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Hamilton Tiger-Cats quietly busy on opening day of CFL free agency
HAMILTON - It was a somewhat quiet first day of free agency for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats but still a productive one. The Ticats signed American defensive back Javien Elliott to a two-year deal Tuesday,...
Feb 14, 2023

Montreal Alouettes sign veteran quarterback Fajardo in free agency
MONTREAL - Cody Fajardo has a new CFL home. The veteran quarterback signed a two-year deal with the Montreal Alouettes on Tuesday, the first day of CFL free agency. The move wasn't a surprise as forme...
Feb 14, 2023

Man with explosives arrested outside Swiss parliament
GENEVA (AP) - Police in Switzerland's capital evacuated Parliament and related offices Tuesday after a man in a bulletproof vest was arrested near one of its entrances and found to be bearing explosiv...
Feb 14, 2023

Grey Cup-champion Argos sign veteran defensive back Adarius Pickett
TORONTO - The Grey-Cup champion Toronto Argonauts signed offensive lineman Darius Ciraco, defensive back Adarius Pickett and defensive lineman Folarin Orimolade on Tuesday. Ciraco is Canadian while th...
Feb 14, 2023

Show baby's breath no love this Valentine's Day, invasive species group warns
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia non-profit organization fighting invasive species is reminding people on Valentine's Day to spread the love, not the baby's breath. The Invasive Species Council of B.C. ...
Feb 14, 2023

Andrew Albers to represent Canada at World Baseball Classic
When Team Canada takes to the field for the 2023 World Baseball Classic, there will be a familiar face in the pitching rotation for fans of the sport in the Battlefords and across Saskatchewan. North ...
Feb 14, 2023

MPs seek transparency in Canada's sanctions regime, accountability for Russia's war
OTTAWA - The House of Commons foreign affairs committee wants the Liberal government to report to Parliament on a regular basis about whether its sanctions regime is actually working. The committee la...
Feb 14, 2023

What we know — and don't know — about the objects being shot down over North America
OTTAWA - Canadians have been inundated with reports of unidentified objects being shot down by American fighter jets over the U.S. and Canada. So what do we know about what is happening - and what don...
Feb 14, 2023

Judge vacates conviction of man imprisoned nearly 3 decades
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A Missouri judge on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a man who has served nearly 28 years of a life sentence for a killing that he has always said he didn't commit. Lamar Johnson,...
Feb 14, 2023

City sanitary sewer trunk upgrade project sees another increase
The City of North Battleford's large-scale primary sanitary sewer trunk upgrade project is experiencing another cost increase. City director of operations Stewart Schafer gave an update on the project...
Feb 14, 2023