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Jets captain Lowry likely to miss start of next season after undergoing hip surgery
WINNIPEG - Winnipeg Jets captain Adam Lowry is expected to miss the start of the next NHL season as he recovers from hip surgery. The Jets updated Lowry's status in a statement Wednesday, a day after ...
May 28, 2025
Convicted head of human smuggling plot gets 10 years after Indian family dies on US-Canada border
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) - More than three years after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to enter the U.S. along a remote stretch of the Canadian border in a blizzard, the allege...
May 28, 2025
Poilievre finds himself a spectator as debate gets underway in Parliament
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre is in the unfamiliar position of watching the House of Commons as it gets underway today, instead of participating in the debate as he did for more than 20 years. In a press ...
May 28, 2025
Court orders B.C. to pass law giving French school board expropriation powers
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered the provincial government to pass a law within six months providing the Francophone School Board with powers to expropriate private property to build new...
May 28, 2025
Minister says CFIA following due process in B.C. ostrich cull case
OTTAWA - The federal agriculture minister says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is following "due process" as it prepares for a cull of about 400 ostriches at a farm in British Columbia. Asked abou...
May 28, 2025
Canada Soccer reports 2024 loss of $4 million, looks to eliminate deficit in 2026
Canada Soccer reported a loss of $4 million in 2024, up from $2.5 million the year before. The deficit is just under the $4.2 million the governing body had projected in early 2024. The gap was covere...
May 28, 2025
Tenant group pushes for climate protections in report highlighting extreme heat risks
A Canadian tenant advocacy group says nearly half the renters they surveyed don't have air conditioning, as they press for protections from climate-fuelled extreme heat. A report released by ACORN Can...
May 28, 2025
Canada's Summer McIntosh to train with Michael Phelps' coach Bob Bowman
TORONTO - Canadian swim star Summer McIntosh will move to Texas to train with Bob Bowman, who coached American Michael Phelps to 23 Olympic gold medals. The 18-year-old McIntosh from Toronto won three...
May 28, 2025
Brooks Bandits cap off BCHL title with a championship parade
A championship parade for the Bandits travelled through the streets of Brooks on Tuesday afternoon after the team made history.-The team secured a BCHL championship in their first full season in the l...
May 28, 2025
Canadian doctors who served in Gaza call for arms embargo, sanctions against Israel
OTTAWA - Canadian medical professionals who treated wounded Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are urging Ottawa to stop all military trade with Israel. The doctors say Canada's current restrictions on ar...
May 28, 2025