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Canada's Leylah Fernandez through to second round at Morocco Open
RABAT, Morocco - Canada's Leylah Fernandez advanced to the second round of the Morocco Open tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Spain's Angela Fita Boluda on Tuesday. Fernandez, from Laval, Que...
May 23, 2023

Federal government pledges $5M to Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver has received about $5 million in new federal funding ahead of its opening on July 1. Federal International Trade and Economic Development Minister ...
May 23, 2023

Pathologist in B.C. murder trial says he's not certain where teenage girl was killed
VANCOUVER - The forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy on the body of a 13-year-old girl found dead in a Burnaby, B.C., park says he can't be certain she was killed there. Dr. Jason Morin told...
May 23, 2023

More than half of N.W.T. wildfires so far this season caused by humans: officials
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. - Officials in the Northwest Territories say more than half of the wildfires in the territory this year were started by people. A total of 15 wildfires have burned 161 square kilomet...
May 23, 2023

Injury-ravaged Toronto FC fighting fires on and off the field this season
TORONTO - It looked like business as usual at Toronto FC on Tuesday with Italian stars Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi both training. But there was likely plenty of action behind closed door...
May 23, 2023

Trump makes video appearance in New York criminal case, trial date tentatively set for late March
NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Donald Trump made a video appearance Tuesday in his New York criminal case, with the judge tentatively setting a trial date for late March of next year. The hearing la...
May 23, 2023

Lethbridge School Division appoints new superintendent
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge School Division has announced its new superintendent.Mike Nightingale replaces Cheryl Gilmore, who announced her retirement in February, 2023. READ MORE: Lethbridge Sch...
May 23, 2023

Conroy named Calgary Flames general manager, Nonis also joins front office
CALGARY, AB - The Calgary Flames promoted from within and have given former player Craig Conroy his first job as an NHL general manager.The Flames announced the 51-year-old from Potsdam, N.Y., as the ...
May 23, 2023

Police in Portugal resume search for Madeleine McCann, British child missing since 2007
ARADE DAM, Portugal (AP) - Police on Tuesday renewed the search for Madeleine McCann, the British child who disappeared in 2007 in Portugal, with officers digging and scraping the surface of land near...
May 23, 2023

Five things we learned in David Johnston's first report on foreign interference
OTTAWA - Special rapporteur David Johnston released his first report on foreign interference on Tuesday, which involved analyzing recent media reports on allegations by unnamed national security sourc...
May 23, 2023