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Canada's top mixed doubles curling teams gear up for Olympic Games bid
LIVERPOOL, N.S. - The winner of the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials that start Monday will take on double duty. That duo not only earns the right to represent Canada in the 2026 Olympic Games, b...
Dec 27, 2024

US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people
The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in sev...
Dec 27, 2024

US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people
BOSTON (AP) - The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of m...
Dec 27, 2024

American defensive back Tyrique McGhee signs with Saskatchewan Roughriders
REGINA - American defensive back Tyrique McGhee has signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. McGhee signed with the Los Angeles Chargers as an undrafted free agent following the 2020 NFL Draft, spend...
Dec 27, 2024

Tigers McKenna scores, George perfect as Canada tops Finland 4-0 in world junior opener
Gavin McKenna used to gather around the television with his family on Boxing Day. Carter George did the same thousands of kilometres away.Both dreamt of pulling on the red Maple Leaf at the world juni...
Dec 27, 2024

Tigers McKenna scores, George perfect as Canada tops Finland 4-0 in world junior opener
Gavin McKenna used to gather around the television with his family on Boxing Day. Carter George did the same thousands of kilometres away.Both dreamt of pulling on the red Maple Leaf at the world juni...
Dec 27, 2024

Tugboats, crews try to refloat ship stuck in St. Lawrence River near Montreal
MONTREAL - A team of tugboats is being deployed to refloat a ship that has been stuck in the St. Lawrence River northeast of Montreal since Christmas Eve. The Canadian Coast Guard says the attempt to ...
Dec 27, 2024

'Large fire' at Lethbridge oil change business Christmas morning
Firefighters in Lethbridge did not get Christmas off.Lethbridge Fire & Emergency Services was called to a structure fire on the 200 block of Stafford Drive North just after midnight on December 25...
Dec 27, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Olympic hammer throw champion Katzberg is CP male athlete of the year
Ethan Katzberg, who won Canada's first-ever gold medal in men's hammer throw at the Paris Olympics, has been voted The Canadian Press male athlete of the year. More coming. The Canadian Press
Dec 27, 2024

Conservatives call for no-confidence vote by late January
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Jonathan Williamson says he'll get the ball rolling early in the New Year on no-confidence vote that could bring down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government in a little mo...
Dec 27, 2024