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Father seemed agitated ahead of girls' murders, grandmother tells Quebec inquiry
QUEBEC - The maternal grandmother of two young Quebec girls killed by their father in July 2020 says he seemed agitated and nervous in the lead up to the murders. Gatane Tremblay testified today at a ...
Feb 14, 2023
Canada Soccer Business says it has been misunderstood, offers to help national teams
Canada Soccer Business, the little-known entity that represents Canada Soccer's corporate partnerships and broadcast rights among other assets, is tired of getting slagged. And it says it wants to hel...
Feb 14, 2023
Ottawa Redblacks sign free-agent defensive back Brooks
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks signed American defensive back Cariel Brooks to one-year contract Tuesday. Brooks, 31, spent five seasons with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He had 35 tackles and six pass kno...
Feb 14, 2023
Boxing Canada to boycott women's championships over Russian, Belarusian involvement
TORONTO - Boxing Canada announced Tuesday it is joining a boycott of the upcoming women's world championships due to the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes. President Ryan O'Shea said in...
Feb 14, 2023
Liberal MP Greg Fergus breached Conflict of Interest Act with letter, watchdog rules
OTTAWA - The federal ethics commissioner says Liberal MP Greg Fergus breached the Conflict of Interest Act by writing a letter to Canada's broadcast regulator to support a television channel's applica...
Feb 14, 2023
Argos GM Pinball Clemons won't be running to replace Tory as Toronto mayor
TORONTO - The timing still isn't right for Michael (Pinball) Clemons to dive into politics. With John Tory soon to make his exit from his post as Toronto's mayor, the Toronto Argonauts general manager...
Feb 14, 2023
‘There’s going to be change’: Riders set to revamp roster during free-agency period
After a few seasons of preaching stability, the Saskatchewan Roughriders appear to be set for some big changes for 2023.The Riders finished the 2022 CFL season with a 6-12 record, which included a sev...
Feb 14, 2023
MPs summon big grocery store CEOs to testify in Ottawa over food inflation
OTTAWA - The heads of Canada's largest grocery store chains have been summoned to a House of Commons committee to answer for rising grocery prices. On Monday, a committee studying food price inflation...
Feb 14, 2023
Latest RCMP stats for city show increase in crimes against people
Crimes against people were up while property offences also increased slightly in the latest RCMP crime report for North Battleford. Battlefords RCMP Insp. Jesse Gilbert presented the October to Decemb...
Feb 14, 2023
North Stars top CJHL Rankings for 14th time in 15 weeks
Make it 14 weeks in the last 15, the Battlefords North Stars have been the top-ranked team in the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL), with the release of this week's CJHL Top 20 Rankings.The Stars a...
Feb 14, 2023