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'Hope is disappearing': Canucks fans frustrated over disappointing season
VANCOUVER - Lopsided losses. A heavily critiqued coaching change. Jerseys on the ice. Vancouver Canucks faithful have seen it all during yet another disappointing season - and several say they're frus...
Feb 03, 2023
Canadian running Chase Brown receives Senior Bowl honour
MOBILE, Ala. - Canadian Chase Brown made quite an impression this week at the Senior Bowl. Jim Nagy, the Senior Bowl's executive director, tweeted Friday that the Illinois star was voted as the Nation...
Feb 03, 2023
Halifax Wanderers sign former CF Montreal homegrown player Tomas Giraldo
Halifax Wanderers have signed teenage midfielder Tomas Giraldo to a one-year contract with club options for 2024 and 2025. Giraldo, who signed with Montreal as a homegrown player in June 2020, was sid...
Feb 03, 2023
Liberals withdraw bill's assault-style firearm definition, promise more consultation
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have withdrawn an amendment to their gun bill aimed at enshrining a definition of banned assault-style firearms, citing "legitimate concerns" about the need for more cons...
Feb 03, 2023
Murder charge laid in connection to Port Place stabbing
NANAIMO - A man is facing a murder charge following a fatal stabbing outside downtown Nanaimo's Port Place Shopping Centre.Sean Carl John Patterson, 38, will answer to a second degree murder charge in...
Feb 03, 2023
Authorities: 2 arrested in California shooting that killed 6
VISALIA, Calif. (AP) - Two gang members were arrested early Friday, one after a gunbattle, in the January massacre of six people including a baby at a central California home associated with a rival g...
Feb 03, 2023
Yukon prospecting plan approval is quashed by First Nation court victory
WHITEHORSE - A Yukon court has quashed government approval for a mining exploration project, siding with a First Nation that argued there was a failure to properly consult it about the project on its ...
Feb 03, 2023
Canadian goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair set to start MLS season as Minnesota's No. 1
When opportunity knocked, Dayne St. Clair was ready last season. The Canadian goalkeeper got his chance in Minnesota United's third game of the year after starter Tyler Miller was sidelined by the flu...
Feb 03, 2023
Metro Vancouver homicide team probes two separate shootings in less than 24 hours
VANCOUVER - Two people have died in separate shootings around Greater Vancouver and while homicide investigators are not linking the attacks, they say both appear targeted. A release from the Integrat...
Feb 03, 2023
Swimmer Markus Thormeyer banned 12 months after doping violation
OTTAWA - Canadian swimmer Marks Thormeyer has been banned from competition for 12 months following a doping violation. However, because Thormeyer accepted a voluntary provisional suspension on Feb. 15...
Feb 03, 2023