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Canadian Auger-Aliassime advances to second round of men's singles at Miami Open.
MIAMI - Canadian Flix Auger-Aliassime is through to the second round of men's singles at the Miami Open. Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, dispatched Australian qualifier Adam Walton 7-5, 6-4 in a first-r...
Mar 21, 2024

Wife of Quesnel mayor condemned by council for circulating controversial book on residential schools
QUESNEL - An emotional city council meeting in Quesnel Wednesday night. This after it was discovered that Mayor Ron Paull's wife Pat Morton has been circulating a book that implies cultural genocide d...
Mar 21, 2024

Canadian forward Liam Millar rejuvenated by loan move back to England with Preston
On loan from Switzerland's FC Basel to England's Preston North End, Canadian forward Liam Millar is back on familiar turf. Preston is a 50-kilometre drive from Liverpool, where a teenage Millar starte...
Mar 21, 2024

Halt defence counter-intelligence searches of workplace computers, spy watchdog urges
OTTAWA - The national spy watchdog is calling on the military's counter-intelligence unit to suspend investigative searches of a workplace computer system over concerns about employee privacy. A Natio...
Mar 21, 2024

Algeria sets election for September, when military-backed president will vie for 2nd term
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Algeria will hold its next presidential election on Sept. 7, giving first-term President Abdelmajid Tebboune more than five months to campaign for a second term to lead the oil...
Mar 21, 2024

Highlights of Newfoundland and Labrador's 2024-25 budget
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador Finance Minister Siobhan Coady tabled the province's 2024-25 budget Thursday. Here are some highlights: - Projected GDP is $33.2 billion, which is a five p...
Mar 21, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Ottawa to set targets for temporary resident arrivals
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says for the first time, Canada will set targets for the number of new temporary resident arrivals. More coming. Laura Osman, The Canadian Press
Mar 21, 2024

Commission releases interim report into unmarked graves at residential schools
OTTAWA - An interim report from an international group hired to provide advice on identifying and locating the unmarked graves of children who attended residential schools says Canada can should conti...
Mar 21, 2024

Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris healing from kneeing himself in the face, surgery
Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris is sporting a look these days courtesy of taking his knee to his face. The 30-year-old from Regina posted on Instagram earlier this week a video of himself spinning ...
Mar 21, 2024

Liberal MP decries 'political games' over criticism of Conservatives on Ukraine
OTTAWA - One of the Liberals' point people on foreign policy says framing the Tories as soft on Ukraine isn't helping the country fend off Russia's invasion. Toronto MP Rob Oliphant is parliamentary s...
Mar 21, 2024