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Max Cleland dies; senator and veteran lost limbs in Vietnam
ATLANTA (AP) - Max Cleland, who lost three limbs to a hand grenade in Vietnam and later became a groundbreaking Veterans Administration chief and U.S. senator from Georgia until an attack ad questioni...
Nov 09, 2021
CF Montreal to host Canadian Championship final Nov. 21 against Toronto FC
TORONTO - CF Montreal will host the Canadian Championship final against Toronto FC on Nov. 21 at Stade Saputo. Defending champion Montreal defeated Toronto in a penalty shootout in 2019, the last time...
Nov 09, 2021
Veteran midfielder Jonathan Osorio not interested in easy road to World Cup
Canadian midfielder Jonathan Osorio isn't interested in getting to the World Cup via the back door, as co-host in 2026. "I want to be part of a team that's able to say that we qualified and not hosted...
Nov 09, 2021
Bank of Canada governor says central bank's role includes reducing inequality
OTTAWA - The governor of the Bank of Canada has laid down an argument for the central bank's actions during the pandemic, hours after the country's opposition leader suggested the bank stay in its inf...
Nov 09, 2021
Fairview emergency department to close for 12-hour period Tuesday evening
The emergency department at the Fairview Health Complex will be closing for 12 hours starting Tuesday evening as it will be without an on-site physician.Alberta Health Services says the closure will l...
Nov 09, 2021
Parole recommended for Manson follower Leslie Van Houten
SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) - A California parole panel on Tuesday recommended for the fifth time that Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten be freed from prison, decisions previously rejected by two g...
Nov 09, 2021
Logging truck collides with RCMP vehicles headed to enforce B.C. injunction
PORT RENFREW, B.C. - Mounties on southern Vancouver Island say three officers were hospitalized with injuries after a collision involving a logging truck Tuesday morning. The RCMP say the officers wer...
Nov 09, 2021
Quebec religious symbols ban will apply to English schools until appeal decided
MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal will not allow the English Montreal School Board to hire teachers who wear religious symbols while an appeal of a lower court decision on Quebec's secularism law ...
Nov 09, 2021
Habs goalie Carey Price says "substance use" led him to NHL's assistance program
MONTREAL - Carey Price has broken his silence after voluntarily entering the NHL's player assistance program more than a month ago. The superstar goaltender issued a statement through the Montreal Can...
Nov 09, 2021
Canadian show jumping chef d'equipe Mark Laskin quits, unhappy with Equestrian Canada
OTTAWA - Mark Laskin has resigned as chef d'equipe of the Canadian show jumping team and says he's been forced out. Laskin has been the show jumping team's chef d'equipe since 2012, which was a role i...
Nov 09, 2021