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Here are 10 CFL players to watch for during the 2022 regular season
It will be a full return Thursday night for the CFL. The league will kick off the 2022 season with the Montreal Alouettes visiting the Calgary Stampeders. Teams will play a full 18-game schedule for t...
Jun 8, 2022
Blazers trade 20-year-old Belton to Tri-City
KAMLOOPS - Reese Belton is heading to Tri-City. The Blazers shipped the 20-year-old forward to the Americans on Wednesday for a fourth-round pick in the 2023 WHL Prospects Draft. Belton, who was draft...
Jun 8, 2022
Russia not invited as Arctic Council resumes meetings
OTTAWA - The Arctic Council is deciding to sit again, after suspending its meetings in protest at Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But council members say Russia is not invited to the table and future me...
Jun 8, 2022
Federal lawyers move to shield alleged secrets in civil court case of ex-Saudi spy
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is seeking a court injunction to prevent a former Saudi intelligence official from disclosing allegedly sensitive security information in a civil proceeding against hi...
Jun 8, 2022
Crown seeks 2-year sentence for former Whitecaps coach's sex offences
VANCOUVER - A Crown prosecutor is seeking a sentence of nearly two years for a former women's soccer coach with the Vancouver Whitecaps who pleaded guilty to sex charges. Bob Birarda, who also coached...
Jun 8, 2022
'Something money can't buy:' Rory McIlroy embraces tradition at RBC Canadian Open
TORONTO - Rory McIlroy can't help but shake his head and sigh over the emergence of a new men's professional circuit that hopes to rival the PGA Tour. McIlroy will defend his crown at the RBC Canadian...
Jun 8, 2022
Canada Child Benefit would cost $1.1B more without pandemic supports: PBO
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office estimates the Canada Child Benefit program would cost $1.1 billion more over the 2021-2024 fiscal years if pandemic supports had not been paid out to families ...
Jun 8, 2022
Federal ministers say they're working on measures to end delays at airports
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says the federal government is working on new measures to help ease delays at major airports, adding that a "similar phenomenon" is happening worldwide. Speak...
Jun 8, 2022
Canada is target of Russian disinformation, with millions of tweets linked to Kremlin
OTTAWA - A University of Calgary analysis of over 6 million tweets and retweets - and where they originate from - has found that Canada is being targeted by foreign powers trying to influence public o...
Jun 8, 2022
Veteran running back Harris keen on new beginning with Toronto Argonauts
TORONTO - Different city, different team, same approach for Andrew Harris. The all-time leading Canadian rusher in CFL history is set to begin his 12th season, but first with the Toronto Argonauts. Ha...
Jun 8, 2022
