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After tough run with Sabres, Staal looking forward to fresh start in Montreal
MONTREAL - Eric Staal says he got goosebumps as he drove toward the Canadian border to start the next chapter of his NHL career. With the foundering Buffalo Sabres safely in his rear-view mirror, Staa...
Mar 28, 2021

Tories demand Trudeau testify on WE deal after Liberals reject hearing from PM staff
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to answer questions before a parliamentary committee on Monday about the Liberal government's now-dead deal with WE Char...
Mar 28, 2021

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime drops another close match against John Isner in Miami
MIAMI - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime lost 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) to American John Isner in a third-round match at the Miami Open on Sunday. Auger-Aliassime, from Montreal, also lost to Isner in two tiebre...
Mar 28, 2021

Hamilton holds off Verstappen to win F1 season-opener
SAKHIR, Bahrain - World champion Lewis Hamilton just held off Max Verstappen to win the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix and clinch the 96th Formula One win of his career on Sunday. The race was effe...
Mar 28, 2021

Fort Macleod RCMP investigating fatal collision
FORT MACLEOD, AB- At approximately 7:00 pm on Mar. 27, 2021, Nanton RCMP received complaints of an "erratic driver."RCMP attempted to stop the vehicle with a traffic stop but the vehicle fled from RCM...
Mar 28, 2021

Carmangay community loses historic hotel in early morning fire
CARMANGAY, AB. -- It was the meeting place for locals for over a century and the convivial gathering place of the annual "world's shortest St. Patrick's Day parade" over three decades. Information fro...
Mar 28, 2021

Rebels besiege town in northern Mozambique for fifth day
JOHANNESBURG - Rebels fought Sunday to control a strategic town in northern Mozambique for the fifth straight day, as reports came in that dozens of civilians have been killed and bodies were litterin...
Mar 28, 2021

Toronto mayor urging those aged 70 and older to get vaccinated, many spots unfilled
Toronto's mayor is urging anyone 70 years or older to get vaccinated. John Tory says three new COVID-19 mass vaccination clinics will open Monday, but there are still many appointments unfilled. He sa...
Mar 28, 2021

The latest news on COVID 19 developments in Canada for March 28, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 10:30 a.m. Ten more people in Ontario have died with COVID-19 as the province reports 2,448 new cases of the disease. Health Min...
Mar 28, 2021

Youngest member of Olympic team enjoying first taste of Canada program
Lucas Dias has long been ahead of the game. At eight or nine, he was playing with kids two years older at the Sporting FC Academy in Toronto. Moving to Portugal at 11, he was the youngest at Sporting ...
Mar 28, 2021