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Redblacks victory would clinch CFL playoff berth for defending-champion Alouettes
TORONTO - They're idle, but the Montreal Alouettes could still cement a CFL playoff berth this week. Montreal (10-1) would secure an East Division post-season spot if the Ottawa Redblacks (7-2-1) defe...
Aug 27, 2024
Ontario teen, due to start at UBC, dies in fall off 50-metre cliff in Metro Vancouver
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - A 17-year-old from Ontario who was about to start his studies at the University of British Columbia is dead after climbing over a fence and falling off a cliff in a popular Met...
Aug 27, 2024
Canadian Tevaughn Campbell among final cuts of NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars
Veteran defensive back Tevaughn Campbell was among the Jacksonville Jaguars final cuts Tuesday. The 31-year-old Toronto native was signed by Jacksonville off the Las Vegas Raiders practice squad Oct. ...
Aug 27, 2024
Utah mother and children's book author Kouri Richins to stand trial in husband's death, judge rules
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - A Utah mother of three who published a children's book about grief after her husband's death and was later accused of fatally poisoning him will stand trial, a judge ruled Tuesd...
Aug 27, 2024
Grand chief hopeful $47.8B First Nations child welfare vote will be moved to October
OTTAWA - The grand chief of the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council says she's optimistic that chiefs from French-speaking nations will get more time to review the landmark $47.8-billion child...
Aug 27, 2024
Utah mother and children's book author Kouri Richins to stand trial in husband's death, judge says
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - A Utah mother of three who published a children's book about grief after her husband's death and was later accused of fatally poisoning him will stand trial, a judge ruled Tuesd...
Aug 27, 2024
How much microplastic is in your coffee? New device by UBC researchers could tell you
VANCOUVER - Researchers at the University of British Columbia say they've come up with a portable device that can cheaply detect the amount of microplastics in drinks and other liquids. Tianxi Yang, w...
Aug 27, 2024
How much microplastic is in your coffee? New device by UBC researchers could tell you
VANCOUVER - Researchers at the University of British Columbia say they've come up with a portable device that can cheaply detect the amount of microplastics in drinks and other liquids. Tianxi Yang, w...
Aug 27, 2024
Auger-Aliassime eliminated at U.S. Open with first-round loss to Mensik
NEW YORK - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the U.S. Open after dropping a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 decision to Czechia's Jakub Mensik in first-round action Tuesday. Mensik scored his sixth break in th...
Aug 27, 2024
Bye-bye to Banff pedestrian zone after Labour Day long weekend
BANFF, Alta. - It'll be one last hurrah for a pedestrian zone along the main downtown drag of Banff, Alta., this long weekend. The Rocky Mountain tourist town is telling businesses to take down outdoo...
Aug 27, 2024
