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Canadian curling legend Howard busier than ever since retiring as a player
MOOSE JAW - Four-time world champion Glenn Howard is as busy as ever since moving to the coach's bench after his retirement as a curler. "To say it's been a roller-coaster ride would be an understatem...
Apr 04, 2025

Canada names expanded 36-player women's rugby roster for Pacific Four Series
Canadian women's rugby coach Kevin Rouet has named an expanded squad of 36 players for Canada's defence of its Pacific Four Series title. The tournament marks the first outing of a high-stakes year fo...
Apr 04, 2025

Recruiters say surge in U.S. doctors looking to move to Canada since Trump election
HALIFAX - Recruiters say there's been a surge of interest from American doctors considering moving to Canada since the election of U.S. president Donald Trump in November. Katrina Philopoulos, recruit...
Apr 04, 2025

Surgical Prehabilitation Program expands referral eligibility
Referral eligibility for Alberta Health Services' (AHS) Prehabilitation Program has been expanded to include any adult in Alberta waiting for surgery. The program was launched at Edmonton hospitals in...
Apr 04, 2025

Mbappé and Rüdiger fined by UEFA but cleared to play CL quarters after 'indecent' celebration
NYON, Switzerland (AP) - Real Madrid stars Kylian Mbapp and Antonio Rdiger were fined by UEFA on Friday but escaped bans from the Champions League quarterfinals over "indecent" post-game celebrations ...
Apr 04, 2025

'Time to say goodbye': Kevin De Bruyne to leave Man City at the end of season
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Kevin De Bruyne says he will leave Manchester City at the end of the season. In an emotional post on X the Belgium playmaker confirmed these are his "final months as a Manch...
Apr 04, 2025

Medicine Hat will get eight new ICU beds through Alberta budget, officials say
Medicine Hat Regional Hospital's intensive care unit will expand by eight beds through the $5 million set aside in the 2025 Alberta budget for health care in Medicine Hat and Lethbridge. A needs asses...
Apr 04, 2025

In the news today: Party leaders campaigning in Quebec today, job numbers due
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Federal party leaders are campaigning in Quebec today Party leaders will be in Quebec today as the second week...
Apr 04, 2025

Nuclear waste agency looking for Canada's second deep geological repository
TORONTO - An organization tasked with managing Canada's nuclear waste found one site to store millions of bundles of radioactive used fuel for thousands of years hundreds of metres underground - and n...
Apr 04, 2025

Federal party leaders are campaigning in Quebec today
OTTAWA - Party leaders will be in Quebec today as the second week of the federal election campaign comes to a close. Leader of the Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre will hold a press conference in T...
Apr 04, 2025