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First pilot of Medicine Hat's trap-neuter-return program completed
An advocate for Medicine Hat's new Trap-Neuter-Return program is happy to see the first pilot project completed but hopes to see more funding secured to help continue the effort to control Medicine Ha...
Sep 09, 2024
Canadian Paralympians happy to be home after great experience in Paris
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Upon touching down on home soil, Paralympic silver medallist Jesse Zesseu called his first Games a surreal moment. Several Canadian Paralympians returned home at Toronto Pearson In...
Sep 09, 2024
Sidney Crosby 'pretty optimistic' on contract extension with Penguins
LAS VEGAS - Sidney Crosby is confident he will have a new contract signed before the start of the NHL regular season. Speaking at the NHL/NHLPA player media tour's North American leg Monday, the Pengu...
Sep 09, 2024
B.C. set up a panel on bear deaths, will review conservation officer training
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is partnering with a bear welfare group to reduce the number of bears being euthanized in the province. Nicholas Scapillati, executive director of Grizzly Be...
Sep 09, 2024
Canada Soccer and national team players move closer to long-awaited labour deal
TORONTO - Canada Soccer has reached a "framework" for a long-awaited labour agreement with its men's and women's national teams. But the deal is contingent on a reworked deal with Canadian Soccer Busi...
Sep 09, 2024
Canada coach Jesse Marsch expects Mexico to present a tough test in Texas friendly
Despite Mexico failing to impress at this summer's Copa America and firing coach Jaime Lozano after failing to get out of the group stage, Canada coach Jesse Marsch is expecting a tough test Tuesday w...
Sep 09, 2024
James Earl Jones, acclaimed actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93
James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen - eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, "The Lion King" and Darth V...
Sep 09, 2024
PWHL names and logos receive mixed reactions: 'You will never please everyone'
Hockey star Hilary Knight wouldn't expect anything less. More than a year after the circuit was founded, the Professional Women's Hockey League unveiled much-anticipated names and logos for all six fr...
Sep 09, 2024
Mark Carney to lead Liberal economic task force ahead of next election
Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney will chair a Liberal task force on economic growth, the party announced Monday as Liberal MPs meet to strategize for the upcoming election year. Long touted ...
Sep 09, 2024
Man accused of shooting 5 on Kentucky interstate vowed to 'kill a lot of people,' warrant says
LONDON, Ky. (AP) - The man suspected of opening fire on a highway in Kentucky sent a text message vowing to "kill a lot of people" less than 30 minutes before he shot and wounded five people on Inters...
Sep 09, 2024