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Source: Toronto Wolfpack coach Brian McDermott gets new five-year contract
TORONTO - Fresh from signing All Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams, the Toronto Wolfpack have given head coach Brian McDermott a new five-year contract, a person familiar with the decision told The Cana...
Nov 26, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Mayor’s new committee system needs to be scrapped
KAMLOOPS - WHAT WAS MAYOR KEN CHRISTIAN THINKING?That's a reasonable question with respect to his reorganization of City council's committee structure in January.The mayor decided to get rid of the ol...
Nov 26, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Iraqi officials: 1 protester killed amid ongoing clashes
BAGHDAD - Iraqi officials said one anti-government protester has been killed by security forces on Tuesday and 21 others wounded amid ongoing clashes with security forces in Baghdad. Demonstrators als...
Nov 26, 2019
A year on, once-jailed Ukraine filmmaker accepts EU award
BRUSSELS - A year after he won Europe's top human rights award, Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov has finally picked up the prize, following his release from a prison in Russia's far-north where he was...
Nov 26, 2019
13 French soldiers killed in helicopter collision in Mali
BAMAKO, Mali - A midair collision between two helicopters has killed 13 French soldiers fighting Islamic extremists in Mali, France said Tuesday, in its biggest loss since its mission in West Africa's...
Nov 26, 2019
A victory parade and a perceived snub on tradespeople; In-The-News Nov. 26
In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 26. What we are watching i...
Nov 26, 2019
Long time coming: Grey Cup parade to take over downtown Winnipeg today
Winnipeggers are expected to crowd the downtown streets today to celebrate the end of a Grey Cup drought that lasted almost three decades. The city will be hosting a parade this afternoon after t...
Nov 26, 2019
Grain growers set to make case in Ottawa for urgent end to CN strike
OTTAWA - Canadian farmers are descending on Ottawa to press for urgent action to end the Canadian National Railway Co. rail strike now entering its second week. This afternoon, grain growers will hold...
Nov 26, 2019
Saskatchewan premier, Regina mayor have meetings with deputy prime minister
REGINA - Federal Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is to meet with the Saskatchewan premier and mayor of Regina today. Freeland's office says she is to first speak wi...
Nov 26, 2019
End assault-style gun sales now, Polytechnique survivors group tells Liberals
OTTAWA - A leading voice for stricter gun control is calling on the Liberal government to place an immediate moratorium on new sales of assault-style firearms as well as a permanent ban on t...
Nov 26, 2019
