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Svechnikov scores winner, Jets beat Habs 4-2 for second straight road win
MONTREAL - Evgeny Svechnikov's third-period goal lifted the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens Monday night. Morgan Barron had a goal and an assist while Paul Stastny also scored f...
Apr 11, 2022

People injured in fire at residential building in downtown Vancouver: chief
VANCOUVER - Two people were taken to hospital and officials were trying to account for everyone who lived in a building that caught fire Monday in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood, the fire chief sai...
Apr 11, 2022

B.C. mayors dealing with flooding and wildfire damage call on feds to deliver funds
VANCOUVER - British Columbia mayors whose communities were devastated by last year's flooding and wildfires want the federal government to deliver billions of dollars in promised funding. Abbotsford M...
Apr 11, 2022

Food industry adjusting to large outbreak of avian flu in Canada, around the world
OTTAWA - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says the food industry is making adjustments to maintain supplies of poultry and eggs in the face of a large outbreak of avian flu in Canada and around the wo...
Apr 11, 2022

Ex-officer convicted of storming Capitol to disrupt Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal jury on Monday convicted a former Virginia police officer of storming the U.S. Capitol with another off-duty officer to obstruct Congress from certifying President Joe Bide...
Apr 11, 2022

2012 Quebec election-night shooting 'unpredictable,' police witnesses testify
MONTREAL - The provincial police officer charged with the personal security of then-premier-designate Pauline Marois during Quebec's 2012 fatal election shooting testified on Monday that he is satisfi...
Apr 11, 2022

Analysis: CFL-CFLPA collective bargaining talks get off to encouraging start
TORONTO - It has been an encouraging start to collective bargaining talks between the CFL and CFL Players' Association. Negotiations between the two sides resumed Monday. Thus far, they've managed to ...
Apr 11, 2022

Canes' Bryan Thomson named WHL Goaltender of the Week
LETHBRIDGE, AB - One of the Lethbridge Hurricanes' goalies is being recognized by the WHL.They have named Bryan Thomson their Goaltender of the Week for the week ending on April 10, 2022.He turned asi...
Apr 11, 2022

RCMP officer killed in Nova Scotia's mass shooting died in exchange of gunfire
HALIFAX - An RCMP officer who was killed in Nova Scotia's 2020 mass shooting was racing to support another officer when the fatal encounter with the gunman occurred near a highway interchange. New doc...
Apr 11, 2022

City of Lethbridge donating surplus items to Ukraine
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is sending some of its surplus supplies to aid first responders in Ukraine.City officials showed off one of the five batches of equipment they are planning to s...
Apr 11, 2022