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Canadian goalkeeper Lysianne Proulx joins NWSL expansion team Bay FC
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Bay FC has acquired Canadian goalkeeper Lysianne Proulx in a deal with Australia's Melbourne City FC. The expansion NWSL team said the 24-year-old from Boucherville, Que., has signe...
Feb 9, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Supreme Court upholds Ottawa's Indigenous child welfare act
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the federal government's 2019 Indigenous child welfare act is constitutional, affirming that First Nations Peoples have sole authority over the prot...
Feb 9, 2024

Netanyahu orders population of Gaza's crowded Rafah evacuated ahead of an expected ground invasion
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered the military to prepare a plan to evacuate the population of Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli invasion of the s...
Feb 9, 2024

Telus reports Q4 profit and revenue up from year earlier
VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. reported fourth-quarter net income attributable to common shares of $288 million, up from $248 million a year earlier. The company says the profit amounted to 20 cents per shar...
Feb 9, 2024

In the news for today: StatCan to report on job numbers, more Canadians are using AI
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... StatCan to release January jobs report Statistics Canada is set to release Janu...
Feb 9, 2024

Progressive, LGBTQ+ groups excluded from Vancouver Chinatown's Lunar New Year parade
VANCOUVER - Progressive and LGBTQ+ groups say they've been excluded from Vancouver's Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown this weekend, with one of their representatives saying they were told it was bec...
Feb 9, 2024

London, Ont., police chief's apology a good step but missing key elements: experts
TORONTO - A southwestern Ontario police chief's apology this week for the time it took to lay sexual assault charges against five professional hockey players marked an important step in acknowledging ...
Feb 9, 2024

Progressive, LGBTQ+ groups excluded from Vancouver Chinatown's Lunar New Year parade
VANCOUVER - Progressive and LGBTQ+ groups say they've been excluded from Vancouver's Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown this weekend, with one of their representatives saying they were told it was bec...
Feb 9, 2024

More Canadians using AI tools, despite ‘deep-rooted’ fears about the tech: poll
OTTAWA - Despite worries artificial intelligence lacks empathy and could be coming to steal their jobs, a growing number of Canadians are turning to AI tools, a new poll suggests. Thirty per cent of C...
Feb 9, 2024

London, Ont., police chief's apology a good step but missing key elements: experts
TORONTO - A southwestern Ontario police chief's apology this week for the time it took to lay sexual assault charges against five professional hockey players marked an important step in acknowledging ...
Feb 9, 2024