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With Stanback gone, Alouettes RB Fletcher is seizing his opportunity as the starter
MONTREAL - Head coach Jason Maas had a message for Walter Fletcher after the running back signed a one-year extension with the Montreal Alouettes in February. The Alouettes' No. 1 running back spot wa...
Jun 17, 2024

Mbappé suffers facial injury in France's 1-0 win against Austria at Euro 2024
DUSSELDORF, Germany (AP) - Kylian Mbapp suffered a facial injury and was replaced as France beat Austria 1-0 in its opening game of the European Championship on Monday. The striker, involved in the fi...
Jun 17, 2024

Phones banned from Alberta classrooms starting fall 2024
The Alberta government is banning the use of mobile phones during class time in elementary and high schools as of the fall 2024 term but school boards will have some autonomy over the restrictions.WAT...
Jun 17, 2024

Halifax MP Fillmore to leave federal politics ahead of expected mayoral run
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Andy Fillmore says he won't return to the House of Commons in the fall. Fillmore was first elected as MP for Halifax in the 2015 election that brought Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
Jun 17, 2024

Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains
SEATTLE (AP) - BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it ...
Jun 17, 2024

2 of 9 people wounded in Michigan mass shooting at splash pad remain hospitalized, sheriff says
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - Two of the nine people wounded in a weekend shooting at a suburban Detroit splash pad remain hospitalized in critical condition, including an eight-year-old boy who has "made ama...
Jun 17, 2024

Medicine Hat council to consider code of conduct changes
Medicine Hat city council has a light agenda for Monday's public meeting with only a few decisions coming to the horseshoe.In what is one of the top issues on the agenda, council is likely to approve ...
Jun 17, 2024

Sask Party MLAs deflect committee attempt to call witnesses into gun in Legislature
REGINA - Members of the governing Saskatchewan Party are rebuffing an Opposition attempt to call witnesses to answer questions on weapons allegations against a cabinet minister. In a meeting of the Ho...
Jun 17, 2024

Canada's Milos Raonic sets record with 47 aces in three-set match
LONDON - Milos Raonic was at his peak when he reached the Wimbledon final in 2016 before injuries decimated his promising career. On Monday, the 33-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., served notice that he...
Jun 17, 2024

Belgium stunned by Slovakia 1-0 with VAR denying Lukaku twice at Euro 2024
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Two Romelu Lukaku goals were ruled out by video review and Belgium fell to a stunning 1-0 loss to Slovakia in wild Group D at the European Championship on Monday. Slovakia st...
Jun 17, 2024