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Edmonton Elks sign running back/returner Leake to two-year extension
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Elks have signed running back/returner Javon Leake to a contract extension through the 2026 season, the team announced Monday. Leake was slated to become a free agent in Februa...
Dec 16, 2024
Pressure mounts for Trudeau to step aside after Freeland resigns from cabinet
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government is reeling after suddenly losing its top cabinet minister, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, reigniting calls for Trudeau to step...
Dec 16, 2024
New trial ordered in sex assault of 5-year-old in Battlefords area
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for a man who was previously convicted of sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl in a historic case from 2013. According to court documents, ...
Dec 16, 2024
PA to host U-18 provincial curling playdowns
The province's best U-18 curlers will hit the pebbled ice at the Prince Albert Curling Centre later this month.The city is playing host to the provincial playdowns with a total of nine girls teams and...
Dec 16, 2024
Ottawa police use DNA from 1996 murder to identify Vancouver stabbing suspect
Police in Ottawa say they've identified a suspect in an unsolved 1996 stabbing death on the Portage Bridge using DNA evidence to track down the man who was arrested in Vancouver last week. Ottawa poli...
Dec 16, 2024
French president declares mourning period after cyclone strikes Mayotte and will visit
MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday he will declare a national mourning period after a deadly cyclone slammed the Indian Ocean island territory of Mayotte, and said ...
Dec 16, 2024
'Rural Saskatchewan roots': Lt. Gov. Designate Bernadette McIntyre takes on new role
Bernadette McIntyre has spent a lifetime in service to others and now, she is about to become the provincial representative of a Head of State that has also spent his life in service to others.McIntyr...
Dec 16, 2024
Canadian defender Shannon Woeller first player to sign with Vancouver Rise
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Rise have signed Canadian defender Shannon Woeller as the first player in club history. The National Super League team announced the deal Monday, with sporting director Steph...
Dec 16, 2024
Draisaitl, MacKinnon, Ullmark named NHL three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Edmonton centre Leon Draisaitl, Colorado centre Nathan MacKinnon and Ottawa goaltender Linus Ullmark have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Draisaitl had nine points (three goal...
Dec 16, 2024
5 dead, other injured in a shooting at a Wisconsin school
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Five people are dead and others injured after a shooting Monday at a Christian school in Wisconsin, the police chief says. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes says the suspect shoote...
Dec 16, 2024