Author Archives:

B.C.'s Duncan McDonald named Canada Soccer Para Player of the Year
Midfielder Duncan McDonald has been named Canada Soccer's 2024 Para Player of the Year. The 24-year-old from Powell River, B.C., played every minute at the 2024 IFCPF World Cup in Spain, where Canada ...
Dec 17, 2024

Toronto terror suspect charged with multiple war crimes: RCMP
TORONTO - A man facing terror charges for allegedly plotting an attack in Toronto with his son is now also facing multiple war crimes charges. The RCMP say 62-year-old Ahmed Eldidi - who was arrested ...
Dec 17, 2024

Poilievre hails B.C. byelection win for Conservatives as Liberal vote collapses
LANGLEY, B.C. - Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is hailing a decisive British Columbia byelection victory in Cloverdale-Langley City, where Tamara Jansen has won with about two-thirds of ...
Dec 17, 2024

Israel's Netanyahu tours buffer zone inside Syria
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entered Syrian territory on Tuesday during a security tour of the buffer zone seized by Israel in the past few days since the fall of Bashar ...
Dec 17, 2024

Judge reluctantly gives government three more months to pass 'lost Canadians' bill
OTTAWA - An Ontario Superior Court judge has "reluctantly" given the federal government another three months to pass legislation aimed at granting citizenship to the so-called lost Canadians. That's a...
Dec 17, 2024

Quebec adopts rule banning sale of most new gas-powered vehicles by 2035
QUBEC - The Quebec government has adopted regulations banning the sale of most new gasoline-powered vehicles as of 2035. The rules, adopted Monday, applies to all "light-duty" vehicles, which the prov...
Dec 17, 2024

Montreal Roses sign hometown forward Latifah Abdu to contract
MONTREAL - The Montreal Roses have signed hometown forward Latifah Abdu to a contract. The Northern Super League team announced the deal Tuesday. Abdu returns to Montreal after spending parts of four ...
Dec 17, 2024

Canadian Jim (The Gentleman) Long loses at world darts championship
LONDON - Canadian Jim (Gentleman) Long lost his first-round game at the Paddy Power World Darts Championship on Tuesday, beaten 3-0 by England's James (Hillbilly) Hurrell. The 40-year-old Hurrell, ran...
Dec 17, 2024

Defensive lineman Deionte Knight among four Canadians signed by Ottawa Redblacks
OTTAWA - Defensive lineman Deionte Knight was among four Canadian players signed by the Ottawa Redblacks on Tuesday. The six-foot-three, 278-pound Knight split last season between Toronto and Hamilton...
Dec 17, 2024

Patience pays off for Canada's Easton Cowan: 'No one really thought anything of him'
Easton Cowan had to bide his time. Taken in the second round of the Ontario Hockey League's 2021 priority selection draft by the London Knights, he was initially bumped down two levels at age 16 for m...
Dec 17, 2024