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Trudeau announces funds to fix Iqaluit water infrastructure after fuel contamination
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Iqaluit is getting $214 million from the federal government to fix its water infrastructure after the Nunavut capital's water was contaminated with fuel twice in the last six months...
Apr 01, 2022

Toronto Arrows finally get to play a Major League Rugby game at home
TORONTO - It's been 34 months since Sam Malcolm's 77th-minute drop goal gave the Toronto Arrows a 22-20 win over Rugby New York at Lamport Stadium, sealing a playoff berth in the club's inaugural Majo...
Apr 01, 2022

Struggling Vancouver Whitecaps get offensive boost with striker Brian White's return
VANCOUVER - Sitting on the sidelines as his Vancouver Whitecaps struggled through the start of the season wasn't easy for Brian White. First it was a foot contusion that kept the American striker out ...
Apr 01, 2022

Jury urged to convict 4 in plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A prosecutor is urging jurors to convict four men in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, saying they were "filled with rage" and intent on igniting a civil war....
Apr 01, 2022

Mine accident in central Serbia kills 8, injures 18
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - An accident in a mine in central Serbia killed eight people and wounded 18 Friday, authorities said. The accident in the Soko coal mine happened shortly after 4 a.m. (0200GMT)....
Apr 01, 2022

2 Spanish soccer players face prison on rape charge
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - The rape trial involving Celta Vigo forward Santi Mina and another Spanish soccer player closed Friday with both men maintaining their innocence. The state prosecutor is asking...
Apr 01, 2022

Bayern Munich says Davies should be back for April 12 Champions League quarterfinal
MUNICH - Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann says Canadian star Alphonso Davies should be back within two weeks. "Phonzie should be available around the second leg against Villarreal," Nagelsmann ...
Apr 01, 2022

Live updates | Ukraine checks Chernobyl after Russians leave
WARSAW, Poland - Ukraine's foreign minister says that now his country's government is back in control of the Chernobyl nuclear site, it will work with the U.N. atomic agency to determine what the occu...
Apr 01, 2022

Pope begs forgiveness of Indigenous for Canada school abuses
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis begged forgiveness Friday for the "deplorable" abuses suffered by Indigenous Peoples in Canada's residential schools, saying he was ashamed and indignant at all they h...
Apr 01, 2022

A final Papal meeting and raising the price of pollution: In The News for Apr. 1
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Apr.1 ... What we are watching at the Vatican ...
Apr 01, 2022