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Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Toronto Argonauts set to renew their Labour Day rivalry Monday
He's in only his third CFL season but Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Dane Evans understands fully the mystique that is Labour Day in the CFL. Evans will make his second Labour Day start Monday when H...
Sep 05, 2021
Rookie quarterback Jake Maier to make third straight start when Stampeders face Elks
CALGARY - Rookie Jake Maier will make a third straight start at quarterback Monday when the Calgary Stampeders host the Edmonton Elks. Maier was listed atop Calgary's depth chat at quarterback, ahead ...
Sep 05, 2021
Storm fall to Grizzlys in pre-season opener
Grande Prairie Storm raised the curtain on their five game AJHL pre-season schedule on Saturday night, dropping a 4-3 decision to the Olds Grizzlys. True Crowe, Jacob Paler-Chow, Dawson Leroux, and St...
Sep 05, 2021
Twenty years later, Canadians reflect on their efforts after the 9/11 attacks
Calgary firefighter Mark Turik recalls standing at Ground Zero in January 2002, watching a group of police officers as they surrounded a body pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Centre. He was t...
Sep 05, 2021
Uncertainty reigns in Guinea after gunfire near presidency
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - Heavy gunfire erupted early Sunday near the presidential palace in Guinea's capital and went on for hours, witnesses said, raising fears of a coup attempt in the West African na...
Sep 05, 2021
Twenty years later, Canadians reflect on their efforts after the 9/11 attacks
Calgary firefighter Mark Turik recalls standing at Ground Zero in January 2002, watching a group of police officers as they surrounded a body pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Centre. He was t...
Sep 05, 2021
Kovrig, Spavor supporters march in support of freeing the prisoners, as China objects
OTTAWA - As Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor mark 1,000 days in separate Chinese prisons, their supporters are taking to the streets of Ottawa and beyond on Sunday to push for their freedom. China's ...
Sep 05, 2021
Canada, allies watchful of how China will fill Western void in Afghanistan
OTTAWA - With the United States and its allies, Canada included, having left Afghanistan firmly in the hands of the Taliban, another world power is stepping into the void to exert its influence on the...
Sep 05, 2021
Walk at Muskoseepi Park set to honour FASD awareness day
The 2nd annual Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) awareness walk in Grande Prairie will take place on September 9. Northwest Peace FASD Society Executive Director Gwen Vekved says the walk is on I...
Sep 05, 2021
Kashmir leader's family charged under India anti-terror law
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir charged family members of late resistance leader Syed Ali Geelani under a harsh anti-terror law for raising anti-India slogans and wrapping h...
Sep 05, 2021