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Shula, winningest coach in pro football history, dies at 90
MIAMI - Don Shula, who won the most games of any NFL coach and led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in league history, died Monday at his home, the team said. He was 90. Shula surpassed G...
May 04, 2020
Michael J. Fox Foundation podcast tackles COVID-19 pandemic challenges
VANCOUVER - Michael J. Fox's research foundation is launching a podcast to help people with Parkinson's disease navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research s...
May 04, 2020
Maple Leafs sign defenceman Mikko Lehtonen to one-year, entry-level contract
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Finnish defenceman Mikko Lehtonen to a one-year, entry-level contract for the 2020-21 season, the club announced Monday. The 26-year-old is comi...
May 04, 2020
Union rallies as Cargill meat plant reopens after shutdown due to COVID-19
HIGH RIVER, Alta. - A massive meat-packing plant in southern Alberta has reopened for business two weeks after it was shutdown due to a large outbreak of COVID-19. A long line of c...
May 04, 2020
Ceremony held aboard navy frigate as remains of recovered victim to be flown home
The crew of a Royal Canadian Navy frigate held a ceremony on Sunday to mark the transfer of the body of one of six personnel who died in a crash of a CH-148 Cyclone helicopter. The HMCS Frederict...
May 04, 2020
Easing restrictions and ; In The News for May 4
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 4 ... --- CO...
May 04, 2020
B.C. health officials to release new COVID-19 modelling figures today
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is expected to release new modelling data for COVID-19 today, as the province also prepares to begin reopening the economy. Dr. Bonnie Henry said S...
May 04, 2020
Provinces must give emotional support to returning students: education advocates
VANCOUVER - Bored and isolated students are spending too many hours online and some have started using more substances, but all students will need extra emotional support ...
May 04, 2020
Provinces must give emotional support to returning students: education advocates
VANCOUVER - Bored and isolated students are spending too many hours online and some have started using more substances, but all students will need extra emotional support ...
May 04, 2020
Teens set off flare in B.C. store in 'reckless' act, traumatize clerk: RCMP
NANAIMO, B.C. - The RCMP are accusing two teenagers of creating mayhem in a convenience store in Nanaimo, B.C., after shoplifting and then setting off a flare indoors on their way out. Mount...
May 03, 2020