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Lions sign all-star wide receiver Bryan Burnham to contract extension
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have signed star wide receiver Bryan Burnham to a contract extension. The 31-year-old has been a CFL all-star in each of his last four seasons. Burnham had 965 receiving yar...
Jan 28, 2022
Passenger in hit-and-run death of Calgary officer sentenced to 5 years in prison
CALGARY - The passenger in a car involved in the hit-and-run death of a Calgary police officer has been sentenced to five years in prison. Amir Abdulrahman was sentenced this morning after pleading gu...
Jan 28, 2022
Minister optimistic P.E.I. potato shipments to Puerto Rico could resume soon
FREDERICTON - The federal agriculture minister is optimistic the United States could approve the resumption of shipments of Prince Edward Island potatoes to Puerto Rico within weeks. Marie-Claude Bibe...
Jan 28, 2022
Judge OKs agreement to destroy gun used by Kyle Rittenhouse
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin judge on Friday approved an agreement by lawyers to destroy the assault-style rifle that Kyle Rittenhouse used to shoot three people during a 2020 street protest. Assi...
Jan 28, 2022
Nomadic goalkeeper Greg Ranjitsingh takes the long road home to Toronto FC
Greg Ranjitsingh has been a nomadic goalkeeper, with stops in Orlando City, Minnesota United and Philadelphia Union as well as time as an MLS pool 'keeper. That journey has taken him full circle as he...
Jan 28, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's isolation due to child testing positive for COVID-19
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's isolating because one of his kids tested positive for COVID-19. In an interview with The Canadian Press, he says he feels fine and has no symptoms. He ...
Jan 28, 2022
Canadian team sidelined by COVID at ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in Caribbean
A COVID-19 outbreak has sidelined the Canadian team at the ICC Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean. The International Cricket Council said Friday that nine Canada players have tested pos...
Jan 28, 2022
Canada represented by 215 athletes at Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games
Five-time Olympic gold medallist Charles Hamelin is back to compete in his fifth and final Winter Olympic Games as part of a 215-athlete delegation Canada is sending to Beijing. Hamelin, the decorated...
Jan 28, 2022
Parliament Hill girds for massive truck convoy protest
The first trucks in a massive national convoy that was organized to protest the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border drivers are due to arrive in the Ottawa area today. The c...
Jan 28, 2022
3 indicted in fire at Wendy's after Rayshard Brooks killing
ATLANTA (AP) - Three people have been indicted on arson charges in the burning of the Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta where a police officer fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in June 2020. A Fulton County gr...
Jan 28, 2022