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Alouettes ready for physical challenge against undefeated Blue Bombers
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes will attempt Thursday night what six other CFL teams have failed to do -- hand the Winnipeg Blue Bombers their first loss of the season. The two-time reigning Grey Cu...
Aug 03, 2022

Canadian foreign minister urges China to stand down on Taiwan amid military exercises
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is calling for calm as the Chinese government announced a series of military exercises around Taiwan following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to ...
Aug 03, 2022

Ottawa apologizes for 'radical social engineering' experiment on First Nation
PEEPEEKISIS CREE NATION - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller delivered an apology on behalf of the federal government to a Saskatchewan First Nation for an "experiment in radical social e...
Aug 03, 2022

Iraqi cleric orders followers to continue protest in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AP) - Influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr told his followers Wednesday to continue their sit-in inside Iraq's government zone, and called for the dissolution of the parliament and early...
Aug 03, 2022

CFL names Collaros, Schoen and Acklin performers of the month for July
Winnipeg quarterback Zach Collaros, Blue Bombers receiver Dalton Schoen and Ottawa receiver Jaelon Acklin have been named the CFL's top performers for July. Collaros threw for 1,061 passing yards and ...
Aug 03, 2022

Slide over, bobsleds. Curling is coming to tropical Jamaica
Slide over, Jamaican bobsledders. A group of expats from the ice-free island are hoping to bring a whole new winter sport to their tropical homeland: curling. Three decades after Jamaica crashed the W...
Aug 03, 2022

Fire at Spruce City Stadium
PRINCE GEORGE: No injuries following an outbuilding fire at Spruce City Stadium this (Wed) morning.Prince George Fire Rescue says crews from three halls arrived on scene at 5 a.m. to find smoke and fl...
Aug 03, 2022

Blue Jays place pitcher Stripling on 15-day injured list with hip strain
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have placed right-handed pitcher Ross Stripling on the 15-day injured list with a right hip strain. The move is retroactive to Sunday. Stripling last pitched in Toronto...
Aug 03, 2022

Police arrest driver in early morning Parliament Hill crash
Ottawa police arrested a driver after what they describe as an unauthorized vehicle drove into the front gates of Parliament Hill early this morning. Police say a vehicle rammed into the gates outside...
Aug 03, 2022

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Clayton Ruby, Canadian civil rights lawyer, dies at 80
Canadian civil rights lawyer Clayton Ruby has died at the age of 80, his law firm confirmed Wednesday. More coming The Canadian Press
Aug 03, 2022