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Hoop Dreams: Six-team Canadian Elite Basketball League set to tip off
With the new Canadian Elite Basketball League about to tip off, chief executive officer Mike Morreale is brimming with the same energy he used to have before playing a bi...
May 08, 2019
It's McHappy Day!
PRINCE GEORGE - Its McHappy Day in Prince George. For every Big Mac, Happy Meal or hot McCaf beverage purchased today, $1 will be donated to Ronald McDonald House BC and Yukon and the Child Developmen...
May 08, 2019
Pompeo says Canadian claim to Northwest Passage is 'illegitimate'
OTTAWA - Canada's claim over the Northwest Passage is "illegitimate," U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday in a major speech to the Arctic Council that Canadian experts called both provocat...
May 08, 2019
Refugee changes will hurt women asylum seekers, women's organizations say
OTTAWA - A group of Canadian women's organizations is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to withdraw controversial changes to asylum laws included in an omnibus budget bill, saying they will har...
May 08, 2019
CP NewsAlert: Winnipeg man guilty of murder in Indigenous woman's death
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man has been convicted of murdering an Indigenous woman in what Crown prosecutors called a crime worse than any horror movie. A jury found Brett Ronald Overby, who...
May 08, 2019
Edmonton Oilers confirm owner Daryl Katz dealing with life-threatening illness
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers are confirming that team owner Daryl Katz has been dealing with a life-threatening illness. Speculation arose Tuesday when Katz appeared at a news conference announcing ...
May 08, 2019
Bruins defenceman McAvoy suspended for first game of Eastern Conference final
NEW YORK - The NHL has suspended Boston Bruins defenceman Charlie McAvoy for the first game of the Eastern Conference final for an illegal check to the head of Columbus Blue Jackets forward Josh Ander...
May 08, 2019
Lawmakers mark 35th anniversary of 1984 Quebec legislature attack
Quebec lawmakers held a moment of silence today to mark the 35th anniversary of an attack at the provincial legislature that left three dead and 13 injured. On May 8, 1984, Canadian Armed Forces Cpl. ...
May 08, 2019
Wool wrap for royal baby suggests tradition will win out
LONDON - Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor slept through his first press conference, but royal experts say the merino wool wrap in which he snuggled said a lot about how his parents, Prince Harry an...
May 08, 2019
Caretaker of vacant Victoria hotel still missing, 48 hours after blaze
VICTORIA - Days after flames tore through a vacant hotel in Victoria, one man is still missing and smoke lingers, forcing the closure of city hall and several other businesses. The...
May 08, 2019