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Ottawa Redblacks announce that quarterback Devlin (Duck) Hodges has retired
OTTAWA - Quarterback Devlin (Duck) Hodges has retired, the Ottawa Redblacks announced Friday. The six-foot-one, 210-pound Hodges appeared in four games with Ottawa last season, his first in the CFL. T...
Apr 22, 2022
Another update provided as search for missing boy enters day four
More than three days after he was reported missing, the search continues for a five-year-old boy from Red Earth Cree Nation.An update was provided on search efforts Friday afternoon with the Chiefs of...
Apr 22, 2022
NFL draft guru Jeremiah suggests Canadian Metchie could be nice fit with Browns
If Jarvis Landry is done with the Cleveland Browns, NFL draft guru Daniel Jeremiah suggests Canadian John Metchie III could be a nice fit with the club. Cleveland released Landry, a five-time Pro Bowl...
Apr 22, 2022
Three Canadian companies win $1-million awards each for carbon removal technology
VANCOUVER - Three Canadian companies with carbon capture technologies have won $1 million each from entrepreneur Elon Musk's foundation. The University of British Columbia says in a news release that ...
Apr 22, 2022
Air Ronge to install 20 street cameras to curb local crime
The Village of Air Ronge has finalized their 2022 budget which will include some items that will address safety and crime in the community.Twenty closed-circuit television cameras will be installed at...
Apr 22, 2022
Stray, runaway animals populating the Battlefords this spring
UPDATE: The owners of the two dogs (named whiskey and Tango) reached out to battlefordsNOW to say that they were found. Joleyne Whitton said it was a stressful day for her and her husband."We were act...
Apr 22, 2022
Quebec man pleads guilty in February 2020 killing of teen girl, sentenced to life
SAINT-JRME, Que. - A Quebec man was sentenced to life in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to the February 2020 murder of 13-year-old Ocane Boyer. Franois Sncal entered the plea Friday on a reduc...
Apr 22, 2022
P.A. Ukrainian community surprised by nearly fatal alleged hate crime in Victoria, B.C.
Members of Prince Albert's Ukrainian community are wrapping their heads around a possible hate crime two provinces over. A Ukrainian pastor and his family in Victoria were the victims of an arson atta...
Apr 22, 2022
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime knocked out of Barcelona Open quarterfinals
BARCELONA, Spain - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime fell to Argentina's Diego Schwartzman 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open. The 21-year-old from Montreal fell despite nailing eig...
Apr 22, 2022
Quebec government talking to Lafleur family about possible national funeral
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says the province has offered to hold a national funeral for Montreal Canadiens great Guy Lafleur. He told a news conference in Montreal today that all of Que...
Apr 22, 2022