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'Anger, sadness and despair': Bombers linebacker Johnathan Jones and the unemployment line
During the off-season, Blue Bombers defender Johnathan Jones spent nearly two harrowing weeks dealing with the uncertainty of professional football. The football unemployment line was unfamiliar, ...
Meneghin shines, Tigers advance to Memorial Cup final with 3-1 win over Knights
Harrison Meneghin stopped 35 shots as the Medicine Hat Tigers advanced to the Memorial Cup final with a 3-1 win over the London Knights on Tuesday night.
Hudson’s Bay to lay off over 8,300 employees as retailer closes most stores by June 1
In a motion filed on May 26, Hudson’s Bay stated that most of the affected employees work in retail stores scheduled to shutter on June 1. An additional 899 employees are expected to be laid off ...
US peregrine falcons adapt well to city living as their coastal cousins struggle with bird flu
But in 1972, DDT was banned, and conservationists began bringing the birds back from the brink. They came off the federal endangered species list in 1999. Nesting pairs in New Jersey, for example, ...
Men face prison for human smuggling after an Indian family of 4 died on the US-Canada border
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — More than three years after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to cross into the U.S. along a remote stretch of the Canadian border in a blizzard, two men face ...
Supreme Court rejects appeal of Massachusetts student who wanted to wear 'only two genders' T-shirt
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of a Massachusetts student who was barred from wearing a T-shirt to school ...
At least 5 dead and 19 injured in chemical plant explosion in China, CCTV reports
At least five people have died and 19 were injured in a chemical plant explosion in eastern China Tuesday, state broadcaster ...
Gunmen shoot and kill policeman assigned to protect polio workers in southwestern Pakistan
Gunmen shot and killed a policeman assigned to protect polio workers in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday before fleeing the ...
Ward scores winner, Tigers advance to Memorial Cup final with 3-1 win over Knights
RIMOUSKI — Mathew Ward scored the winner at 1:17 of the third period and Harrison Meneghin stopped 35 shots as the Medicine Hat Tigers advanced to the Memorial Cup final with a 3-1 win over the London ...
5 people wounded in shooting at a Connecticut mall, police say
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A gunman shot and wounded five people at a Connecticut mall on Tuesday, prompting an evacuation and a massive police response, and officials say they are still searching for ...
Winnipeg-born author Guy Gavriel Kay returns with new novel Written on the Dark
Internationally acclaimed author Guy Gavriel Kay is back with his 16th novel, Written on the Dark — a rich, immersive tale inspired by the late 14th century, a time of upheaval, hardship, and ...
The moment of impact: Cam Lawson on the play that ended his 2024 season
At the moment of hard contact in the pit, there didn’t seem to be much cause for concern for Blue Bombers defensive stalwart Cam Lawson. The lineman injured his knee in the first quarter of the 2024 ...