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Western Hockey League's Winnipeg Ice franchise moving to Wenatchee, Wash.
CALGARY - After four years in Winnipeg, the Western Hockey League's Ice franchise is moving west. The team and league announced Friday that the club has been sold and relocated to Wenatchee, Wash. The...
Jun 16, 2023
Federal workers vote 'overwhelmingly' in favour of agreements that ended strike: PSAC
OTTAWA - Canada's largest federal public-sector union says more than 155,000 workers have ratified new four-year deals with the federal government. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says members v...
Jun 16, 2023
Some reaction to the highway crash that killed 15 in Manitoba
DAUPHIN, MAN. - Health authorities say six of 10 seniors who survived a bus crash in southern Manitoba that killed 15 others were listed in critical condition in hospital. They were among a group of s...
Jun 16, 2023
CP NewsAlert: RCMP say no critical injuries in crash of B.C. bus with 30 aboard
PRINCE GEORGE - Mounties say there are no critical injuries among 30 people on a charter bus that crashed on a forest service road north of Prince George, B.C. RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Cooper says numerous ...
Jun 16, 2023
Canada passes 40 million population milestone amid immigration push
OTTAWA - Canada's population has reached more than 40 million, Statistics Canada said. The milestone comes amid a wave of new immigrants as part of Ottawa's promise to bring in 500,000 people a year b...
Jun 16, 2023
Arrows coach looks for positives out of frustrating, injury-plagued MLR season
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows go into Saturday's regular-season finale against the visiting NOLA Gold with one win and a boatload of injuries. It's been that way most of the year for the lone Canadian ...
Jun 16, 2023
Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers exposing Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92
NEW YORK (AP) - Daniel Ellsberg, the history-making whistleblower who by leaking the Pentagon Papers revealed longtime government doubts and deceit about the Vietnam War and inspired acts of retaliati...
Jun 16, 2023
First practice cut short at Canadian GP due to local security camera issue
MONTREAL - The first practice session at the Canadian Grand Prix barely started before it was cut short due to local security camera issues around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The FIA announced the ...
Jun 16, 2023
Manitoba RCMP, community leaders look to Saskatchewan after deadly crash
The mayor of Dauphin, Man., and a city councillor in Humboldt, Sask., are members of a club that no one wants to belong to: community leaders responding to unimaginable and unexpected tragedies. Fifte...
Jun 16, 2023
Surrey, B.C., to stay with RCMP over independent force, costing the city millions
SURREY, B.C. - The mayor of Surrey, B.C., says council has voted to revert its policing back to the RCMP, a move than will cost the city millions of dollars. Mayor Brenda Locke told reporters that she...
Jun 16, 2023