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Hot spell persists in southern B.C. after breaking century-old records
VANCOUVER - An early season hot spell that has brought temperatures approaching 40 Celsius to parts of southern British Columbia, breaking more than a dozen daily heat records, won't be lifting until ...
Jun 09, 2025
Rio Tinto partners with UNBC and SD 91 to reduce barriers to post-secondary education
VANDERHOOF - A new funding announcement promises to expand youth and student engagement programming.Over the next four years, Rio Tinto has committed $250,000 to support UNBC's Active Minds Integrated...
Jun 09, 2025

Diallo opens grass-court season with win over Vukic at Libema Open
Canadian tennis player Gabriel Diallo kicked off his grass-court season with a 7-5, 7-6 (2) win over Australia's Aleksandar Vukic on Monday at the Libema Open. The 23-year-old from Montreal had 13 ace...
Jun 09, 2025

UFC returns to Vancouver with Oct. 18 Fight Night show at Rogers Arena
VANCOUVER - The UFC is returning to Vancouver for an Oct. 18 Fight Night show at Rogers Arena. It will mark Vancouver's seventh UFC event since 2010, tying Toronto for the second-most UFC events in Ca...
Jun 09, 2025

Manchester United teenager Gabe Biancheri gets first taste of camp with Canada
TORONTO - Born in Wales to a Canadian mother and Italian father, Gabe Biancheri has options when it comes to playing international soccer. The 18-year-old Manchester United academy forward has already...
Jun 09, 2025

Montreal bus and subway services disrupted as transit maintenance workers strike
MONTREAL - Montreal's transit maintenance workers have started a nine-day strike that is causing widespread disruption in the network. The 2,400 workers began striking today after more than a year of ...
Jun 09, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Mexico's president says she will attend G7 summit in Alberta
OTTAWA - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she will attend the G7 summit next week in Alberta and is working to set up a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. More coming. The Can...
Jun 09, 2025

National Holocaust Monument vandalized with 'FEED ME' written in red paint
OTTAWA - The National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa was found vandalized this morning with the words "FEED ME" scrawled across it in red paint. Red paint was splashed on other portions of the monument ...
Jun 09, 2025

Dort, Mathurin families unite for Montreal North community during NBA Finals
MONTREAL - Luguentz Dort and Bennedict Mathurin are going head-to-head on the court - but off it, their families are on the same team. While Dort's Oklahoma City Thunder battled Mathurin's Indiana Pac...
Jun 09, 2025

Tropical Storm Barbara becomes a hurricane
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Barbara has strengthened into a hurricane, the first of the eastern Pacific hurricane season. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday swells generated by the sto...
Jun 09, 2025