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Cameron named Canada head coach for 2025 world junior hockey championship
CALGARY - Dave Cameron will be back behind the Canadian bench at the 2025 world junior hockey championship. Hockey Canada announced Thursday that Cameron will serve as head coach as it revealed its te...
Jul 04, 2024
Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette scratched from lineup against Astros because of forearm bruise
TORONTO (AP) - Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette was scratched from the lineup for Thursday afternoon's game against Houston because of a right forearm contusion. The two-time All-Star and two-time AL h...
Jul 04, 2024
Captain Emma Wright leads Canadian women's water polo team into Paris
MONTREAL - Team captain Emma Wright will lead Canada's women's water polo team at the upcoming Paris Olympics. Water Polo Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee announced the team's roster Thursday...
Jul 04, 2024
Yukon gold mine says no cyanide detected after spill, as lenders cite credit default
MAYO, YUKON - Mining company Victoria Gold says no cyanide has been detected in surface water since an equipment failure and slide of ore at its Yukon Eagle Mine last week. The company says in a state...
Jul 04, 2024
Federal minister says he expects about 20 large carbon capture projects to launch in Canada
Federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Thursday he expects between 20 and 25 commercial-scale carbon capture and storage projects to break ground in Canada in the next decade.Wilki...
Jul 04, 2024
Jets sign defenceman Haydn Fleury, forward Mason Shaw to one-year, two-way contracts
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have signed defenceman Haydn Fleury and forward Mason Shaw. The Jets said Thursday that both deals are one-year, two-way contracts with an average annual value of US$775,0...
Jul 04, 2024
Security review needed after Inuk women highway deaths near lodge in Quebec: coroner
MONTREAL - A coroner says a Montreal-area Inuit health centre should review its security measures in light of the deaths of two patients who were struck and killed on highways within a 24-hour span in...
Jul 04, 2024
Collaros on the sidelines as winless Bombers prepare to host Redblacks
WINNIPEG - Zach Collaros will be standing on the sidelines when the Blue Bombers host the Ottawa Redblacks on Friday. Collaros didn't practise this week after sustaining a thorax injury in last Saturd...
Jul 04, 2024
US citizen Robert Woodland convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court
MOSCOW (AP) - Robert Woodland, a Russia-born U.S. citizen, was convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court and sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison on Thursday, court officials and his lawyers ...
Jul 04, 2024
Defending champion Miki Sudo wins women's division of Nathan's annual hot dog eating contest
NEW YORK (AP) - Dental hygiene student Miki Sudo of Florida has won her 10th women's title at the annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest. On Thursday, Sudo consumed 51 hot dogs i...
Jul 04, 2024