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Playoff MVP Sam Bennett agrees on 8-year, $64 million contract to stay with Florida Panthers
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Sam Bennett walked to the front of the stage at the Florida Panthers' latest Stanley Cup championship parade, and before he could even speak the crowd began serenading him with th...
Jun 27, 2025

Man charged with vandalism of National Holocaust Monument
OTTAWA - A 46-year-old man has been charged after Canada's National Holocaust Monument was vandalized earlier this month. The Ottawa Police Service said in a news release Friday that the man was charg...
Jun 27, 2025

Angels manager Ron Washington to miss rest of season with unspecified medical issue
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington will miss the rest of the season because of an unspecified medical issue, the team said Friday. Washington, the oldest manager in the m...
Jun 27, 2025

Summer Sports Day, a chance to welcome newcomers, goes July 3 in Eastview
The annual CARE for Newcomers Summer Sports Day is happening Thursday, July 3, at the Eastview Estates Community Hall (120 Ellenwood Drive).The event is for everyone, the organization insists, as they...
Jun 27, 2025

Vancouver Whitecaps look to snap two-game skid against Los Angeles FC
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps are in unfamiliar territory - looking to snap a losing skid. A 5-3 defeat to expansion side San Diego FC on Wednesday marked Vancouver's second loss in a row. It's ...
Jun 27, 2025

Major crops in Central Alberta rated 72 per cent good to excellent
Major crops are rated at 72 per cent good to excellent throughout Central Alberta, which is close to the 5- and 10-year averages of 77 and 71 per cent, respectively.That according to the latest Crop R...
Jun 27, 2025

De Goede to lead 32-player rugby tour party as Canada takes on Springbok women
Recovered from knee surgery, Canada captain Sophie de Goede leads a 32-player tour squad to South Africa for a two-game series with the Springboks women next month. The second-ranked Canadian women, w...
Jun 27, 2025

Canada's national anthem is 45 years old today
OTTAWA - While the country will celebrate it's birthday next week, O Canada got a head start on Friday, celebrating its 45th year as the official national anthem. While it was often used as the de fac...
Jun 27, 2025

Canada's women's team advances to quarterfinals of FIBA 3x3 World Cup
ULAANBAATAR - Cassandra Brown had a game-high eight points and added five rebounds as Canada's women's team advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIBA 3x3 World Cup with an 18-6 win over Japan in a pla...
Jun 27, 2025

B.C. minister Bowinn Ma tells of 'frightening' incident at her constituency office
NORTH VANCOUVER - British Columbia's infrastructure minister, Bowinn Ma, says there was a "frightening" security incident at her constituency office in North Vancouver early Friday. Ma says in a state...
Jun 27, 2025