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Offensive lineman Shane Richards signs extension with Toronto Argonauts
TORONTO - Offensive lineman Shane Richards has agreed to a contract extension with the Toronto Argonauts. Richards, 26, played all 14 games for the 9-5 Argonauts this past season. The six-foot-eight, ...
Dec 28, 2021
North Dakota man convicted of killing 4 gets life in prison
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) - A man convicted of killing four people at a North Dakota property management company was sentenced Tuesday to multiple life prison terms without the possibility of parole. South Ce...
Dec 28, 2021
Canada's Bobbie Rosenfeld led the way — in almost every sport she attempted
Bobbie Rosenfeld was a trailblazer and champion, willing and able to conquer a variety of sports. A member of Canada's first Olympic women's track team dubbed "the Matchless Six" - Rosenfeld, Florence...
Dec 28, 2021
Tennis player Leylah Fernandez named The Canadian Press female athlete of the year
TORONTO - Leylah Fernandez displayed a champion's poise after a memorable run to the US Open tennis final last summer, a performance that showed she had truly arrived on one of the sport's biggest sta...
Dec 28, 2021
Two toppled statues and a Manitoba premier's response set in motion major changes
WINNIPEG - Few might have foreseen it at the time, but the toppling of two statues on the Manitoba legislature grounds in July would end up having far-reaching effects on Manitoba politics. The govern...
Dec 28, 2021
Spain winger Ferran Torres leaves Man City for Barcelona
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Barcelona completed the signing of Ferran Torres from Manchester City on Tuesday for a reported fee of 55 million euros ($62.25 million), around double what the English champio...
Dec 28, 2021
Year-End Interview: Travis Toews
Grande Prairie-Wapiti MLA and Minister of Finance for Alberta Travis Toews feels 2021 was a year of growth and challenges for the province and Peace Region.While COVID-19 restrictions and historic dro...
Dec 28, 2021
French skier Tessa Worley leads GS in Shiffrin's absence
LIENZ, Austria (AP) - French skier Tessa Worley posted the fastest time in the opening run of a women's World Cup giant slalom Tuesday in the absence of Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin and world cha...
Dec 28, 2021
Dominik Paris dominates downhill for another Bormio win
BORMIO, Italy (AP) - Icy, bumpy, dark and gnarly. The Stelvio course is skiing's version of heavy metal. Which is why it fits Dominik Paris, the World Cup circuit's resident heavy metal singer, so per...
Dec 28, 2021
Two million COVID cases, Seamus O'Regan tests positive: In The News for Dec. 28, 2021
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 28 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 28, 2021