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Indigenous chiefs across Canada laud the pending approval of $2.8B settlement deal
VANCOUVER - First Nations leaders are voicing their formal support in Federal Court for a $2.8-billion settlement agreement to a class-action residential schools lawsuit. Former Tk'emlups te Secwepemc...
Feb 27, 2023

Studious raccoon shuts down South Kelowna, B.C., elementary school for the day
KELOWNA, B.C. - Some students at South Kelowna Elementary School in British Columbia got a surprise day off after a raccoon broke in and got comfortable in the building's ceiling. A statement from Cen...
Feb 27, 2023

Indigenous chiefs across Canada laud the pending approval of $2.8B settlement deal
VANCOUVER - First Nations leaders are voicing their formal support in Federal Court for a $2.8-billion settlement agreement to a class-action residential schools lawsuit. Former Tk'emlups te Secwepemc...
Feb 27, 2023

Niederreiter arrives as Jets struggle to stay in the playoff picture
WINNIPEG - Nino Niederreiter was heading back to a hotel after a practice with the Nashville Predators on Saturday when he got called to the front of the team bus. The veteran forward was given the ne...
Feb 27, 2023

Messi and Putellas voted best players at FIFA awards again
PARIS (AP) - World Cup winner Lionel Messi edged Kylian Mbapp again, this time to take FIFA's best men's player award on Monday. The best women's player was Spain's Alexia Putellas for a second straig...
Feb 27, 2023

Buyers? Sellers? Neither? Senators' trade deadline strategy still unclear
OTTAWA - For the first time in six years, the Ottawa Senators are playing meaningful games as the trade deadline approaches. It's exactly what the Senators wanted, but it makes for an interesting situ...
Feb 27, 2023

Spain's Alexia Putellas voted best women's player again
PARIS (AP) - Spain's Alexia Putellas won FIFA's best women's player award for the second straight time on Monday. Putellas won the voting over Alex Morgan of the United States and England's Beth Mead,...
Feb 27, 2023

Finance minister suggests budget deficits on way for B.C. after surplus
LANGFORD, B.C. - British Columbia Finance Minister Katrine Conroy is suggesting budget deficits are in the province's future as she prepares to present the government's financial blueprint Tuesday. Pr...
Feb 27, 2023

Finance minister suggests budget deficits on way for B.C. after surplus
LANGFORD, B.C. - British Columbia Finance Minister Katrine Conroy is suggesting budget deficits are in the province's future as she prepares to present the government's financial blueprint Tuesday. Pr...
Feb 27, 2023

Canada Soccer president Nick Bontis resigns, says change is needed
Nick Bontis has resigned as president of Canada Soccer, acknowledging change is needed to achieve labour peace with the Canadian men's and women's teams. The move comes in the wake of a letter from pr...
Feb 27, 2023