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Environment Canada warns heavy snow expected for coastal B.C.
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says inland sections of the central and south coasts of British Columbia should prepare for significant snowfall early this week. It says there is also potential for sno...
Jan 07, 2024
Quebec's 'common front' public sector unions will vote on new contract
MONTREAL - An alliance of Quebec unions representing 420,000 public sector workers says it will take a new tentative contract agreement to its members for approval. The labour alliance representing th...
Jan 07, 2024
Third shooting in three days in Coquitlam, B.C., sends man to hospital
COQUITLAM, B.C. - Mounties in Coquitlam, B.C., say a third shooting in as many days has left a man with life-threatening injuries. They say officers responded to a call around 4:15 p.m. Saturday and f...
Jan 07, 2024
Canadian international Julia Grosso helps Juventus women to Super Cup triumph
CREMONA, Italy - Julia Grosso helped Juventus lift the Italian women's Super Cup on Sunday with a 2-1 victory over Roma and fellow Canadian international Evelyne Viens. The game, which marked Juventus...
Jan 07, 2024
At 65, B.C.'s Jonathan Lyons not slowing down at Canadian Track Championships
TORONTO - At 65, Jonathan Lyons isn't slowing down. The opposite, in fact. The author and retired journalist finished fifth Friday in the 500-metre time trial in the Masters D 65-plus division at the ...
Jan 07, 2024
Quebec teachers hopeful but weary as students return to school after strikes
Montreal high school art teacher Marion Miller says she's looking forward to welcoming her students back to class on Tuesday for the first time since her union went on unlimited strike Nov. 23. "I thi...
Jan 07, 2024
Quebec teachers hopeful but weary as students return to school after strikes
Montreal high school art teacher Marion Miller says she's looking forward to welcoming her students back to class on Tuesday for the first time since her union went on unlimited strike Nov. 23. "I thi...
Jan 07, 2024
Nova Scotia's pioneer cemeteries are disappearing, but not without a fight
HALIFAX - A secluded and overgrown cemetery in rural Cape Breton, the final resting place for some of Nova Scotia's earliest settlers, is slowly crumbling into a nearby river. "They would be descendan...
Jan 07, 2024
South Korea says North Korea has fired artillery near their sea boundary for a third straight day.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea says North Korea has fired artillery shells near the rivals' tense sea boundary for a third straight day. South Korea's military says the North fired more than 90...
Jan 07, 2024
Nadal withdraws from the Australian Open with an injury just one tournament into his comeback
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the Australian Open with an injury after playing just one tournament in his comeback from 12 months in the sidelines. Nadal said he had conc...
Jan 07, 2024