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Riders look to improve playoff chances in four-game stretch against Lions, Bombers
REGINA - It may only be the midpoint of the CFL season, but the Saskatchewan Roughriders are playing for their playoff lives. The Riders, fourth in the CFL West Division at 5-4, open a four-game stret...
Aug 18, 2022

Tension in Ottawa as group associated with convoy protest attempts to put down roots
OTTAWA - An Ottawa-based group with suspected ties to the "Freedom Convoy" says it was threatened with eviction Wednesday and is ready to take its cause to court in an attempt to set up headquarters i...
Aug 18, 2022

Six events to kick off Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association season
PHILADELPHIA - The Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association that includes national team players from Canada and the United States opens its season Oct. 14. The PWHPA rose from the ashes of the...
Aug 18, 2022

Spy watchdog panel to review how agencies intercept communications
OTTAWA - The committee of MPs and senators that oversees the security and intelligence community says it plans a review of how these agencies intercept communications during investigations. The review...
Aug 18, 2022

Judge sides with Enbridge Inc. in Michigan's latest effort to halt Line 5 pipeline
WASHINGTON, DC - The international dispute over Line 5 belongs in federal court, a Michigan judge declared Thursday, dealing a critical blow to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's bid to shut down the controversi...
Aug 18, 2022

Opportunistic Medvedev converts key breaks in win over Shapovalov
CINCINNATI - Denis Shapovalov gave up a pair of 11th-game breaks in a 7-5, 7-5 loss to world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev in third-round action Thursday at the Western & Southern Open Masters-level tenni...
Aug 18, 2022

Probe of top secret docs at Trump estate in 'early stages'
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The Justice Department's investigation into whether former President Donald Trump illegally stored classified records at his Florida estate - and potentially violated the ...
Aug 18, 2022

Highway 3 closed due to serious collision near Pincher Creek
PINCHER CREEK, AB - Pincher Creek RCMP is currently responding to a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway 3 just east of Highway 785 near Pincher Creek.A portion of the highway in the area has be...
Aug 18, 2022

Judge sides with Enbridge Inc. in Michigan's latest effort to halt Line 5 pipeline
WASHINGTON - A judge in Michigan has ruled in favour of Enbridge Inc. in the company's long-running dispute with the state over the Line 5 cross-border pipeline. In her ruling, Judge Janet Neff says t...
Aug 18, 2022

Gilgeous-Alexander headlines Canada's roster for World Cup qualifiers
TORONTO - Oklahoma City guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander headlines Canada's men's basketball roster for the next World Cup qualifying window. Canada plays Argentina on Aug. 25 in Victoria and then travel...
Aug 18, 2022