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Toronto clinches top spot in PWHL with 4-1 win over Minnesota
TORONTO - Natalie Spooner scored twice in leading Toronto to clinching first place in the Professional Women's Hockey League with a 4-1 win over Minnesota on Wednesday. Toronto (12-4-0-7) moved ahead ...
May 1, 2024
Highway collapse in southern China kills at least 36 people
BEIJING (AP) - A section of a highway collapsed after heavy rains in southern China, sending cars tumbling down a slope and leaving at least 36 people dead, authorities said Thursday. The Meizhou city...
May 1, 2024
Forge FC, Atletico Ottawa record convincing wins in Canadian Championship play
Forge FC and Atletico Ottawa, the top two teams in the Canadian Premier League, posted convincing victories in Canadian Championship preliminary-round play Wednesday. Forge, which tops the CPL standin...
May 1, 2024
'Thunderhead' LGBTQ national monument breaks ground in Ottawa
OTTAWA - After a rainy night in Ottawa, the sun broke through Wednesday afternoon ahead of a ceremony to break ground for a national LGBTQ+ monument. That was no coincidence, Albert McLeod told a crow...
May 1, 2024
London Drugs phone lines working, stores still closed after cybersecurity incident
VANCOUVER - London Drugs says its phone lines are working again after being taken offline in response to a cybersecurity incident. A statement from the Richmond, B.C.-based pharmacy and retail chain s...
May 1, 2024
London Drugs phone lines working, stores still closed after cybersecurity incident
VANCOUVER - London Drugs says its phone lines are working again after being taken offline in response to a cybersecurity incident. A statement from the Richmond, B.C.-based pharmacy and retail chain s...
May 1, 2024
Woman with a knife arrested at New Westminster, B.C., post-secondary school
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Police in New Westminster, B.C., say they were called to a post-secondary school in the city when staff reported that a woman armed with a knife was inside the building. The wo...
May 1, 2024
B.C. launches portal to help find hotel rooms for emergency evacuees
VICTORIA - British Columbia's hotel association says a new central booking portal will help speed up the process of finding places to stay for emergency evacuees. A statement says the system launching...
May 1, 2024
'Really didn't do a lot:' April weather does little to address mid-Island wildfire concerns
NANAIMO - Despite more rainfall over the south coast and central B.C, the threat of wildfires this summer remains prominent province-wide. Nanaimo saw 85 per cent of normal amounts of precipitation in...
May 1, 2024
Steven Stamkos wants to stay with Lightning, and team wants its career scoring leader to stay
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Steven Stamkos wants to hoist the Stanley Cup again with the Tampa Bay Lightning. The 34-year-old captain, who can become a free agent this summer, reiterated Wednesday that he'd li...
May 1, 2024