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Montreal Impact sign Canadian midfielder Samuel Piette to three-year contract
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact signed Canadian midfielder Samuel Piette to a three-year contract on Wednesday. The deal includes an option for the 2023 season. "We are very happy, as he is, to have fo...
Dec 18, 2019
Bullseye: Female darts player breaks down gender barrier
The widely held image of professional darts on television screens as a beer-fuelled pub game typically played by out-of-shape men has been shattered by the barrier-breaking exploits of a young English...
Dec 18, 2019
Visiting the Western Development Museum Is a Great Idea for the Holidays
Feel the coziness of home and the neighborly connection of a small town main street at the WDM North Battleford. Stand in the shadow of an iconic grain elevator, a once familiar sentinel in every prai...
Dec 18, 2019
Trial for accused in Toronto van attack delayed to March 2 due to "red tape"
TORONTO - Red tape has delayed the trial for a man who killed 10 people when he drove a van into crowds of pedestrians on a busy Toronto sidewalk in 2018, court heard Monday. The murder trial for Alek...
Dec 18, 2019
Liberals' fiscal update shows billions more in deficits but steady economy
OTTAWA - Canada's federal budget deficit will be billions of dollars deeper than it was supposed to be this year and next, the Finance Department says, as the Liberals promise to keep spendi...
Dec 18, 2019
Canadian Press newsmakers of the year since 1946
Former Liberal minister Jody Wilson-Raybould has been chosen as The Canadian Press's 2019 newsmaker of the year. Here is a list of past newsmakers as chosen in an annual poll of newsrooms across the c...
Dec 18, 2019
Vancouver Whitecaps sign Canadian striker Lucas Cavallini to three-year deal
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have paid a big price to try and fill a large hole in their offence. The Whitecaps have signed Canadian striker Lucas Cavallini in hopes of bringing some scoring pu...
Dec 18, 2019
Quebec legislature members file police complaints over hateful online messages
MONTREAL - A Quebec legislature member who has highlighted the online hate and abuse faced by female politicians has taken her complaints to police, saying she wants to encourage other victi...
Dec 18, 2019
Elks Donate to Battlefords Residential Services
On December 11th the Elks Lodge No. 369 presented Battlefords Residential Services Inc. (BRSI) with a donation of $1,000. Yvonne Nyholt, BRSI Board Chairperson, accepted the check on behalf of the age...
Dec 18, 2019
SNC-Lavalin pleads guilty to fraud, will pay a $280M fine for Libyan work
MONTREAL - A division of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. will plead guilty to a charge of fraud and pay a $280-million penalty related to work the company did in Libya. The plea deal comes on the heels of the ...
Dec 18, 2019