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End Game: A look back at Taylor Swift's Eras Tour as it arrives in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - After a year of anticipation, Taylor Swift's Eras Tour lands in Vancouver on Friday, with the first of three shows at BC Place. Sunday's performance will be the last show of the entire tou...
Dec 06, 2024

Ottawa Senators edge Detroit Red Wings on night of "Pizza Line" reunion
OTTAWA - While the Ottawa Senators would have loved to honour three of their most prolific scorers with a high-scoring performance, they were more than satisfied to eke out a 2-1 win over the Detroit ...
Dec 06, 2024

Canadiens' Montembeault shining after Canada selection: 'That's why they picked him'
MONTREAL - Sam Montembeault found out last Sunday he'd don the red and white as one of Canada's goalies at the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off tournament in February. The Montreal Canadiens netminder has only ...
Dec 06, 2024

MVP candidate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of Hamilton still trying to improve
TORONTO - An average night for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander still makes him one of the best players in the NBA. The Hamilton native had 30 points, five assists and four rebounds in the Oklahoma City Thunde...
Dec 06, 2024

Binnington, Parayko shine for Blues after selection to Canada's 4 Nations team
CALGARY - Goaltender Jordan Binnington and defenceman Colton Parayko loomed large for the St. Louis Blues in a 4-3 overtime win Thursday over the Calgary Flames a day after they were named to Canada's...
Dec 06, 2024

3 climbers from US and Canada believed to have died in a fall on New Zealand mountain
OTTAWA - Officials in New Zealand says a Canadian is one of three mountain climbers who are believed to have died in a fall on Aoraki, the country's tallest peak. A state from Aoraki Area Commander In...
Dec 06, 2024

'It's not a right' — Kenya blocking Canadians from resettling LGBTQ+ refugees
NAIROBI - The United Nations says the Kenyan government is blocking Western countries like Canada from resettling LGBTQ+ refugees, leaving hundreds of desperate people languishing in dangerous refugee...
Dec 06, 2024

Statistics Canada to release November labour force survey today
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is set to release its November jobs report this morning. According to LSEG Data & Analytics, economists polled by Reuters expect the unemployment rate ticked up to 6.6 p...
Dec 06, 2024

Montreal blacksmith says he has a ‘place in paradise’ as Notre-Dame reopens its doors
MONTREAL - Five years ago, Notre-Dame Cathedral erupted in flames. A column of smoke rose above the Paris skyline as the historic cathedral, which took 182 years to build between the 12th and 14th cen...
Dec 06, 2024

Vigils, events to mark 35th anniversary of Polytechnique anti-feminist mass killing
MONTREAL - Polytechnique Montral will pay tribute today to the 14 young women who were murdered at the engineering school 35 years ago. Vigils and other events are scheduled in Montreal and across the...
Dec 06, 2024