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Canada rolls over Switzerland 6-0 in world junior test run
MONCTON, N.B. - In the first of three test runs before the world junior men's hockey championship opens next week, Canada cruised past Switzerland 6-0 at the Avenir Centre on Monday. Shane Wright pace...
Dec 19, 2022
Montreal's Moise Bombito named to Generation Adidas class ahead of MLS SuperDraft
Canadian defender Moise Bombito, a junior defender at the University of New Hampshire, is one of eight players named to the Generation Adidas class ahead of Wednesday's MLS SuperDraft. Generation Adid...
Dec 19, 2022
Carruthers curling team splits with third Jason Gunnlaugson
WINNIPEG - Reid Carruthers' curling team and vice-skip Jason Gunnlaugson have split up. The Manitoba team called the separation "a mutual parting of the ways" and said a search was underway for a repl...
Dec 19, 2022
Minister says miscarriage of justice likely in B.C. murder case, sends it to appeal
OTTAWA - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti has decided a miscarriage of justice likely occurred in the case of a man convicted of murdering his fiance in Richmond, B.C., in 1994 and has referred ...
Dec 19, 2022
London police believe woman alleging sexual assault by Canadian junior team players
LONDON, Ont. - Police in London, Ont., say they have grounds to believe a woman was sexually assaulted by five players on Canada's 2018 junior men's hockey team. They're seeking warrants to search a h...
Dec 19, 2022
Alleged Toronto-area condo shooter believed board conspired to murder him: docs
A 73-year-old man suspected of gunning down five people at a condominium north of Toronto had a lengthy history of threatening members of the building's board and believed they had a conspiracy to "sy...
Dec 19, 2022
High court temporarily blocks lifting of asylum restrictions
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is temporarily blocking an order that would lift pandemic-era restrictions on asylum seekers. But it is leaving open the prospect of lifting the restrictions by Wed...
Dec 19, 2022
Canada's David Cameron records remarkable comeback win at world darts championship
LONDON - Canadian David (Excalibur) Cameron, winning nine of the last 10 legs in a remarkable comeback, defeated England's Ritchie (Madhouse) Edhouse in first-round play Monday at the Cazoo World Dart...
Dec 19, 2022
Righty Chris Bassitt has high expectations for Toronto Blue Jays
Chris Bassitt's expectations for the 2023 Blue Jays are as high as those of the average Toronto fan. Bassitt and the Blue Jays announced that they had agreed to a US$63 million, three-year deal on Fri...
Dec 19, 2022
New nature deal needs co-operation between Ottawa, provinces, First Nations: experts
Now that the world has come together for a new deal to protect what's left of the planet's biodiversity, observers say Canada's various layers of government will have to do the same. Ottawa can make t...
Dec 19, 2022