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Liberal caucus to meet Wednesday as calls mount for Trudeau to resign
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's Liberal caucus will meet on Wednesday as calls from MPs mount for the prime minister to step down. Two Liberal MPs told The Canadian Press that the meeting will take place in...
Jan 03, 2025
Vancouver Canucks place star centre Elias Pettersson on injured reserve
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have placed star centre Elias Pettersson on the injured-reserve list. The club announced the move on Friday, saying it is retroactive to Dec. 23 and that goalie Artur...
Jan 03, 2025
Heat suspend Jimmy Butler for seven games, will seek to trade him
MIAMI (AP) - The Miami Heat suspended Jimmy Butler for seven games on Friday and said they will seek to trade him. The Heat said the suspension was for "conduct detrimental to the team over the course...
Jan 03, 2025
Canada pausing applications for parent, grandparent permanent residency sponsorships
OTTAWA - Canada will not accept new parent and grandparent permanent residency sponsorship applications until further notice, according to a ministerial directive. The directive published in the Canad...
Jan 03, 2025
Pierre Poilievre outlines goals, strategy, key players in Jordan Peterson interview
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre gave a lengthy interview to psychologist and media personality Jordan Peterson, touching on his vision for Canada and how he plans to implement it. Here's...
Jan 03, 2025
Two more charged in brazen killing of daughter-in-law of late Montreal Mafia boss
MONTREAL - Montreal police say two more people have been arrested in the brazen daytime killing of a 39-year-old woman in front of her beauty salon in May 2023. Claudia Iacono, 39, was the daughter-in...
Jan 03, 2025
New Orleans attacker had suspected bomb materials at home, reserved truck weeks ago, officials say
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The man killed by New Orleans police after ramming a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's revelers had suspected bomb-making materials at his home and reserved the vehicle used i...
Jan 03, 2025
Yukon told of 'potential leak' from toxic pond at failed Eagle Gold mine
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says it has been told there is a "potential leak" in a containment pond holding toxic water at the Eagle Gold mine, where millions of tonnes of contaminated rock were...
Jan 03, 2025
Soldier who died by suicide in Las Vegas told ex-girlfriend of pain and exhaustion after Afghanistan
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The highly decorated Special Forces soldier who died by suicide in a Cybertruck explosion on New Years Day confided to a former girlfriend - who had served as an Army nurse - that he ...
Jan 03, 2025
Soldier who died in Las Vegas explosion left note saying it was to be a wakeup for country's ills
A soldier who died in an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck at the Trump hotel in Las Vegas left a note saying it was stunt to serve as "wakeup call" for the country's ills, investigators said Friday. Ma...
Jan 03, 2025