENVER (AP) - Colorado voters have passed a ballot initiative to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms for people 21 and older and to create state-regulated "healing centers" where patients can experien...
Nov 11, 2022
Canada ousted by Switzerland at Billie Jean King Cup
GLASGOW, United Kingdom - Canada was eliminated from the Billie Jean King Cup after dropping two singles matches to Switzerland in the women's international tennis competition on Friday. Bianca Andree...
Nov 11, 2022
Students and staff inside Quebec junior college ordered by police to shelter in place
SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. - A junior college south of Montreal is under lockdown as local police carry out an operation. Cgep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is ordering students and staff to barricade ...
Nov 11, 2022
Lenarduzzi came close in '86. Who will end Canada's World Cup drought in Qatar?
Thirty-six years later, Bob Lenarduzzi still laments the scoring chance he missed at the World Cup. In 1986, the bookmakers laid long odds on Canada getting a goal in Mexico. And they were proved righ...
Nov 11, 2022
COLLINS: Have our soldiers died in vain
EVERY REMEMBRANCE DAY, I think of those who died on the fields of battle, who gave their lives for freedom. And each year we remind people to remember them. But each year, I wonder if we have let them...
Nov 11, 2022
Radio Waves: Back to normal for most NHL/NBA radio broadcasters — but not everyone
TORONTO - Just like the teams they follow, radio broadcast crews around the NHL and NBA are essentially back to normal after a couple years of pandemic-related challenges. A few outliers remain on the...
Nov 11, 2022
Belgium stabbing suspect was on list of potential extremists
BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgian authorities said Friday that a lone assailant who killed one police officer and wounded another in a stabbing attack had been on a list of potential extremists. The suspect, wh...
Nov 11, 2022
Former Supreme Court judge tabbed to help settle several 'Havana Syndrome' claims
OTTAWA - Former Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell will mediate claims against the federal government from nine family members of Canadian diplomats who suffered unexplained ailments in Cuba. The d...
Nov 11, 2022
