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FBI acting director says in email that he's retiring from bureau
WASHINGTON (AP) - Paul Abbate, who as the FBI's longtime deputy director had been expected to replace Director Christopher Wray on an acting basis, is retiring from the bureau, according to an email h...
Jan 20, 2025

Group led by GM Joel Anthony purchases CEBL's Montréal Alliance
MONTREAL - A group led by general manager Joel Anthony has purchased the Canadian Elite Basketball League's Montral Alliance. The CEBL, which previously owned the team, announced the sale to Alli-Oop ...
Jan 20, 2025

Wake up and spend more on defense, Macron tells Europe as Trump takes office
CESSON-SEVIGNE, France (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron called on Europe Monday to "wake up" and spend more on defense, in a speech to the French military as Donald Trump returns to power. Macr...
Jan 20, 2025

What is an executive order? A look at Trump's tool for quickly reshaping government
WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump is returning to the White House ready to immediately overhaul the government using the fastest tool he has - the executive order. He's looking on his first day to increa...
Jan 20, 2025

Millions across the US brace for plummeting temperatures and winter storms
BOSTON (AP) - Residents across the country from the Northern Plains to the tip of Maine are bracing for dangerously low temperatures while the East Coast contends with a thick blanket of snow and the ...
Jan 20, 2025

Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps headline Canadian figure skating team for Four Continents
OTTAWA - World pairs champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps will try to repeat as gold medallists at next month's Four Continents figure skating championship. Skate Canada announced thre...
Jan 20, 2025

Ottawa Redblacks sign American quarterback Crum to one-year contract extension
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks signed American quarterback Dustin Crum to a one-year contract extension Monday. Crum was scheduled to become a CFL free agent next month. Crum, 26, dressed for all 18 re...
Jan 20, 2025

Trump returning to power after unprecedented comeback, emboldened to reshape American institutions
WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, will be sworn in as the 47th president on M...
Jan 20, 2025

Saskatchewan Roughriders hire Andrew Harris as their running backs coach
REGINA - Andrew Harris is back in the CFL. The Saskatchewan Roughriders hired the league's all-time leading Canadian rusher as their running backs coach Monday. The move reunites Harris with Riders ru...
Jan 20, 2025

Federal cabinet braces for trade war as Donald Trump is inaugurated
OTTAWA - Federal cabinet ministers are gathering in Montebello, Que., today as Donald Trump returns to the White House. Trump has pledged to sign an executive order on inauguration day to impose 25 pe...
Jan 20, 2025