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Canada soccer coach John Herdman names young roster for January games
TORONTO - Canada soccer coach John Herdman has called up under-17 star Jayden Nelson and five other newcomers for a trio of international matches later this month. The 17-year-old Toronto FC 2 fo...
Jan 03, 2020
Nikita Cook to stand trial next year connected to Tiki Laverdiere death
One of the eight people accused in the Tiki Laverdiere homicide investigation will be headed to trial next year.Nikita Cook, 31, of Onion Lake Cree Nation, is facing charges of first-degree murder and...
Jan 03, 2020 Nikita Cook is scheduled for trial in 2021. (supplied/RCMP)
Current Canadian military and police missions in the Middle East
OTTAWA - As experts warn that Iran might retaliate violently after the United States killed its military leader Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, here is a list of Canadian deployments in the Middle East, ...
Jan 03, 2020
Canadiens sign free-agent forward Ilya Kovalchuk to one-year contract
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens agreed to terms on a one-year contract with free-agent forward Ilya Kovalchuk on Friday. The two-way deal is worth US$700,000 at the NHL level and $70,000 in the...
Jan 03, 2020
Canada's Alexis Lafreniere to return from knee injury at world juniors
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Alexis Lafreniere started by weaving back and forth on the edges of his skates. Next up was a series of twists and turns as he continued to test what is, at this mo...
Jan 03, 2020
Killing of Iranian general sparks concerns for safety of Canadian troops
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the safety of Canadians in the Middle East is the government's "paramount concern" after an American airstrike killed a top Iranian g...
Jan 03, 2020
‘Open wound:’ Talk by poet who worked with Indigenous woman’s killer to go ahead
REGINA - The University of Regina is being urged to cancel a lecture by a celebrated Canadian poet who has worked with an Indigenous woman's killer, but the school says doing so would go against its p...
Jan 03, 2020 (File photo/Canadian Press)
RCMP warn western Sask. communities after string of break-ins
The RCMP have put out a crime watch advisory after a string of break-ins in multiple communities west of Saskatoon.According to Biggar's RCMP Detachment Commander Dereck Crozier, the spree has hit Uni...
Jan 03, 2020 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby arrested on battery charge
MIAMI - Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby was arrested on a battery charge in Miami on Thursday night and is being held on an arrest warrant out of Texas, according to court records. The rapper, whose re...
Jan 03, 2020
US construction spending up 0.6% in November, led by housing
WASHINGTON - Spending on U.S. construction projects rose a solid 0.6% in November as gains in home building and government projects offset weakness in nonresidential construction. It was the fifth con...
Jan 03, 2020