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Canadian QB Nathan Rourke leads Lions sweep of CFL Week 1 top performer awards
TORONTO - Led by Canadian quarterback Nathan Rourke, the B.C. Lions swept top performer honours for Week 1 of the 2022 CFL season. Running back James Butler and defensive back T.J. Lee were also honou...
Jun 14, 2022

Serena Williams gets wild-card entry for Wimbledon singles
LONDON - Serena Williams is going to play at Wimbledon this year, after all. The All England Club announced via Twitter on Tuesday that Williams was awarded a wild-card entry for singles. Williams has...
Jun 14, 2022

Serena Williams gets wild-card entry for Wimbledon singles
LONDON - Serena Williams is going to play at Wimbledon this year, after all. The All England Club announced via Twitter on Tuesday that Williams was awarded a wild-card entry for singles. Williams has...
Jun 14, 2022

Statistics Canada reports manufacturing sales up 1.7% at $72.3B in April
OTTAWA, ONT - Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 1.7 percent to $72.3 billion in April, helped higher by gains in the petroleum and coal product, motor vehicle, and primary metal sectors....
Jun 14, 2022

Auger-Aliassime advances to second round at Halle Open
HALLE, Germany - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime moved on to the second round of the Halle Open tennis tournament with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 win over American Marcos Giron on Tuesday. Auger-Aliassime, seed...
Jun 14, 2022

Federal government to end COVID-19 vaccine mandates: sources
OTTAWA - Sources confirm the Canadian government is putting an end to COVID-19 vaccine mandates for domestic and outbound international travellers and federally regulated workers. The government has b...
Jun 14, 2022

Biden to visit Israel and 'pariah' Saudi Arabia next month
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will make his first trip to the Middle East next month with visits to Israel, the West Bank and Saudi Arabia, the White House announced Tuesday. The decision to p...
Jun 14, 2022

High school students across Canada to be trained on how to administer naloxone
MONTREAL - Hundreds of thousands of high school students in Canada will be given training on how to respond to someone overdosing on opioids, including on how to inject naloxone - a drug used to rever...
Jun 14, 2022

Mandatory reporting of cyberattacks expected in security bill coming today
OTTAWA - Businesses and other private-sector organizations would be required to report ransomware incidents and other cyberattacks to the government under a federal bill to be tabled today. The legisl...
Jun 14, 2022

New federal security bill, end to dispute over Arctic island: In The News for June 14
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 June 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jun 14, 2022