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Canada drawn with France, Brazil and Fiji at FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia
Canada has been drawn in Group B with France, Brazil and debutante Fiji for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The draw for the newly expanded 24-team tournament, which runs Aug. 31 to Sept. 22 in Colom...
Jun 05, 2024

Trudeau congratulates Modi re-election, raises rule of law in India relationship
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is congratulating his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on his re-election, while reinforcing the importance of the rule of law. Modi won a weeks-long election Tu...
Jun 05, 2024

Vancouver Canucks promote Svejkovsky to assistant coach, expand Sedins' roles
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have made some coaching changes, including promoting skills coach Yogi Svejkovsky to an assistant role. The team says Daniel and Henrik Sedin are also getting bigger ...
Jun 05, 2024

Trial to begin Thursday in murder-conspiracy case tied to Coutts border blockade
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The trial for two men charged with conspiracy to commit murder during the border protest at Coutts, Alta., is set to begin Thursday. Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert were arreste...
Jun 05, 2024

PBO accuses Liberals of hiding economic analysis of carbon pricing
OTTAWA - Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux is accusing the federal government of hiding its own economic analysis that confirms carbon pricing has a negative overall effect on Canadian househol...
Jun 05, 2024

House Republicans issue criminal referrals against James and Hunter Biden, alleging false tesitmony
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans issued criminal referrals Wednesday against Joe Biden's son and brother, accusing the president's family members of making false statements to Congress as part of y...
Jun 05, 2024

Raed Jaser, convicted in Via Rail terror plot, loses appeal
Ontario's highest court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of one of the two men found guilty of terrorism charges in a plot to derail a passenger train between Canada and the U.S. Raed Jaser...
Jun 05, 2024

Weather window may help search for three missing mountaineers: B.C. RCMP
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Police and rescue teams hope a window of good weather will help the search for three mountaineers lost since Friday on Mount Garibaldi in British Columbia. A Squamish RCMP spokeswoman...
Jun 05, 2024

Jesse Marsch likes what he see in first camp in charge of Canadian men
Jesse Marsch likes what he's seen at his first camp in charge of the Canadian men's soccer team. "All the things that I felt about the team and the optimism I have had has been exceeded by the work th...
Jun 05, 2024

Robert Miller too sick to defend himself against sex charges, his lawyers say
MONTREAL - Lawyers defending Quebec billionaire businessman Robert Miller against sex crime charges have filed an application for a stay of proceedings, saying he is too sick to appear in court. The f...
Jun 05, 2024