The Saskatchewan Roughriders and Ottawa Redblacks are continuing to go in opposite directions. Three first-quarter interceptions by a vindictive Riders defence helped the home team build an early 20-0 lead, one they wouldn’t relinquish in a 40-18 victory over the reeling Redblacks on Saturday. Related Fierce storm ends game early, giving Roughriders bizarre win over Als […]
Canada is failing to combat the spread of Chinese influence that is “alive and well” throughout the country, one prominent student leader says. And she argues the presence of politicians like former Ontario trade minister Michael Chan as a headliner at a rally last week to mobilize the Chinese diaspora against pro-democracy protests in Hong […]
Convoy for Hope – Atlantic made its way through Moncton Saturday. The event is put on by truckers to raise funds and awareness for cancer research, detection and prevention. Many people driving or riding in the more than 30 trucks taking part have been impacted by cancer in one way or another. “(Doctors) thought it […]
Authorities in Los Angeles say a sheriff’s deputy who claimed he had been shot by a sniper actually cut two fake bullet holes in his uniform with a knife and made the whole thing up. Police launched a massive manhunt last Wednesday after Angel Reinosa called in to say he was pinned down by gunfire. […]
Six people were injured when lightning struck a 60-foot pine tree at a US golf event, showering the area with debris, Atlanta police said. The third round of the season-ending PGA Tour event had been suspended for about 30 minutes because of storms in the area, and fans were instructed to seek shelter. The strike […]
-the St. Louis Blues forward lost his sister to leukemia in 2011 -he was joined by a leukemia survivor and bone marrow recipient Robin Brown NHL champion Jayden Schwartz was encouraging people to register as a potential bone marrow or stem cell donor in honour of his sister, Mandi. “She was my role model and […]
A fire destroyed the largest halfway house in Paterson, N.J., on Saturday, displacing about 200 residents who the city’s mayor said had been trying to turn their lives around while recovering from addiction. Plumes of smoke from the fire, which broke out around 11 a.m. at the Straight & Narrow halfway house, could be seen […]
A section of Highway 3A in B.C.’s Southern Interior was temporarily closed on Saturday afternoon for an air ambulance rescue, according to police. Penticton RCMP say the 1 p.m. incident involved a cyclist in distress along the highway, east of Twin Lakes. RCMP Sgt. Carmen Penney said officers assisted in closing the highway, allowing a […]
Hundreds of motorcycles roared through Calgary on Saturday as they began the Ride for Recovery. The event, hosted by the Fresh Start Recovery Centre, hopes to bring awareness to addictions and raise money to allow the centre to keep providing support to those in need. The 12-stop, more than 400-kilometre ride began on 32 Avenue […]
What was once a long strip of asphalt pavement is now a place students at the Kingston school can enjoy. Mulberry Waldorf and community volunteers worked tirelessly for hours on Saturday afternoon to break up thick asphalt outside the school. “As an urban school we are always striving to find ways that our students can […]