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Saskatchewan Roughriders happy with narrow 19-17 win over Winnipeg Blue Bombers
REGINA - As far as style points go, the Saskatchewan Roughriders would give themselves a two - as in two points for a 19-17 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Sunday. "It wasn't our best game.....
Sep 01, 2019
Court reverses sole conviction in San Francisco pier killing
SAN FRANCISCO - A California state appeals court on Friday threw out the sole conviction against an immigrant who fatally shot a young woman on the San Francisco waterfront in 2015 in a case that spar...
Sep 01, 2019
Federer bristles at idea he chose US Open time; Djokovic OK
NEW YORK - There was no slow start to this U.S. Open outing for Roger Federer, who bristled at the suggestion that he might have played a role in some favourable scheduling. After dropping the opening...
Sep 01, 2019
Advocacy group calling on BC Government to support creation of safe drug supply
VANCOUVER - A group whose members have experienced illicit drug use is urging the BC government to support the creation of a safe drug supply - the aim being to prevent deaths from drugs spiked with l...
Sep 01, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Supreme Court rejects Saskatchewan's request to delay carbon tax appeal
REGINA - Saskatchewan says the Supreme Court of Canada has denied the province's request to delay its appeal hearing over the carbon tax. The province says the Supreme Court recently issued an or...
Sep 01, 2019
Brett Lauther's last-second field goal lifts Roughriders over Blue Bombers 19-17
REGINA - Brett Lauther's 26-yard field goal as time expired gave the Saskatchewan Roughriders a thrilling 19-17 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Sunday. Lauther kicked three field goals in a ...
Sep 01, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)
Federer bristles at idea he chose US Open time; Djokovic OK
NEW YORK - There was no slow start to this U.S. Open outing for Roger Federer, who bristled at the suggestion that he might have played a role in some favourable scheduling. After dropping the opening...
Sep 01, 2019
Liberals drop candidate in Montreal riding over comments described as anti-Semitic
OTTAWA - The Liberal Party of Canada turfed one of its Montreal-area candidates Friday after a Jewish advocacy group unearthed a series of old statements Guillet made on social media about I...
Sep 01, 2019
Canada drops 108-92 decision to Australia in FIBA World Cup opener
DONGGUAN, China - Nick Nurse had said Canada would need to play extraordinary basketball to survive at the FIBA World Cup - missing most of its biggest stars, and playing in arguably the toughest grou...
Sep 01, 2019
Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell closes in on return to field
Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell took another step towards returning to the football field with zip on his passes in Friday's practice. The CFL's Most Outstanding Player and Grey Cup MV...
Sep 01, 2019
