Another year, another Gray Cup appearance for Zach Collaros and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Winnipeg will face the Toronto Argonauts next Sunday at BC Place Stadium. The Bombers will play their fifth straight CFL championship game after beating the Saskatchewan Roughriders 38-22 in the West Division final on Saturday. Toronto advanced with a 30-28 road victory over the defending champion Montreal Alouettes in the East Division final on Saturday afternoon. Collaros, 36, will make his sixth Gray Cup start on Sunday and will aim for his fourth ring. He won his first game with Toronto in 2012, then led Hamilton to the big game in 2014 against Calgary, losing 20-16 at BC Place. Winnipeg won in 2019 and ’21, beating Hamilton twice, before losing 24-23 to Toronto in the 2022 Gray Cup. And last year, Montreal rallied to defeat the Bombers 28-24 . Story continues below advertisement Winnipeg and Toronto will meet in the Gray Cup for the eighth time. The Bombers have won the title 12 times in their history while the Argos have lifted the sacred trophy 18 times. Toronto won the season series with Winnipeg 2-0, but both games were close. The Argos earned a 16-14 overtime home victory on July 27 before ending the Bombers’ eight-game winning streak with a 14-11 road decision on October 11. Lirim Hajrullahu’s 34-yard field goal gave Toronto the overtime victory, but it was the Argos’ defense that took over. The unit scored the team’s only touchdown while forcing five turnovers and recording five sacks. Learn more about sports More videos Veteran Nick Arbuckle and Cameron Dukes were handling quarterback duties for Toronto while incumbent Chad Kelly was serving his CFL suspension for violating the CFL’s gender-based violence policy. Arbuckle and Dukes combined for 124 passing yards that game. Kelly, who was reinstated in August, played in Winnipeg last month. He completed 16 of 23 passes for 203 yards and a touchdown while rushing nine times for 33 yards. Receive national news daily Get the day’s top news, politics, business and current affairs headlines delivered to your inbox once a day. But once again, Toronto’s defense was excellent, recording seven sacks and an interception. Winnipeg’s defense did its part, stopping the Argos at the goal line and forcing three turnovers. Toronto will have to aim for a 19th championship without Kelly. The CFL’s standout player last season fractured his ankle against Montreal. Arbuckle will therefore participate in his very first Gray Cup start on Sunday. Story continues below advertisement 1:51 Unexpected arrival: Gray Cup arrives in Winnipeg in style During the 22 Gray Cup, Kelly was a key figure for Toronto. Replacing injured starter McLeod Bethel-Thompson (dislocated right thumb) in the fourth quarter, Kelly completed four of six passes for 43 yards. But it was Kelly’s crucial 20-yard run on second-and-15 that set up AJ Ouellette’s game-winning five-yard rushing touchdown. Toronto’s defense has been a thorn in the side of CFL quarterbacks all season with a CFL-high 48 sacks. Tackles Jake Ceresna and Ralph Holley both recorded eight sacks to finish tied at five for the league lead. Winnipeg counters with a defense that has allowed just 19.9 offensive points and 328.6 net yards per game, both best marks in the CFL. Running is a big part of both offenses. Toronto had the second-ranked rushing attack in the CFL (121.3 yards per game) and was accompanied by Ka’Deem Carey, Deonta McMahon and Canadian Daniel Adeboboye in the backfield. Current trend ‘You’re not wanted’: Newcomer to Canada says racism forced him onto the streets The 4B movement: why some American women are boycotting men after Trump’s victory Story continues below advertisement Carey was the third leading rusher in the CFL this season with 1,060 yards. Canadian Brady Oliveira totaled 1,353 yards, a league record for the Bombers. For the second year in a row, the Winnipeg native is the West Division nominee for both the CFL Most Valuable Player Award and the Canadian Award, after winning the latter award last season. But then there’s Collaros, the ’21 Gray Cup MVP and two-time CFL MVP. He totaled 301 yards and four touchdowns against Saskatchewan. The only place Toronto has an advantage is in the rematch with Janarion Grant. The former Bomber, who had a punt return against the Double Blue in the ’22 Gray Cup, was a dominant force this season with four return touchdowns and added a key punt return score against Montreal. Grant is a finalist for the CFL’s Most Outstanding Special Teams Player award. The Argos will have history on their side, having won their last seven championship appearances dating back to 1991. Winnipeg is the fourth team to make five consecutive appearances in the Gray Cup, but the first since Edmonton appeared six times in a row. continued (1977-82). The two head coaches are both Gray Cup veterans. Toronto’s Ryan Dinwiddie will be playing in his second Gray Cup as head coach. He made his first career CFL debut with Winnipeg in the 2007 Gray Cup against Saskatchewan, which the Riders won 23-19, and was Calgary’s quarterback coach in their victory in the Gray Cup in 2018. Story continues below advertisement Winnipeg’s Mike O’Shea will appear in his fifth straight Gray Cup game as head coach. He won three titles with Toronto as a player (1996-97, 2004) and another as special teams coordinator (2012). 9:55 a.m. RAW: Interview with Mike O’Shea of ​​the Blue Bombers – November 9 &copy 2024 The Canadian Press Source link

An Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese port city of Tire killed at least seven people, including five siblings, three of them deaf and mute, officials and a resident said Saturday. Elsewhere in Lebanon, Israeli airstrikes killed 31 people. The rising death toll in Tire came as the Israeli Air Force airstrikes on different parts of southern and eastern Lebanon Saturday, hours after jets bombed Beirut’s southern suburbs, destroying several buildings, state media reported. The Health Ministry said on Saturday evening that airstrikes on towns and villages in the eastern Bekaa Valley and Baalbek-Hermel province killed 20 people, while those in two villages in southern Lebanon killed 11 people, including five rescue workers. Lebanese Hezbollah said it fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel and shot down a drone over southern Lebanon. The group said the Israeli Air Force struck the area where the drone crashed. There was no immediate confirmation from the Israeli military. Story continues below advertisement The Health Ministry said strikes on Tire on Friday evening also injured 46 people. He added that remains were also found in the rubble and that DNA testing will be used to identify the victims. Receive national news daily Get the day’s top news, politics, business and current affairs headlines delivered to your inbox once a day. Tire resident Youssef Jundi told The Associated Press that the airstrikes destroyed several buildings in the coastal city. He said his neighbor and longtime friend, Ghazwa Dabouk, was among those killed. Dabouk’s sisters Elissar, Rabab and Fidaa, who were deaf and mute, were also killed in the airstrike, as well as Dabouk’s brother Ali, who suffered from autism. Learn more about the world More videos The Israeli military said it attacked the offices of Hezbollah’s intelligence department in Tire as well as a group command and control center in the city. Current trend Your holiday shopping could face a ‘triple threat’ if Canada Post strikes Amid Trump trade concerns, China tariffs give Canada ‘firm’ ground, Freeland says More than 3,000 people were killed in Lebanon during the 13 months of the war between Israel and Hezbollah. Hezbollah began firing rockets into northern Israel the day after Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which sparked the Gaza war. Both Hezbollah and Hamas are allies of Iran. For nearly a year, the conflict was mainly confined to areas along the Israel-Lebanon border. The conflict dramatically intensified on September 23 with intense Israeli airstrikes on southern and eastern Lebanon as well as the southern suburbs of Beirut, killing hundreds and displacing nearly 1.2 million people. Story continues below advertisement Israel launched a ground invasion of southern Lebanon on October 1, causing significant destruction in border villages but making little progress on the ground inside Lebanon. Israel says it is destroying Hezbollah’s weapons and command centers near the border, including a vast tunnel system built by Hezbollah. &copy 2024 The Canadian Press Source link

By staff The Canadian Press Published on November 8, 2024 at 1:17 p.m. 1 minute reading Reduce article font size Increase the font size of the article Quebec provincial police say 17 men are facing charges related to possession, distribution or access to child pornography after a series of searches across the province. The men are aged between 38 and 80 and were arrested between November 4 and 7 as part of an operation led by a provincial police team investigating the sexual exploitation of children. Receive national news daily Get the day’s top news, politics, business and current affairs headlines delivered to your inbox once a day. The police indicate in a press release that more than 200 police officers and civilians took part in around twenty raids. Police forces from Montreal, Quebec, Laval, Longueuil and Gatineau participated in the operation. Current trend Couple finds 115 stuffed animals hidden in walls during BC renovations 3 people charged in death of One Direction singer Liam Payne Provincial police say computer equipment was seized and will be analyzed as part of the investigation. The provincial police’s criminal investigations division includes several specialized teams, including one that works with the RCMP and municipal police forces to combat cybercrime and the sexual exploitation of children. Learn more about crime More videos &copy 2024 The Canadian Press Source link

When Tara Graham’s mother was killed three weeks ago, her death was made public in a police press release. But what hasn’t been made public is his mother’s name, her face or her story. So Graham says his family is speaking out – because his mother, Brenda Tatlock-Burke, was a victim of domestic violence. “She was just another person that no one knew,” Graham said of the affair. “And my sister and I just felt like she needed to relive who she was and the means by which she was killed.” Graham describes his 59-year-old mother as full of life, always smiling and as outgoing as possible. Brenda Tatlock-Burke’s daughter describes her as “full of life” and someone who was always trying to make others laugh. Supplied/Tara Graham She said her mother visited her and her sister in Alberta just days before her death and returned to Nova Scotia on October 16. Story continues below advertisement Her mother had mentioned her intention to leave her husband, whom Graham identifies as Mike Burke, during the week-long trip and had assured her daughters that she felt safe doing so. But on October 18, RCMP were called to a home in Enfield, Nova Scotia – outside of Halifax – where the bodies of two adults were found inside. “Working with the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service, it was determined that a 59-year-old woman died as a result of homicide and a 61-year-old man’s death was due to injuries self-inflicted,” the RCMP wrote. in a press release dated October 22, which does not use the term domestic violence. Graham says the wording of the release didn’t sit well with his family. “The initial communication was that it was not domestic violence. We just said they knew each other and there was no harm to the community,” she said. “I thought it was so insulting to her and to the community, because people aren’t just safe and she didn’t just have a fight that went wrong. This was a long-term domestic violence relationship that ended very tragically. Tara Graham, pictured here with her mother Brenda Tatlock-Burke, said it was “insulting” that police did not acknowledge her mother’s death was the result of domestic violence. Supplied/Tara Graham RCMP responds Receive national news daily Get the day’s top news, politics, business and current affairs headlines delivered to your inbox once a day. Graham says his family is particularly worried because his mother’s husband was a former RCMP officer. She criticizes the police for not being open about this fact. Story continues below advertisement She wonders what kinds of resources her mother had and if she felt comfortable calling the police for help. In response, the RCMP confirmed to Global News that the man involved in Tatlock-Burke’s death is a former officer who retired more than 10 years ago. A spokesperson also said the RCMP had not been called to that address “prior to this incident” and that the firearm involved in the shooting was “lawfully in possession.” Learn more about Canada More videos In an interview, Assistant Commissioner Dennis Daley, commander of the Nova Scotia RCMP, offered his condolences to the family and apologized for the manner in which his death was announced. He says the RCMP initially didn’t want to reveal Burke’s employment due to the Privacy Act, but “pushed the envelope a little further” after internal discussions. “In order to be transparent, we are obviously willing to (confirm his previous employment) because we recognize that police officers are part of the community and they are human beings and they are sensitive to domestic violence, as n “It doesn’t matter who else is in the community,” he said. Daley says the force is evolving in the way it addresses domestic violence and wants to call it out “for what it is”. “Going forward, we will certainly be as transparent as possible, recognizing that it may not be that day or the next day that we can actually communicate that this is domestic violence. But we want this message to be spread because we recognize our role in combating the scourge of domestic violence,” he said. Story continues below advertisement Daley calls domestic violence an epidemic and reveals that so far this year, two of the province’s districts have responded to “more than 1,100” domestic violence incidents. It highlights the work of four domestic violence coordinators, who are specially trained and work alongside halfway houses and advocates. He says he’s also happy that Tatlock-Burke’s family is speaking out and advocating against domestic violence, and that he himself wants to do the same. “We need to talk about it. And we need, together, through conversations and bystander participation, to talk more about domestic violence here in Nova Scotia,” he said. Vocabulary matters The vocabulary and way we choose to describe these acts of violence is important, according to Bre Woligroski, president of the Feminist Alliance for International Action. “The vocabulary really reflects our beliefs about the reality of domestic violence,” she said. “When we kind of devalue what’s going on, devalue this violence, kind of downplay the relationship aspect…we’re really missing the point, aren’t we?” Woligroski says statistics have shown an increase in reported cases of domestic violence in the country, and this should be a cause for concern. Story continues below advertisement “(That’s) a 20 percent increase between 2014 and 2022. And we also know that women and gender non-binary people in rural areas are particularly at risk, being three and a half times more at risk of violence conjugal,” she said. Current trend Bank of Canada official warns of dangers of ‘tinkering’ with mortgage rules As Trump promises expulsions, Ottawa says there is a ‘plan’ for the border Since the Tatlock-Burke homicide, two other cases with similar characteristics have occurred in the province. RCMP responded to two sudden deaths in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on November 1. A 58-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman who “knew each other” were found at the scene. These deaths are…

Quebec will closely monitor the potential impacts of a new Donald Trump the presidency will focus on immigration and the economy, the premier of the province declared Wednesday. François Legault spoke about the results of Trump wins the presidential election in the United States in a political comeback that saw him defeat Kamala Harris. This will be Trump’s second non-consecutive term at the head of American leadership and, therefore, Legault says he will set up a “working group” composed of several ministers to defend Quebec’s interests. “Americans voted yesterday and Mr. Trump won,” Legault told the provincial legislature. “And we must respect this result.” But Legault was quick to raise concerns about Trump’s victory, warning of a possible influx of asylum seekers at the border and higher tariffs on Quebec exports. Story continues below advertisement When it comes to immigration, Legault says the province has “done its part” and simply cannot welcome more newcomers. Trump has promised to deport millions of undocumented immigrants from the United States as one of his top priorities. Receive national news daily Get the day’s top news, politics, business and current affairs headlines delivered to your inbox once a day. “We should not see a massive influx of immigrants via the United States, because that could really unbalance the labor market,” he said. “And already, our reception capacity, our integration capacity is exceeded.” The Prime Minister of Quebec is particularly concerned about the increase in the number of asylum seekers at land borders and at airports. Legault says his government plans to further secure its own land borders with the United States, if necessary. “First of all, what I want to do is make sure that Mr. (Justin) Trudeau and the federal government take this seriously. I want monitoring every week on the number of immigrants we receive in Quebec,” said Legault. Donald Trump waves as he walks with former first lady Melania Trump during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida. VE Current trend US elections: Trump wins key states on path to presidency Canada is preparing for the American elections. What a Trump or Harris victory could mean These comments come as the Legault government has implemented stricter immigration policies in recent months. Last weekQuebec has suspended two major programs that constitute pathways to citizenship, saying it wants to “better regulate” newcomers to the province. Story continues below advertisement Legault’s other big concern is the economy. He highlighted the possibility of higher tariffs under Trump for Quebec exports, particularly in the aeronautical sector, wood products, aluminum and food products. “Unfortunately, we must expect Mr. Trump and his team to take actions that could be negative for the Canadian economy and that of Quebec,” Legault said. “I think we need to tell each other the truth. There are jobs at stake. We will therefore have to be very strategic, especially in key sectors, where Quebec exports a lot to the United States.” Legault’s comments come as other Canadian politicians, including Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congratulated Trump in messages on X. — with files from Gabby Rodrigues of Global and The Canadian Press Learn more about politics More videos &copy 2024 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc. Source link