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Man in 60s dies after highway car crash in Centre-du-Québec
MONTREAL - A man in his sixties has died after a car crash on Friday afternoon in the Centre-du-Qubec region of the province. Provincial police say two drivers collided on Highway 55 in Sainte-Eulalie...
Jul 6, 2024
1 arrest, McGill University windows smashed in pro-Palestinian protest
MONTREAL - One person was arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest at McGill University on Friday night after Montreal police and city workers dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment at Victoria Squa...
Jul 6, 2024
Shapovalov falls in five-set third-round match to Shelton at Wimbledon
LONDON - Canadian Denis Shapovalov dropped a five-round battle 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to American Ben Shelton in third-round men's singles action at Wimbledon on Saturday. The match was scheduled...
Jul 6, 2024
Heat wave expected to hit Vancouver Island, interior B.C. in the coming days
VANCOUVER - Heat warnings are covering more than two dozen regions in British Columbia as temperatures could creep into the low 40s in the coming days. Environment Canada says the worst of the heat wa...
Jul 6, 2024
Heat wave expected to hit Vancouver Island, interior B.C. in the coming days
VANCOUVER - Heat warnings are covering more than two dozen regions in British Columbia as temperatures could creep into the low 40s in the coming days. Environment Canada says the worst of the heat wa...
Jul 6, 2024
New UK Prime Minister Starmer says controversial Rwanda deportation plan is 'dead and buried'
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday that he is scrapping a controversial Conservative policy to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda. "The Rwanda scheme was dead and buried befo...
Jul 6, 2024
'Dead to me': Alberta transgender teen takes action after being deadnamed in yearbook
Remi Laboucane says memories of being bullied were finally fading, memories so awful he switched schools. He was graduating from high school this summer, ready for life's next chapter, when he opened ...
Jul 6, 2024
City of Montreal says painting a house as an ad for Koodo is against the rules
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal says the owner of a more than 100-year-old home has violated city rules by allowing it to be painted in neon colours as an ad for telecom company Koodo. A Toronto-based...
Jul 6, 2024
B.C. ship and dock foremen issue 72-hour strike notice to employer
VANCOUVER - A union representing ship and dock foremen in British Columbia has issued 72-hour strike notice against their employer. The BC Maritime Employers Association says ILWU Local 514 has served...
Jul 5, 2024
Castillo dominates for 6 2/3 innings, Raley has 2-run double in Mariners' 2-1 win over Blue Jays
SEATTLE (AP) - Luis Castillo limited Toronto to two hits over a dominant 6 2/3 innings, Luke Raley had a two-run double in the third and the Seattle Mariners beat the Blue Jays 2-1 on Friday night. Ca...
Jul 5, 2024