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Industry group says Trump tariffs could destroy U.S. demand for aluminum
MONTREAL - A representative of Canada's aluminum industry says the Trump administration's 25 per cent tariffs could destroy demand for the metal in the American market. Jean Simard, president and CEO ...
Mar 12, 2025

Ottawa, province to provide rent support for B.C. gender-based violence survivors
VICTORIA - The British Columbia and federal governments have announced funding to ensure adequate housing for survivors of gender-based violence in the province. The B.C. Housing Ministry says in a ne...
Mar 12, 2025

Quebec Court of Appeal to hear Gilbert Rozon over defence in sex assault civil trial
MONTREAL - Quebec's highest court says it will hear Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon's appeal over a decision that limited the questions his defence could ask during his civil trial for sexual as...
Mar 12, 2025

Norwegian ski jumpers Lindvik and Forfang have been suspended as suit tampering scandal escalates
GENEVA (AP) - Sign stealing in baseball. Match fixing in soccer. Doping allegations in swimming. Now ski jumping has its own scandal that escalated Wednesday. Cheating by Norway team officials manipul...
Mar 12, 2025

Norwegian ski jumpers Lindvik and Forfang have been suspended as suit tampering scandal escalates
GENEVA (AP) - Sign stealing in baseball. Match fixing in soccer. Doping allegations in swimming. Now ski jumping has its own scandal that escalated Wednesday. Cheating by Norway team officials manipul...
Mar 12, 2025

Norwegian ski jumpers Lindvik and Forfang have been suspended as suit tampering scandal escalates
GENEVA (AP) - Sign stealing in baseball. Match fixing in soccer. Doping allegations in swimming. Now ski jumping has its own scandal that escalated Wednesday. Cheating by Norway team officials manipul...
Mar 12, 2025

Philippine ex-president Duterte is heading to the ICC to face charges linked to 'war on drugs'
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A jet that took Philippine ex-President Rodrigo Duterte from Manila landed Wednesday in the Netherlands a day after he was arrested on an International Criminal Court war...
Mar 12, 2025

Fire at residential building in downtown Vancouver displaces dozens
VANCOUVER - A fire at a high-rise building in downtown Vancouver has displaced 42 residents. Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services says crews were called to the building on Nelson Street on Tuesday and a...
Mar 12, 2025

Government asks that detained Columbia student's legal fight be moved to New Jersey or Louisiana
NEW YORK (AP) - A government lawyer asked a federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday to move the legal fight over the detention of Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil to New Jersey or L...
Mar 12, 2025

A capsule look at the U Sports women's basketball Final 8
A capsule look at the eight teams competing in the U Sports women's basketball Final 8 in Vancouver. Teams are listed by seeding heading into the tournament, along with their respective regular-season...
Mar 12, 2025