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Saskatchewan Roughriders add defensive back Kenneth Acker to secondary
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed defensive back Kenneth Acker. The six-foot, 195-pound native of Portland, Ore., joins the Roughriders after five years in the NFL, playing in 40 regul...
Jan 29, 2021
Canadian tennis players ready to start gearing up for the Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - A busy stretch for Canadian tennis starts this weekend with Australian Open players emerging from quarantine. Australian Open qualifier Rebecca Marino of Vancouver kicks things ...
Jan 29, 2021
Pattison Canadian International is included on Woodbine's 2021 thoroughbred schedule
TORONTO - The Pattison Canadian International has been included on Woodbine's 2021 thoroughbred stakes schedule. The turf race was postponed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic but is scheduled to ...
Jan 29, 2021
German financial oversight head out after Wirecard scandal
BERLIN - The head of Germany's financial supervisory authority will leave the job as the agency is reorganized in the aftermath of the accounting scandal at payment systems provider Wirecard, the fina...
Jan 29, 2021
China finance official executed in bribery case
BEIJING - The former head of a Chinese state-owned asset management company was executed Friday on charges of taking bribes in an unusually severe penalty for a recent corruption case. Lai Xiaomin of ...
Jan 29, 2021
Cicely Tyson paved way for Black actors to follow footsteps
LOS ANGELES - Cicely Tyson was a Black actor who knocked down doors so other women of colour could walk through them. With dignified grace, Tyson strategically selected powerful roles with an intent t...
Jan 29, 2021
Canadian women's speedskating team back on top of podium at World Cup
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Canada's women's team pursuit speedskating squad has captured gold at a World Cup for the second week in a row, while the Canadian men's squad earned silver. Ottawa's Ivanie ...
Jan 29, 2021
Police releasing few details after Montreal cop disarmed, injured during traffic stop
Montreal police are releasing little information today after an officer on Thursday was allegedly disarmed and injured following a traffic stop. Police had initially said on Thursday that one of their...
Jan 29, 2021
Rescue crews kept busy with search and accident
KAMLOOPS - Fire crews and police responded to an accident overnight on highway 5 at the Halston interchange. A car and pickup were believed to be involved, but there are few details so far. It's not k...
Jan 29, 2021
Guitar stolen in 2018 from rock band 54-40 found during police raid in Surrey, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A raid of an apartment in British Columbia has solved a two-year-old mystery about a valuable guitar belonging to a member of Canadian rock band 54-40. Chilliwack RCMP say an invest...
Jan 29, 2021
