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Jones and Homan earn early berths at 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
OTTAWA - Two more rinks are joining the 18-team field at the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Curling Canada says that Team Jennifer Jones and Team Rachel Homan will play at the national women's cu...
Jul 04, 2023
Senators sign defenceman Travis Hamonic to two-year, $2.2M contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Travis Hamonic on a two-year, US$2.2-million contract. Hamonic had six goals and 15 assists in 75 games with the Senators last season. The 32-year-o...
Jul 04, 2023
Waiting game continues for several Canadian players at rainy Wimbledon
LONDON - Several Canadian tennis players will have to wait at least another day before playing their first-round matches at Wimbledon. Wet weather has hampered early play at the Grand Slam competition...
Jul 04, 2023
Akwesasne police say body found near island in St-Lawrence River
MONTREAL - Police in Akwesasne Mohawk Territory say a body has been found near a small island in the St. Lawrence River. The body was located about 10 kilometres northeast from Snye, Akwesasne, where ...
Jul 04, 2023
Fierce blaze damages several businesses, forces evacuation in downtown Vernon, B.C.
VERNON, B.C. - A restaurant, boutique, salon and costume shop are among the businesses believed to have been destroyed in an early morning fire in downtown Vernon, B.C. Flames broke out in the commerc...
Jul 04, 2023
John Gruden named head coach of American Hockey League's Toronto Marlies
TORONTO - John Gruden is the new head coach of the Toronto Marlies. He succeeds Greg Moore in the position. Moore and assistants A.J. MacLean and John Snowden were let go in May after the Marlies were...
Jul 04, 2023
Search stretches into third day for two people missing after Quebec landslide
SAGUENAY, Que. - The search for two people swept away by a landslide in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region is stretching into a third day. Rescue teams resumed looking today for a man and woman in t...
Jul 04, 2023
Happy with a safe pair of hands as the war drags on, NATO again extends Stoltenberg's mandate
BRUSSELS (AP) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will stay in office for another year, the 31-nation military alliance decided on Tuesday. Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian prime minister, has be...
Jul 04, 2023
In the news today: B.C. port strike enters its fourth day
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... B.C. port strike still unresolved The strike at more than 30 British Columbia p...
Jul 04, 2023
Corrections head questioned how Mendicino was kept in dark over Bernardo transfer
OTTAWA - Days after Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino shared his outrage on social media over the transfer of notorious serial killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison, the head of Canada...
Jul 04, 2023