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Gradey Dick a bright spot as Raptors return to Toronto on five-game losing skid
TORONTO - It's even becoming tough for the usually sunny Darko Rajakovic to put a positive light on the Toronto Raptors' season. The Raptors lost all five games on a West Coast road trip. dropping Tor...
Nov 14, 2024

Police cleared of fault in fatal 2023 crash in B.C.'s Interior
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's independent police watchdog has cleared officers of wrongdoing in a crash where three people were killed south of Kamloops in July of last year. A report from the Ind...
Nov 14, 2024

Anti-abortion activists challenge Quebec law forcing demonstrators to keep distance
MONTREAL - A Montreal court is hearing final arguments today in a constitutional challenge of a Quebec law that requires protesters to stay 50 metres away from abortion clinics. The Quebec Life Coalit...
Nov 14, 2024

CBC, TSN/RDS return, Prime comes aboard as PWHL announces Canadian broadcast schedule
TORONTO - The Professional Women's Hockey League says all 90 games of its upcoming second regular season will be shown by its Canadian broadcast partners. The league announced its national broadcast p...
Nov 14, 2024

Ambitious Centre Block renovation project nearly ready to enter the rebuilding phase
OTTAWA - The major restoration of Parliament's Centre Block is nearly ready to enter the rebuilding phase now that the demolition, primary excavation and abatement phase is complete. The renovation is...
Nov 14, 2024

RCMP rolls out body-worn cameras for officers nationally
OTTAWA - The RCMP will begin its rollout of body-worn cameras for RCMP officers across the country next week. It expects deployment of more than 10,000 cameras to be finished in the next 12 to 18 mont...
Nov 14, 2024

No timeline yet for injured Montreal Victoire draft pick Cayla Barnes
MONTREAL - The Montreal Victoire don't yet have a timeline for the return of injured first-round draft pick Cayla Barnes. Victoire general manager Danile Sauvageau said after Montreal's first on-ice s...
Nov 14, 2024

Indochino CEO Drew Green named chair, co-owner of Canadian Elite Basketball League
TORONTO - Drew Green has been named the new chair of the Canadian Elite Basketball League's board of governors. Green has also become co-owner of the league. His role will include instituting new form...
Nov 14, 2024

Tropical Storm Sara threatens to bring flash floods and mudslides to Central America
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Sara formed Thursday in the Caribbean Sea and was expected to cause life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides across portions of Central America, including Honduras, fo...
Nov 14, 2024

Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of man convicted in Alberta hunters' deaths
OTTAWA - Canada's top court has declined to hear the appeal of one of two men found guilty in the fatal shooting of two Mtis hunters in eastern Alberta. As is usual, the Supreme Court did not give rea...
Nov 14, 2024