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Tories ask languages czar to probe choice of WE Charity for student program
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are asking the official languages commissioner to investigate the government's choice of WE Charity to run a student grant program, saying the move showed contempt t...
Sep 03, 2020
Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. to remain under contract with Montreal Alouettes
MONTREAL - Vernon Adams Jr. is staying put. The Montreal Alouettes announced Thursday their star quarterback will remain under contract to the CFL club. Adams said on Sunday he was opting out of his d...
Sep 03, 2020
Room with a view: US Open seeds get taste of the suite life
NEW YORK - The see-and-be-seen scene in the U.S. Open's Arthur Ashe Stadium corporate suites is different this year: The usual cast of celebrities, socialites and sponsors - banned, along with all spe...
Sep 03, 2020
Backer of tariffs on Canadian aluminum confronts critics in Canada, U.S.
WASHINGTON - One of the few champions of the Trump administration's decision to slap fresh tariffs on Canadian aluminum is defending the move as vital to the industry's surviv...
Sep 03, 2020
Feds short $14.5 billion over decade of equalization payments, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government has shortchanged provinces on their equalization payments under rules put in place after the last economic crisis in the late...
Sep 03, 2020
Shot fatigue: Canucks know they need to step up defence in Game 6 versus Vegas
EDMONTON - The Vancouver Canucks are still alive in the NHL playoffs by outlasting the Vegas Golden Knights in a game that, by all statistical accounts, they had no business winning. Vancouver head co...
Sep 03, 2020
Fire damages trailer on Lac Le Jeune Road
KAMLOOPS - Fast work by Kamloops Fire prevented a serious blaze at a trailer on the Lac Le Jeune Road early this morning. Platoon Captain Troy Grant says residents of a trailer at the Iron Mask traile...
Sep 03, 2020
Lawsuit filed against makers of Montreal-area dike that burst, flooding town
MONTREAL - A Montreal-area town says its insurance company is suing the maker of a dike that burst last spring, flooding streets and forcing thousands of residents from their homes. Official...
Sep 03, 2020
Nets hire Hall of Fame point guard Steve Nash as coach
The Brooklyn Nets hired Canadian Steve Nash as their coach Thursday, putting the Hall of Fame point guard in charge of the team that hopes to have Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving together next season. N...
Sep 03, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Canadian Steve Nash named head coach of Brooklyn Nets
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Canadian Steve Nash is the new head coach of the Brooklyn Nets. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member was an eight-time NBA all-star and a two-time most valua...
Sep 03, 2020
