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About half of Canada's environment ministers skip meeting on biodiversity loss
OTTAWA - More than half of the provinces' ministers have skipped out on a meeting with the feds and Indigenous leaders to discuss halting land and water loss in Canada. Environment ministers from Sask...
May 26, 2023
Info sought after crash with dirt bike near Innisfail on May 1 or 2
RCMP are seeking information about a crash which occurred in early May about 13 km northeast of Innisfail.It was about 7:50 a.m. on May 2 when RCMP and Innisfail Fire Department responded to what appe...
May 26, 2023
Florida man pleads not guilty after Canada-U.S. human smuggling tragedy in Manitoba
DULUTH, Minn. - A Florida man has pleaded not guilty to human smuggling charges after the frozen bodies of a family of four migrants were found near the Canada-U.S. border last year. Steve Shand, 48, ...
May 26, 2023
Hockey Canada chair on post-scandal response: 'We did a lot of listening'
Hugh Fraser thought he had a decent handle on his new role. For the most part, that was true. Weeks into chairing Hockey Canada's newly minted board of directors - and with plenty already on his plate...
May 26, 2023
Montreal returns focus to MLS ahead of opening-day rematch with Miami
MONTREAL - With a spot in the Canadian Championship final booked, CF Montreal will now turn its attention back to Major League Soccer and an opening-day rematch of when it hosts Inter Miami on Saturda...
May 26, 2023
Florida man pleads not guilty after Canada-U.S. human smuggling tragedy in Manitoba
DULUTH, Minn. - A Florida man has pleaded not guilty to human smuggling charges after the frozen bodies of a family of four migrants were found near the Canada-U.S. border last year. Steve Shand, 48, ...
May 26, 2023
Judge halts South Carolina’s new stricter abortion law until state Supreme Court review
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A judge on Friday put a temporary halt to South Carolina's new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy until the state Supreme Court can review the measure. The ...
May 26, 2023
Two-time national champion Keegan Messing retires from competitive figure skating
OTTAWA - Two-time Canadian men's champion Keegan Messing has retired from competitive skating. Messing, from Anchorage, Alaska, has represented Canada on the world stage since 2014. The 31-year-old wo...
May 26, 2023
Hockey Canada chair on post-scandal response: 'We did a lot of listening'
Hugh Fraser thought he had a decent handle on his new role. For the most part, that was true. Weeks into chairing Hockey Canada's newly minted board of directors - and with plenty already on his plate...
May 26, 2023
Fire still burning at Montreal heritage building that once housed monastery
MONTREAL - A major fire at a Montreal heritage building that broke out Thursday evening was still not out as of early today. The fire broke out just before 5 p.m. at the Monastre du Bon-Pasteur, a 19t...
May 26, 2023