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Hamilton Tiger-Cats star linebacker Simoni Lawrence signs extension with club
HAMILTON, New Zealand - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have re-signed star linebacker Simoni Lawrence. Lawrence returns to Hamilton for an eighth season after starting his CFL career in Edmonton in 2012. The...
Jan 19, 2021
Canadian slopestyle snowboard team quarantined due to two positive COVID-19 tests
LAAX, Switzerland - Canada's slopestyle snowboard team is in isolation and will not participate in this week's World Cup season opener after two members of its delegation tested positive for COVID-19....
Jan 19, 2021
Montreal mayor wants homeless exempted from curfew in wake of Innu man's death
Montreal's mayor is calling on the provincial government to exempt homeless people from the provincewide pandemic curfew. Valerie Plante made the request today following the weekend death of Raphael "...
Jan 19, 2021
Trump expected to issue flurry of pardons on last full day
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump was expected to spend his last full day in office issuing a flurry of pardons and bidding farewell to the American public from a near-deserted White House and surro...
Jan 19, 2021
Man, woman, each fined $230 for coughing on patrons of Vancouver gym: police
VANCOUVER - A man and woman have each been fined for pretending to cough on customers in a gym just steps from Vancouver police headquarters. A statement from police says the owner of the gym flagged ...
Jan 19, 2021
PHOTOS AND VIDEO: Cherry Avenue apartment razed by fire
KAMLOOPS - A fire did heavy damage to an apartment complex on the North Shore overnight (Jan. 18).CFJC Today received several submissions of photos and video from the fire.WATCH: (Video Credit: Submit...
Jan 19, 2021
Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'
WASHINGTON - On his way out the door, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hit China with new sanctions by declaring that China's policies on Muslims and ethnic minorities in western Xinjiang Province c...
Jan 19, 2021
Parliamentary hearings over Zoom an ongoing headache for translators
OTTAWA - Translators say they are "riddled with auditory injuries" after nine months of interpreting parliamentarians online via fuzzy laptop mics and poor internet connections. The association repres...
Jan 19, 2021
Canadian neonatal nurse fired after speaking at D.C. rally
TORONTO - A Canadian neonatal intensive care nurse who spoke at an anti-lockdown rally in Washington, D.C., has been fired. London Health Sciences Centre in London, Ont., confirms its termination of K...
Jan 19, 2021
Canada calls for Ugandan opposition to be set free, no plans to cancel UN mission
OTTAWA - The federal government says it is "deeply concerned" about the political situation in Uganda, but that it has no plans to stop deploying a Canadian military aircraft to the country to help UN...
Jan 19, 2021
