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UEFA postpones Champions League talks as clubs, leagues row
Changes to the Champions League are unlikely to be decided this year after UEFA on Thursday called off joint talks with the heads of European clubs and leagues who have spent months arguing over a pot...
Aug 15, 2019
US Soccer, team talks break down; likely head to jury trial
Players for the World Cup champion women's national team say mediation talks with the U.S. Soccer Federation in their dispute over equal pay are over. Molly Levinson, who represents the players in mat...
Aug 15, 2019
Men twice as likely to smoke pot as women, Statistics Canada says
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says Canadian men are almost twice as likely to use pot as women. New data from the National Cannabis Survey today shows 16 per cent of Canadians over 15 years old repo...
Aug 15, 2019
Quebec introduces new safety measures at site of deadly highway crash
MONTREAL - Quebec Transport Minister Francois Bonnardel has announced four measures to improve safety and traffic flow at the site of a deadly pileup that left four people dead this month no...
Aug 15, 2019
Canada's team embracing challenging test at Little League World Series
Bruce Dorwart knew his team would be excited to get to the Little League World Series after winning the Canadian championship last weekend. The Coquitlam All-Stars head coach didn't expect h...
Aug 15, 2019
Trudeau should apologize for violation of ethics code: Philpott
OTTAWA - Former Liberal cabinet minister turned Independent MP Jane Philpott says the people of Canada still "deserve an apology" from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the SNC-Lavalin affair. In an in...
Aug 15, 2019
US stocks steady after plunge, but caution still reigns
NEW YORK - Stocks around the world remained stuck in the spin cycle Thursday, as worries about a possible recession collided with hopes that the strongest part of the U.S. economy - shoppers spending ...
Aug 15, 2019
Vehicle slams into house causing explosion in London, Ont., police say
LONDON, Ont. - Dozens of people have been displaced from their homes in southwestern Ontario as firefighters continue to battle a growing blaze following a major house ex...
Aug 15, 2019
Indiana cemetery objects to John Dillinger exhumation plans
INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis cemetery where 1930s gangster John Dillinger is buried is objecting to his body's planned exhumation as part of a television documentary. The Indianapolis Star reports ...
Aug 15, 2019
Canada largely successful in managing economic immigration: OECD study
OTTAWA - A glowing international review of Canada's economic immigration system should serve as a factual counterpoint against anti-immigration sentiment, the federal immigration minister said Tuesday...
Aug 15, 2019