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Canadian men face tough rugby sevens road at Tokyo Olympics
The Canadian men's rugby sevens team will land in the deep end at the Tokyo Olympics, opening against Rio 2016 runner-up Britain before facing defending Olympic champion Fiji later in the day. The Jul...
Jul 07, 2021
Official: Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haitian President Jovenel Mose was assassinated in an attack on his private residence early Wednesday, according to a statement from the country's interim prime minister, ...
Jul 07, 2021
Pope, recovering well, had 'severe' narrowing of his colon
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis' recovery from intestinal surgery continues to be "regular and satisfactory," the Vatican said Wednesday, as it revealed that final examinations showed he had a suffered a "se...
Jul 07, 2021
Canadiens head into stormy Florida for Game 5 of Stanley Cup final with Lightning
TAMPA, Fla. - The Montreal Canadiens quite literally flew into a storm to continue their Stanley Cup final series with the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Canadiens arrived in Tampa yesterday just as tropica...
Jul 07, 2021
Canadiens head into stormy Florida for Game 5 of Stanley Cup final with Lightning
TAMPA, Fla. - The Montreal Canadiens quite literally flew into a storm to continue their Stanley Cup final series with the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Canadiens arrived in Tampa yesterday just as tropica...
Jul 07, 2021
B.C. man guilty of killing Abbotsford teen to find out parole eligibility
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The man who killed a 13-year-old girl and injured her friend at a high school in Abbotsford, B.C., is expected to find out how long he will be in prison before he's eligible fo...
Jul 07, 2021
Jagmeet Singh looks West to retake lost turf in B.C., but hurdles dot the path
OTTAWA - Under the shade of Douglas fir and western hemlock, Jagmeet Singh pulled up to Burnaby Central Park one day last week to greet constituents and gear up for his first campaign-style tour of th...
Jul 07, 2021
Canada's new net-zero advisory panel to explore 'carbon budget' as part of 2050 goal
OTTAWA - The co-chair of an expert panel designed to advise Canada on how to reach net-zero emissions says it is exploring the idea of creating budgets for greenhouse gas emissions. Dan Wicklum says t...
Jul 07, 2021
'Replacing the money': public funds didn't increase oil well cleanups, study suggests
Much of the taxpayer money that has funded oil well cleanup in Alberta may have simply replaced money that energy companies would have spent anyway, according to a new analysis. That means the public ...
Jul 07, 2021
A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country
As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...
Jul 07, 2021