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Invictus Games 2025 medals unveiled in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Organizers of the 2025 Invictus Games, which kick off next weekend in Vancouver, have unveiled the medals that will be awarded to athletes over the nine days of competition. The charity sa...
Jan 29, 2025

RCMP seek witnesses or victims to indecent acts
PRINCE GEORGE - RCMP are seeking witnesses or victims to a pair of indecent acts in Prince George.Mounties say they are investigating two instances where a man exposed his genitalia in the view of the...
Jan 29, 2025

Woman wanted for break-and-enter and theft
PRINCE GEORGE - Update: Perry is no longer wanted by police.Earlier: Prince George RCMP need your help finding a wanted woman.Police say 47-year-old Anita Lynn Perry is wanted on one endorsed warrant ...
Jan 29, 2025

Tariff fight takes centre stage as Ontario election campaign kicks off
Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford pitched himself Wednesday as the best steward of the economy in the face of looming tariffs, but the other party leaders say his record from the last ...
Jan 29, 2025

Ottawa revamps disaster relief program with new focus on mitigation, rebuilding
OTTAWA - The federal government is overhauling the way it reimburses provinces and territories after natural disasters, with a new focus on funding rebuilding efforts that try to prevent the same leve...
Jan 29, 2025

Wrestler Chris Jericho embraces 'scream king' status with slasher 'Dark Match'
From playing a washed-up rock star in 2010's "MacGruber" to a gruff psychiatric hospital orderly in last year's "Terrifier 3," pro wrestler Chris Jericho has built quite an eclectic acting resume. Yet...
Jan 29, 2025

Slimmed-down World Cup training facility to be one pitch, field house in Toronto
TORONTO - The 2026 World Cup will have just one official training facility in Toronto, consisting of a new pitch and field house at Centennial Park in Etobicoke. Work has already started on the slimme...
Jan 29, 2025

Teen striker Kaylee Hunter the latest to join Toronto entry in Northern Super League
TORONTO - The hits keep coming for teenage striker Kaylee Hunter. Last year the Calgary native - then 16 - was the youngest player invited to a Canadian under-20 camp in Germany. At club level, she wa...
Jan 29, 2025

In the news today: Joly in Washington, mosque attack anniversary, Ontario election
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Joly to meet with U.S. counterpart Rubio Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is back in Washington, D.C., tod...
Jan 29, 2025

BoC expected to lower interest rates today, as forecasts predict quarter-point cut
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is set to make its first interest rate announcement of the year this morning. Forecasters are widely expecting a quarter-percentage-point cut. That would bring the Bank of ...
Jan 29, 2025