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Ottawa Redblacks sign quarterback Dru Brown to two-year extension
OTTAWA - Dru Brown won't be hitting CFL free agency. The Ottawa Redblacks signed the American quarterback to a two-year deal Wednesday. The CFL club acquired Brown's rights last week from the Winnipeg...
Jan 24, 2024
Foreign interference inquiry signals plan to probe alleged meddling by India
OTTAWA - The federal commission of inquiry into foreign interference is looking to examine alleged meddling by India in the last two general elections. In a statement today, the commission says it has...
Jan 24, 2024
William Nylander, fellow NHLers eager for Olympic chance
William Nylander remembers the goal sailing into Finland's net early in the third period. A few months short of his 10th birthday, he was watching the 2006 Olympic final with his family. Sweden's Pete...
Jan 24, 2024
The latest on the deadly plane crash near Fort Smith, N.W.T.
FORT SMITH, N.W.T. - A passenger plane crashed early Tuesday near the town of Fort Smith, N.W.T., close the Alberta boundary. The coroner's office has confirmed there are fatalities. Global mining gia...
Jan 24, 2024
Woman dies after getting hit by snowplow in Montreal suburb
Montreal police say a 75-year-old woman has died after she was hit by a snowplow Tuesday morning. The incident occurred at around 10:45 a.m., when police responded to a call about a collision in the s...
Jan 24, 2024
A fire in China's Jiangxi province kills at least 39 people, state media says
BEIJING (AP) - A fire broke out in a commercial building in China's southeastern Jiangxi province on Wednesday, killing at least 39 people and injuring nine others, state media said. Officials for the...
Jan 24, 2024
Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic gives 'assist' to children's hospitals
TORONTO - Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic and his wife Gaga have pledged to help three children's hospitals. Rajakovic says he will donate to Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, St. Jude Children...
Jan 24, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: Court decision on Emergencies Act doesn’t validate ‘Freedom Convoy’
QUITE THE BOMBSHELL yesterday with a Federal Court ruling that the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act against the so-called Freedom Convoy in Ottawa a couple of years ago was "not justifi...
Jan 24, 2024
Russia says a transport plane has crashed and that 65 Ukrainian POWs were on board
MOSCOW - A military transport plane that Russia said was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war crashed Wednesday morning in a Russian region near Ukraine. It wasn't immediately clear what caused the ...
Jan 24, 2024
In the news today: Survey of Canadians on health care and a BoC interest rate update
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Poll shows lack of faith in future of health care A new survey suggests seven o...
Jan 24, 2024
