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Blue Bombers acquire veteran quarterback Collaros from Toronto Argonauts
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts dealt quarterback Zach Collaros to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Wednesday just prior to the league's trade deadline. According to a league source, the Bombers and Argos...
Oct 09, 2019
Coach John Herdman says Canada up for showdown with U.S. in Toronto
TORONTO - Coach John Herdman says Canada's upcoming CONCACAF Nations League match against the United States will come down to who wants it more. And he suggested his young Canadian team is ready ...
Oct 09, 2019
I.V. Macklin students to hold Cocoa for Kids fundraiser for Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation
Grade 7 and 8 students from I.V. Macklin public school are holding a fundraiser for the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation in Grande Prairie.The students will be holding a Cocoa for Kids fundrais...
Oct 09, 2019
Braves don't give out tomahawks after Helsley's complaint
ATLANTA - The Atlanta Braves have not distributed their traditional red foam tomahawks to fans before Game 5 of their NL Division Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. The foam cutouts are used when...
Oct 09, 2019
Manitoba's government wants to put off court challenge over wage freeze
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is asking a judge to shelve a court challenge launched by unions representing 110,000 workers over the province's public-sector wage freeze. Two years after the...
Oct 09, 2019
Alberta government moving to fire entire board that oversees provincial real estate industry
The Alberta government is moving to fire the entire board that regulates the provincial real-estate industry on the grounds it is hopelessly dysfunctional and wracked by infighting.Service Alberta Min...
Oct 09, 2019
Canada condemns Turkish military incursion in northern Syria as destabilizing
OTTAWA - Canada has joined its major allies in firmly condemning Turkey's military incursion into northern Syria. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland made Canada's position clear in a...
Oct 09, 2019
Two Calgary men charged in relation to unrelated swatting calls
Police in Calgary have charged two men in relation to multiple swatting calls.Swatting is the reporting of false emergencies to get police, particularly SWAT teams, to respond to specific locations.Po...
Oct 09, 2019
Rays pummel Greinke, Morton clutch vs Astros to win Game 3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Charlie Morton to the rescue, again. Kevin Kiermaier hit a go-ahead, three-run homer as Tampa Bay teed off on Zack Greinke, and the Rays got another clutch playoff performance f...
Oct 09, 2019
Seamus O'Regan taking break from campaign to care for family member
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Liberal candidate Seamus O'Regan says he's taking some time off from campaigning to spend time with his family. The incumbent from Newfoundland and Labrador's St. John's ...
Oct 09, 2019