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Seven CFL teams featured male performers on their cheer/hype teams
The Montreal Alouettes incorporated men into their cheer team for the first time last season. Longtime director Annie Larouche hopes the program can achieve another first in 2019. "I have male (s...
Feb 19, 2019
TSB says improved tankers involved in Manitoba derailment that spilled crude
ST. LAZARE, Man. - Federal investigators say CN rail cars that spilled crude after derailing on farm land in western Manitoba were upgraded tankers. The Transportation Safety Board says 37 o...
Feb 19, 2019
Grey Cups are not won in February – Yet
The first week of CFL Free Agency is in the books and while the BC Lions won the Mike Reilly Sweepstakes and Bo Levi Mitchell returned to Calgary singing, "There's No Place Like Home", the bottom line...
Feb 19, 2019
Feeling good? How about training like a super-hero in the boxing gym?
Feeling on top of your game? A new product from a Canadian company can help aspiring fighters train like a super-hero. Canadian-based Hayabusa Fightwear is partnering with Marvel Entertainment on...
Feb 19, 2019
CP NewsAlert: Alberta investing $3.7B to move oil by rail, leasing cars
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it's investing $3.7 billion to move the province's land-locked oil to market by rail. It says 4,400 leased railway cars will move up to 120,000 barrels of o...
Feb 19, 2019
Law firms selected to represent users owed millions from QuadrigaCX platform
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia judge has selected two law firms to represent users of the insolvent QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange who are owed about $260 million. Justice Michael Wood of the Nova Scotia...
Feb 19, 2019
NewsAlert: Case thrown out against former SNC-Lavalin exec Stephane Roy
MONTREAL - A judge has thrown out fraud and bribery charges against a former SNC-Lavalin executive after concluding delays in his trial had become unreasonable. Quebec court Judge Patricia Compag...
Feb 19, 2019
Police say fatal Calgary house explosion not considered suspicious
CALGARY - Police say the death of a man whose remains were found after a house explosion in Calgary on the weekend is not suspicious. They say the man has tentatively been identifi...
Feb 19, 2019
Meadow Lake gearing up for Winter Festival
The Meadow Lake community is getting ready to host its popular Winter Festival next month.The event will run from Friday, March 8 to Sunday, March 10.Cliff McKay, on the organizing committee, said the...
Feb 19, 2019
Justin Thomas opens up a 4-shot lead at Riviera
LOS ANGELES - Justin Thomas, playing so well that even a shank turned into a par, finished off his third round Sunday morning with a 6-under 65 to build a four-shot lead over Adam Scott and J.B. Holme...
Feb 19, 2019