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Tuesday set an unofficial record for the hottest day on Earth. Wednesday may break it.
The planet's temperature spiked on Tuesday to its hottest day in at least 44 years and likely much longer, and Wednesday could become the third straight day Earth unofficially marks a record-breaking ...
Jul 05, 2023

Updated legislation aims to tackle discrimination in public service: PSC
OTTAWA - Federal government departments and agencies will now have to evaluate whether their hiring practices are discriminatory as changes to the Public Service Employment Act take effect. Public Ser...
Jul 05, 2023

Yankees pitcher Cordero is suspended for the rest of the season under MLB's domestic violence policy
NEW YORK (AP) - Yankees pitcher Jimmy Cordero was suspended for the rest of the season by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Wednesday for violating the sport's domestic violence policy. MLB said th...
Jul 05, 2023

Evacuated residents returning to Quebec town where landslide killed two people
MONTREAL - Residents of Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region are returning home after torrential rain over the weekend caused a series of landslides, including one that killed two people. An official ...
Jul 05, 2023

Calgary Stampede kicks off Friday
CALGARY, AB - Calgary Stampede officials are looking forward to things fully returning to normal as the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth kicks off Friday.After a few years of uncertainty related to the ...
Jul 05, 2023

Veteran quarterback Masoli to make his first start of the season for Redblacks
It's been a long road back for Jeremiah Masoli. The veteran quarterback will get the start Saturday when the Ottawa Redblacks visit the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. It will come a year to the day when Masoli ...
Jul 05, 2023

Canada's Raonic a winner in Grand Slam return, beats Novak in Wimbledon opener
LONDON - Milos Raonic made a successful return to Grand Slam tennis on Wednesday with a 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1 win over Austria's Dennis Novak in first-round action at Wimbledon. The hard-serving ...
Jul 05, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Canadian government suspends advertising on Facebook, Instagram
OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says the federal government will stop advertising on Facebook and Instagram. The decision comes after Meta began blocking Canadian news content on its Facebo...
Jul 05, 2023

Ottawa man first to face terrorism, hate charges linked to far-right propaganda
OTTAWA - An Ottawa man is the first ever to be charged in Canada with terrorism and hate propaganda offences for advocating a violent, far-right ideology. RCMP say they arrested and charged 26-year-ol...
Jul 05, 2023

Canada follows peers, blasts Hong Kong bounties that include Edmonton-born activist
Ottawa is condemning Hong Kong officials for issuing bounties for the arrest of eight activists living abroad, days after Canada's peers slammed the move. Hong Kong's national-security law restricts c...
Jul 05, 2023