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Riders report loss of $7.5 million after 2020 CFL season cancelled due to COVID-19
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders reported a loss of $7.5 million at their 2020-21 annual general meeting as the club deals with the financial fallout from the cancellation of the 2020 CFL season....
Jun 26, 2021

Structure fire spreads to wildfire 'being held' in B.C.'s southern Interior
PEACHLAND, B.C. - Some properties were evacuated and others placed on alert as crews fight a fire now classified as being held in the town of Peachland in B.C.'s southern Interior. The Central Okanaga...
Jun 26, 2021

Air quality advisory in effect for parts of Vancouver, Fraser Valley amid heatwave
VANCOUVER - An air quality advisory is in effect for eastern parts of Metro Vancouver and the central Fraser Valley amid a wave of extremely hot and sunny weather. The federation that represents 21 mu...
Jun 26, 2021

Alberta heavyweight Tanner Boser bounces back with UFC win over Ovince Saint Preux
LAS VEGAS - Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser stopped Ovince (OSP) Saint Preux in the second round of the co-main event of a UFC Fight Night card Saturday. The win snapped a two-fight l...
Jun 26, 2021

Subs give Italy 2-1 win over Austria, spot in Euro 2020 QFs
LONDON - With three exquisite touches of control, technique and finishing, Federico Chiesa ended 95 minutes of Italian frustration. This record-breaking team is off to the quarterfinals of the Europea...
Jun 26, 2021

Collective bargaining deal reached in Quebec slaughterhouse labour dispute
MONTREAL - A labour dispute at a slaughterhouse near Quebec City that resulted in more than one million chickens being euthanized has come to an end. Workers at the Exceldor co-operative in St-Anslme,...
Jun 26, 2021

Two more churches burn in South Okanagan
PENTICTON - Two more Catholic churches in the South Okanagan have burned to the ground, raising the total to four in the last week.On Saturday, June 26, at 3:52 a.m., Princeton RCMP received a call th...
Jun 26, 2021

Ducharme expects to rejoin Habs for Game 3 of Cup final after positive COVID-19 test
Dominique Ducharme is doing his best not to look at the calendar. And even still, the days are passing much slower than normal. The Montreal Canadiens interim head coach, who tested positive for COVID...
Jun 26, 2021

Two more Catholic churches burn in B.C.'s southern Interior, chief says
CAWSTON, B.C. - The chief of an Indigenous Nation in British Columbia's southern Interior says two more Catholic churches in the region have burned in fires early this morning. Lower Similkameen India...
Jun 26, 2021

Two more Catholic churches burn in B.C.'s southern Interior, chief says
CAWSTON, B.C. - The chief of an Indigenous Nation in British Columbia's southern Interior says two more Catholic churches in the region have burned in fires early this morning. Lower Similkameen India...
Jun 26, 2021