2 hours ago Stampeders trade embattled QB Jake Maier to Roughriders for draft pick

The Calgary Stampeders’ chapter on quarterback Jake Maier has officially come to a close. The Canadian Football League team traded the negotiating rights of the embattled QB on Monday to the Saskatchewan Roughriders for a 2025 eighth-round draft pick. The deal gives Saskatchewan a window to negotiate exclusively with Maier, who’s slated to become a […]

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3 hours ago It's anybody's guess when Linus Ullmark will return to Ottawa Senators net

It was like Santa dropped a lump of coal in the Christmas stockings of fans of the Ottawa Senators even before he was supposed to arrive. Twenty minutes into the club’s 3-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday at Rogers Place, goaltender Linus Ullmark left the game with a back issue and didn’t return […]

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5 hours ago Movie Review: Nicole Kidman commands the erotic office drama ‘Babygirl’

The demands of achieving both one-day shipping and a satisfying orgasm collide in Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl,” a kinky and darkly comic erotic thriller about sex in the Amazon era. Nicole Kidman stars as Romy Mathis, the chief executive of Tensile, a robotics business that pioneered automotive warehouses. In the movie’s opening credits, a maze of […]

Society

5 hours ago WARMINGTON: They call it ‘winter village,’ but it will always be Toronto’s Christmas market

You can take Christmas out of the market, but you can’t change the fact that it’s still a Christmas market.  But they are sure going to try. Just when you thought the politically correct, woke, cancel-culture world was starting to be pushed back upon comes word Toronto’s most famous Christmas market is actually more of […]

Culture

6 hours ago Father and son duke it out on the ice in viral video from Saskatchewan men’s league game

This is going to make for one awkward Christmas dinner. While seeing a good scrap at a men’s league game might not be all that out of the ordinary, this one had some history behind it. The two combatants who dropped the gloves during a men’s league game in Saskatchewan just happened to be father […]

Sport

6 hours ago Canada Post deliveries slowly return to normal, many parcels held for past month should arrive by Christmas

While the delivery of many items will be delayed into January, many parcels held by Canada Post for much of the now-ended strike should arrive by Christmas, says the crown corporation. About 55,000 post staffers went back to work Dec. 17 after a nearly one month strike over wages, contracting-out and working conditions and Canada […]

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6 hours ago Canada Post deliveries slowly return to normal, as many parcels held for past month should arrive by Christmas

While the delivery of many items will be delayed into January, many parcels held by Canada Post for much of the now-ended strike should arrive by Christmas, says the Crown corporation. But a group representing small business said the spectre of a Christmas Grinch remains despite the temporary pause to the job action. About 55,000 […]

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6 hours ago Boxing Day doesn't deliver the same punch it once did but retailers expect a busy day

"When we talk about Boxing Days in the past, you would have people lined up and camped out the entire night before. They'd bring their heated blankets, they'd bring their lawn chairs, and we still, to some degree, have people that come out with that level of enthusiasm and excitement"

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6 hours ago Kate Middleton sends message about ‘love’ and ‘forgiveness’ after tough year

It’s been a tough year for Kate Middleton and her family but she is ending 2024 with a message of hope and inspiration. The Princess of Wales recorded a special message as part of the annual The Royal Carols: Together At Christmas service, which she hosted earlier this month and will be televised in the […]

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6 hours ago Princess Michael of Kent breaks both wrists in fall down palace stairs

Princess Michael of Kent is on the mend after tumbling down the stairs of Kensington Palace. The 79-year-old, who lives there with husband Prince Michael of Kent, attended King Charles’ pre-Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace where she showed up with both of her wrists in splints. The royal, who was born Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnit […]

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