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'Their hearts are not in it.' Liberals in Atlantic Canada accused of being unfocused
HALIFAX - At the start of the election campaign, the polls were suggesting Justin Trudeau's Liberals could hold most of the 32 seats in Atlantic Canada after they won every riding in the region in 201...
Aug 29, 2021

Trudeau campaigns in Ontario, while Singh and O'Toole take on Quebec
OTTAWA - The federal party leaders are concentrating their campaigning efforts in Central Canada today. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is in Cambridge, Ont., this morning to make an announcement after ...
Aug 29, 2021

Trudeau campaigns in Ontario, while Singh and O'Toole take on Quebec
OTTAWA - The federal party leaders are concentrating their campaigning efforts in Central Canada today. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is in Cambridge, Ont., this morning to make an announcement after ...
Aug 29, 2021

Ongoing protest over old-growth logging on Vancouver Island marks one year
PORT RENFREW, B.C. - In the year since the first camp was set up to prevent old-growth logging around the Fairy Creek watershed on southern Vancouver Island, an expert in Canadian environmental moveme...
Aug 29, 2021

Dickerson's 3 hits lead Blue Jays to 3-2 win over Tigers
DETROIT (AP) - Corey Dickerson's third opposite-field single of the game scored Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the 10th inning and gave the Toronto Blue Jays a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday ni...
Aug 28, 2021

BC Lions win 24-12 on two TDs from Mike Reilly to spoil Redblacks' home opener
OTTAWA - The B.C. Lions spoiled the Ottawa Redblacks' home opener with a 24-12 win at TD Place. Saturday's game marked the first at TD Place in 667 days and there was a celebratory feeling from the fa...
Aug 28, 2021

Spooner, Daoust give Canada's women's hockey team a 7-0 quarterfinal win over Germany
CALGARY - Natalie Spooner scored twice and had an assist to lead Canada to a 7-0 quarterfinal win over Germany in the women's world hockey championship Saturday. Melodie Daoust's goal and two assists ...
Aug 28, 2021

Hurricanes sign Candiens forward Kotkaniemi to one-year, US$6.1-million offer sheet
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Carolina Hurricanes say they've signed an offer sheet with Montreal Canadiens centre Jesperi Kotkaniemi. The team says the agreement would see the 21-year-old restricted free agent...
Aug 28, 2021

'Clearly discriminatory and systemically racist': Report on B.C. school board
VICTORIA - An independent report has found systemic racism in a northern British Columbia school district and calls for a provincewide investigation of the issue. Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside...
Aug 28, 2021

Town of Ponoka to implement traffic control plan for upcoming chuckwagon championships
The Town of Ponoka, in cooperation with Alberta Transportation, is implementing a traffic control plan to help ensure pedestrian and vehicle safety during the Ponoka Stampede's Wild West Chuckwagon Ch...
Aug 28, 2021