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Mexican brothers look forward to CPL adventure as owners of York United FC
TORONTO - Ricardo Pasquel survived a Canadian winter. Now the fun really begins The Mexico City native and his two brothers, Eduardo and Miguel, are looking forward to their first season as owners of ...
Apr 09, 2024

Women's world junior hockey championship on the distant horizon
UTICA - A women's world junior hockey championship will happen, but is at least five years away, says the International Ice Hockey Federation. Canada and the United States want that timeline shortened...
Apr 09, 2024

Group including John Morris buys Grand Slam of Curling from Sportsnet
TORONTO - A group that includes two-time Olympic gold medal curler John Morris and former NFL player Jared Allen has purchased the Grand Slam of Curling tour from Sportsnet. The Curling Group, a sport...
Apr 09, 2024

Peter Higgs, who proposed existence of Higgs boson particle, has died at 94, university says
LONDON (AP) - Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called "God particle" that helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang, has died at age 94, the Un...
Apr 09, 2024

New trial dates set in central Alberta assault
New trial dates have been set for one of three men initially charged with attempted murder in an alleged assault at Maskwacis over two years ago.Connor Diamond Royce Saddleback, 29, of the Montana Fir...
Apr 09, 2024

Hockey Canada hires Jaime Boldt as governance adviser
CALGARY - Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that it has hired Jaime Boldt as its first governance adviser. Katherine Henderson, president and chief executive officer of Hockey Canada, said in a release ...
Apr 09, 2024

Alcaraz pulls out of Monte Carlo with forearm injury, was scheduled to face Auger-Aliassime
MONACO (AP) - Two-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters tournament on Tuesday because of a muscle injury to his right forearm. The Wimbledon champion...
Apr 09, 2024

Michigan school shooter's parents sentenced to at least 10 years in prison
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - The parents of a Michigan school shooter were each sentenced to at least 10 years in prison Tuesday for failing to take steps that could have prevented the killing of four studen...
Apr 09, 2024

Appeals court rejects Donald Trump's latest attempt to delay April 15 hush money criminal trial
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York appeals court judge Tuesday rejected former President Donald Trump's latest bid to delay his hush money criminal trial while he fights a gag order, clearing the way for jury...
Apr 09, 2024

Jury trial scheduled for man charged in central Alberta homicide
A jury trial has been scheduled for a man charged in a central Alberta homicide over two-and-a-half years ago.Kieran Keith Lightning, 21, is scheduled for a jury trial in Wetaskiwin Court of King's Be...
Apr 09, 2024