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NewsAlert: Vancouver Canucks name Adam Foote as new head coach
VANCOUVER - The NHL's Vancouver Canucks have named Adam Foote as their new head coach. More coming. The Canadian Press
May 14, 2025
Judge says Georgetown student can be released from immigration detention as case proceeds
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered that a Georgetown scholar from India be released from immigration detention after he was detained in the Trump administration's crackdown on...
May 14, 2025
Leafs coach Craig Berube ponders Game 5 lineup changes; Rodrigues out for Panthers
TORONTO - Craig Berube is still weighing his options. The Maple Leafs head coach said following Wednesday's morning skate he has yet to decide on any potential lineup changes when Toronto faces the Fl...
May 14, 2025
Toronto's Fast, Minnesota's Jaques, Thompson finalists for PWHL top defender award
TORONTO - Renata Fast of the Toronto Sceptres and Minnesota Frost teammates Sophie Jaques and Claire Thompson are the finalists for the Professional Women's Hockey League's defender of the year award....
May 14, 2025
Spam buns, worm poutine and hot mac 'n cheese on the menu for Calgary Stampede
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampede menu this year is set to include a heaping of pickle flavours and something for those with a cast-iron stomach. There will be fiery dill Coke, deep-fried pickle Oreos an...
May 14, 2025
Canadian offensive lineman Zerr among players released by Saskatchewan Roughriders
REGINA - Canadian offensive lineman Noah Zerr was among seven players released by the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Wednesday. The six-foot-seven, 330-pound Zerr, of Langenburg, Sask., was entering his ...
May 14, 2025
An explosion at a chemical plant near Seville sends black smoke over the Spanish city
MADRID (AP) - An explosion at a chemical plant near Seville sent a huge pillar of smoke over the city and prompted Spanish authorities to urge nearby residents to stay indoors, but no one was reported...
May 14, 2025
Russia convicts a prominent election monitoring activist and sentences him to 5 years in prison
A court in Moscow on Wednesday convicted one of the leaders of a prominent independent election monitoring group on charges of organizing the work of an "undesirable" organization and sentenced him to...
May 14, 2025
Woman expected to face more questions from prosecutors in hockey players' trial
A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team is expected to face more questions from prosecutors today. Defence lawyers finished cross-exa...
May 14, 2025
B.C. opioid rules were to reduce overdoses. But they cut cancer patients' pain meds
Rule changes designed to reduce opioid overdose deaths in British Columbia in 2016 inadvertently harmed cancer and palliative-care patients by reducing their access to pain killers, a new study has fo...
May 14, 2025