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Quebec government creates guidelines to control problem hockey parents
MONTREAL - Parents of minor hockey players in Quebec will now be required to make sure their conduct in the stands measures up to new guidelines set by the provincial government. The Education De...
Feb 11, 2019
NDP calls for review of Sask. Party relationship with SNC-Lavalin
As a barrage of questions arise in Ottawa over the Globe and Mail's report last week that the prime minister's office pressured the former attorney general to help SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecuti...
Feb 11, 2019
Film academy reveals which 4 Oscars will be given off air
LOS ANGELES - The film academy has finally revealed the Oscar categories that will be presented during the commercial breaks of this year's broadcast. A spokesperson for the Academy of Motion Picture ...
Feb 11, 2019
Sam Hurl re-ups with Roughriders a day before free agency
Just a day before he was set to hit the free agent market Sam Hurl has signed a deal to stay in the green and white.The 28-year-old returned to the Saskatchewan Roughriders last season after spending ...
Feb 11, 2019
Canada Soccer bullish on future, Herdman says we're going to 2022 World Cup
TORONTO - On a day when the Canadian Soccer Association unveiled its 2019-21 strategic plan with slick videos and speeches, Canada men's coach John Herdman got straight to the point. World Cup, here w...
Feb 11, 2019
National youth policy a matter of 'managing expectations'
OTTAWA - Three years after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised a national youth policy, the federal government is still trying to determine what it should include. Trudeau appointed himself the min...
Feb 11, 2019
Muyres and Marsh brothers heading to 2019 Brier
There will be some local flair at this year's Tim Hortons Brier in Brandon, Manitoba.St. Gregor, Saskatchewan's own Kirk Muyres won the SaskTel Tankard in Whitewood and will be joined by his brother D...
Feb 11, 2019
'Linsanity' revisited - A look at Jeremy Lin's brief time as a basketball phenomenon
TORONTO - For at least part of one season, Jeremy Lin might have been the most popular player in the NBA. Starting the 2011-12 campaign as a deep bench player sleeping on his brother's couch, he led a...
Feb 11, 2019
More immigrants sue US over end to protected status
Immigrants from Honduras and Nepal have filed a lawsuit alleging the Trump administration unfairly ended a program that lets them live and work in the United States. The lawsuit filed late Sunday in f...
Feb 11, 2019
Trost, Tories, settle leadership dispute over leak of membership list
OTTAWA - The federal Conservative party has cleared Saskatchewan MP Brad Trost's leadership campaign over a leak of the party's membership list to the National Firearms Association ...
Feb 11, 2019