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Canadian women's under-20 rugby team to play in four-country tournament in Wales
Canada's under-20 women's rugby team will play host Wales, England and the United States next month in the inaugural Women's U20 Transatlantic Quad Series in Cardiff. Head coach Dean Murten has summon...
Jun 12, 2024
Oilers want more shots on Panthers goalie Bobrovsky as Stanley Cup shifts to Edmonton
EDMONTON - Florida Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky has turned away 50 of 51 shots through the first two games of the Stanley Cup final. The vaunted Edmonton Oilers' power-play hasn't scored in seven ...
Jun 12, 2024
Quebec police arrest three in $9-million fraud, data theft case involving Desjardins
MONTREAL - Montreal-area police have arrested three people in connection with a major data theft and $8.9-million fraud involving the co-operative financial group Desjardins. Police in Laval, Que., sa...
Jun 12, 2024
Undercover officer says accused at Coutts blockade spoke of killing police
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - An undercover officer at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., says an accused confided in her that he expected to die in the standoff and planned to slit the throats of police. Th...
Jun 12, 2024
At least 49 die and 140 are missing after migrant boat sinks off Yemen's coast, UN agency says
CAIRO (AP) - A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, killing at least 49 people and leaving another 140 missing, the U.N. agency said Tuesday. The boat was carrying about 260 Somalis and...
Jun 12, 2024
Argentine riot police disperse protesters with water cannons ahead of key Senate vote
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentine riot police blasted protesters with water cannons to disperse crowds outside of Congress on Wednesday, escalating tensions before lawmakers were expected to vo...
Jun 12, 2024
Golf Canada executive and former Argos RB Bryan Crawford named OHL commissioner
TORONTO - Sports executive and former CFL player Bryan Crawford has been named the next commissioner of the Ontario Hockey League. The major junior league announced in a release Wednesday that Crawfor...
Jun 12, 2024
B.C. driver dies from injuries days after windshield crash on highway
SURREY, B.C. - The driver injured when a rock crashed through her vehicle's windshield last week on a Metro Vancouver highway has died. BC Highway Patrol Cpl. Melissa Jongema confirmed that the vehicl...
Jun 12, 2024
Man charged with murder in stabbing death of Vancouver restaurant chef
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police have arrested and charged a 32-year-old man in the stabbing death of a Japanese restaurant chef near the city's Chinatown last week. Police say Timothy Isborn faces a seco...
Jun 12, 2024
Canadian media a target for foreign interference: national security committee chair
OTTAWA - Foreign actors are trying to interfere with the Canadian media, and journalists and their bosses need to be aware of it, the chairman of Parliament's national security committee warned on Wed...
Jun 12, 2024