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Toronto cop takes stand in assault trial, admits causing victim's eye injury
OSHAWA, Ont. - A Toronto police officer accused of beating a young black man nearly three years ago testified Tuesday he was acting in self-defence when he delivered the punches that ruptured the man'...
Nov 14, 2019
PBO forecasts slower growth and deeper federal deficits
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog is warning of rougher economic waters ahead that will likely send the federal budget deeper into deficit. In a new report this morning, the parliamentary bud...
Nov 14, 2019
Popular Coach's Corner segment at crossroads after Cherry departure
TORONTO - Sportsnet brass made the call to end Don Cherry's nearly four-decade run on Hockey Night in Canada's "Coach's Corner" after his rant over the weekend. Their next big decision may be even tou...
Nov 14, 2019
Powell urges Congressional panel to tackle budget deficits
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is asking Congress to tackle the growing budget deficit. Powell's remarks before the House Budget Committee Thursday came a day after he told Congre...
Nov 14, 2019
Hamilton Tiger-Cats have been the city's feel-good story for 2019
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a feel-good story for a city that has dealt with its share of bad news this year. The Ticats, with roots in Hamilton dating back to the late 1800s,&nbs...
Nov 14, 2019
Supreme Court sides with naturopath in manslaughter, negligence case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a Quebec naturopath is not guilty of manslaughter or criminal negligence in the death of an elderly man. Roger Matern, an 84-year-old with heart dis...
Nov 14, 2019
One-time Liberal senators rename themselves as Progressive Senate Group
OTTAWA - The last group of former Liberal senators in Parliament's upper chamber are rebranding themselves. The nine senators say they will now call themselves the Progressive Senate Group to ref...
Nov 14, 2019
Penguins star Sidney Crosby out 6 weeks after core surgery
PITTSBURGH - Penguins star Sidney Crosby will be out at least six weeks after what the team said was a successful core muscle injury repair Thursday. General manager Jim Rutherford says the procedure ...
Nov 14, 2019
‘I want to be out there’: Cody Fajardo throws as Riders prepare for West final
All eyes are on the health of Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo ahead of the CFL's West Division final.The 27-year-old has been dealing with an oblique injury he suffered during a clos...
Nov 14, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
George Reed Way unveiled at Evraz Place
Saskatchewan Roughriders legend George Reed is getting another honour in his adopted hometown.The CFL's Roughriders, the City of Regina and the Regina Exhibition Association Limited (REAL) announced W...
Nov 14, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders president/CEO Craig Reynolds, Regina Mayor Michael Fougere and former Roughriders player and executive Steve Mazurak join George Reed and his wife, Angie, at a ceremony announcing the renaming of a stretch of 10th Avenue to George Reed Way on Nov. 13, 2019. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)