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OTTAWA - Canadian defensive back Justin Howell has signed a one-year contract extension with the Ottawa Redblacks. The native of Bradford, Ont., has 21 defensive tackles and 16 special-teams tackles o...

Tristan Thompson gleefully bounded around the Cleveland dressing room, his teammates enthusiastically showering him with buckets of water. The Canadian centre had just scored a career-high 35 poi...

CUDAHY, Calif. - Jet fuel dumped by an aircraft returning to Los Angeles International Airport fell onto an elementary school playground where children were playing Tuesday, fire officials said. The L...

MONTREAL - Gael Stephenson Chancy remembers the time following the earthquake that struck Haiti ten years ago as the moment he was forced to grow up. As his family rode in a transport towards the...

KAMLOOPS - For the first time in more than a decade, the Out of the Cold temporary shelter will not be opening in Kamloops this winter.In a news release, executive director Lena Cimmarrusti says despi...

MONTREAL - A Jewish advocacy group is calling on a city south of Montreal to rename a street and a park honouring a man who sought to prevent Jews from ever buying his land. David Ouellette,...

KAMLOOPS - The cold snap gripping the province has led to a record amount of electricity use.According to a news release from BC Hydro, Monday (Jan. 13) saw peak hourly demand of 10,302 megawatts.That...

Toronto FC officially parted ways with French winger Nicolas Benezet on Tuesday, sending his rights to the Colorado Rapids in exchange for US$50,000 general allocation money. Toronto will get another ...

Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry will see his Villanova jersey raised to the Finneran Pavilion rafters next month. As part of the team's 100th-season celebrations, the Wildcats are retiring the j...

HALIFAX - A minor hockey organization in Nova Scotia has withdrawn its entry from a national competition for funding, saying it is throwing its support behind a smal...