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Bombers' O'Shea, Ticats' Steinauer have a long and successful past together
They've been teammates and coached together. On Friday night, Mike O'Shea and Orlondo Steinauer square off for the first time as rival CFL head coaches. The league's top two teams will meet ...
Jul 24, 2019
Food fight: Liberals, Tories trade shots as pre-campaign battles intensify
OTTAWA - Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre took aim at the Liberals Monday morning for bringing back former prime ministerial aide Gerald Butts to work on their election campaign. An h...
Jul 24, 2019
Le Batard absent from radio show after assailing Trump, ESPN
NEW YORK - ESPN's Dan Le Batard was away from his radio show Monday after attracting attention for criticizing President Donald Trump's racist tweets and his network's policy of avoiding politics unle...
Jul 24, 2019
Trudeau names outgoing NDP MP Murray Rankin to lead new security-review agency
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is making an outgoing New Democrat MP the chair of a new national-security review agency. Murray Rankin has been the member of Parliament for Victoria since 2012...
Jul 24, 2019
Canadian government faces call to revoke funding for giant telescope in Hawaii
OTTAWA - The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs says Canada should bail out of a plan to build a large new telescope in Hawaii on land claimed as sacred by Indigenous Hawaiians. In an open letter to Prime Mi...
Jul 24, 2019
Canadian government faces call to revoke funding for giant telescope in Hawaii
OTTAWA - The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs says Canada should bail out of a plan to build a large new telescope in Hawaii on land claimed as sacred by Indigenous Hawaiians. In an open letter to Prime Mi...
Jul 24, 2019
Deaths as bomber detonates in Mogadishu mayor's office
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A suicide bomber walked into the office of Mogadishu's mayor and detonated explosives strapped to his waist, killing several people and badly wounding the mayor, Somali police sai...
Jul 24, 2019
The Canadian Press appoints veteran Andrea Baillie as editor-in-chief
TORONTO - The Canadian Press is promoting managing editor Andrea Baillie to editor-in-chief, marking the first time a woman will oversee editorial operations at the national n...
Jul 24, 2019
Expert warns of Huawei monopoly in North, leaving residents vulnerable to China
Ottawa is creating conditions for the telecom giant Huawei to create a monopoly on high-speed internet in Canada's Far North, leaving its residents vulnerable to Beijing's will, says a leading analyst...
Jul 24, 2019
Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser ready for UFC debut in Edmonton
Mixed martial arts has taken Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser around the world. On Saturday, it returns him to his backyard as the Alberta heavyweight makes his UFC debut at UFC 240 in Edmonton. The 27-ye...
Jul 24, 2019
