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'A tough quarterback': Blue Bombers draft Canadian gunslinger Taylor Elgersma
The last time the Bombers drafted a Canadian quarterback in the second round was in 1975. The team selected Gordon Taylor out ...
Tailor-made: Hawerchuk statue gets the Tam treatment for Jets playoffs
Tailor Tam, as he’s known, first got the call from the Jets a couple weeks before the playoffs. A big fan, the 68-year-old didn’t hesitate. “I say, ‘Wow, OK. That is special.’” ...
TransLink to expand Metro Vancouver bus service with newly approved investment plan
The statement says new routes will reach industrial areas including Campbell Heights in Surrey, Gloucester in Langley and Tilbury in Delta, and TransLink will provide “enhanced access” to Stanley Park ...
Peterman, Gallant qualify for playoffs at mixed doubles curling championship
FREDERICTON — Canada’s Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant have qualified for the playoffs at the world mixed doubles curling ...
CPKC lowers financial forecast amid 'trade storm,' but stresses new trade flows
On Thursday, CPKC lowered its financial outlook for 2025, saying it now expects adjusted diluted earnings per share to increase between 10 and 14 per cent this year, rather than 12 to 18 per cent as ...
North Carolina court says stripping governor of election board appointments can go ahead for now
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court ruled Wednesday that a law stripping the governor’s authority to appoint State Board of Elections members can take effect for now, even though trial ...
Show Me State matches Winnipeg Whiteout in Jets-Blues series
They left Games 3 and 4 with barely a whimper, blasted by a combined 12-3 count and reduced to a shadow of the team that ...
Canada's Diallo into quarterfinals at Madrid Open with upset win over Dimitrov
MADRID — Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo advanced to his first Masters-level quarterfinal with a comeback 5-7, 7-6 (7), 6-4 ...
Appellate court won't lift restrictions on DOGE access to Social Security information
The full panel of judges on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 9-6 to keep the ruling from U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander in place while DOGE pushes forward with an appeal. The appellate ...
Mental health trouble leads to public safety issues, Vancouver's mayor says
VANCOUVER — Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says people are “sick and tired” of inquiries and reviews into a recurring pattern in which people in a mental health crisis become involved in a public safety ...
Florida lawmakers approve changes to condo safety law passed after Surfside collapse
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a bill aimed at reforming a condominium safety law passed in 2022 in the wake of the partial collapse of Champlain Towers ...
Bruce Fanjoy, retired businessman, says he defeated Poilievre by listening to voters
OTTAWA — Bruce Fanjoy says he achieved something unexpected in Monday’s election — the defeat of a high-profile Conservative leader in his own riding — simply by showing up on doorsteps and paying ...