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Russian actors made fake video depicting mail-in ballots for Trump being destroyed, FBI says
YARDLEY, Pa. (AP) - Russian actors made a widely circulated video falsely depicting mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in Pennsylvania, U.S. officials said Friday. A video that showed ma...
Oct 25, 2024

Courtois embracing off-season as CF Montreal ends 2024 campaign
MONTREAL - As Saba Lobzhanidze slotted Atlanta United's fifth and final penalty into the bottom corner, CF Montreal's playoff run - and season - came to a sudden, premature end. Despite the disappoint...
Oct 25, 2024

Montreal to host second short-track World Tour stop after ISU cancels Utah event
MONTREAL - Montreal will host a second straight Short Track World Tour event next week after the International Skating Union relocated the event from Salt Lake City. Speed Skating Canada said in a rel...
Oct 25, 2024

Alberta legislature sitting to kick off with focus on rights bill, transgender policy
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is set to start its fall sitting with a focus on bills that the Opposition NDP says are aimed at catering to "fringe" elements of Smith's United ...
Oct 25, 2024

Community celebration to take place for Parksville paralympic hero
PARKSVILLE - Following an exceptional showing at this past summer's Paralympic Games, Parksville's Nicholas Bennett will be formally recognized where he honed his craft. The Regional District of Nanai...
Oct 25, 2024

Journalist says claims that he is a Russian agent are 'fabricated'
OTTAWA - A veteran Ottawa journalist is firing back against what he says are "entirely false" claims by a former Conservative cabinet minister that he acted as a Russian agent. David Pugliese, a repor...
Oct 25, 2024

WATCH LIVE: Mourners mark 1st anniversary of Lewiston mass shooting with moment of silence
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - Mourners in Lewiston, Maine, held a moment of silence for victims of a mass shooting at 6:56 p.m. Friday at the exact moment of the one-year anniversary of the killings. The kil...
Oct 25, 2024

Poland arrests people in alleged plot to send explosives to Canada
OTTAWA - Polish authorities say four people have been charged in an alleged plan to send explosives via courier service to Canada and the United States. The RCMP says it is aware of the arrests, but d...
Oct 25, 2024

Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in fatal Metro Vancouver school stabbing
SURREY, B.C. - A man charged in the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old in the parking lot of a Metro Vancouver high school two years ago has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Homicide investigators say th...
Oct 25, 2024

Canfor reports net loss of $350 million as lumber market headwinds continue
VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. says it had a net loss of $350.1 million in its last quarter as it took writedowns and impairment charges related to mill closures in a slumping lumber market. The forestry co...
Oct 25, 2024