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Jessica Campbell will be the first woman on an NHL bench as assistant coach with the Seattle Kraken
SEATTLE (AP) - Jessica Campbell will become the first woman to work on the bench of an NHL franchise after the Seattle Kraken hired her as an assistant coach Wednesday. Campbell has spent the past two...
Jul 3, 2024
B.C. municipalities get $1.6 billion in federal infrastructure funds over five years
VICTORIA - Three levels of government say they've finalized a deal that will provide more than $1.6 billion in federal funding over the next five years to communities in British Columbia, to build and...
Jul 3, 2024
Jessica Campbell will be the first woman on an NHL bench as assistant coach with the Seattle Kraken
SEATTLE (AP) - Jessica Campbell will become the first woman to work on the bench of an NHL franchise after the Seattle Kraken hired her as an assistant coach Wednesday. Campbell has spent the past two...
Jul 3, 2024
'I want to win': Desharnais brings size, grit to Vancouver Canucks' blue line
VANCOUVER - Before he put pen to paper on a contract with a new NHL team on Monday, Vincent Desharnais received a phone call. On the line were Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet and assistant b...
Jul 3, 2024
Senators sign defenceman Matthew Andonovski to a three-year, entry-level contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Matthew Andonovski to a three-year, entry-level contract, the NHL club announced Wednesday. The 19-year-old from Markham, Ont., spent the past three...
Jul 3, 2024
Patterson to make first CFL start when Riders host Argonauts
It will now be up to Shea Patterson to keep the Saskatchewan Roughriders on their winning path. Patterson makes his first career CFL start Thursday night when Saskatchewan (3-0) hosts the Toronto Argo...
Jul 3, 2024
Vancouver's 'Phil Wizard' first-ever breaker named to Canada's Olympic team
TORONTO - Philip Kim, who competes as "B-Boy Phil Wizard," is set to make Canadian sports history this summer as the country's first-ever Olympic breaking athlete. Canada DanceSport, Breaking Canada a...
Jul 3, 2024
Andreescu through to third round at Wimbledon with win over Novoska
LONDON - Canada's Bianca Andreescu advanced to the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-3, 7-6 (5) win over 26th-seed Linda Novoska of Czechia on Wednesday. Andreescu won on her first match point, scorin...
Jul 3, 2024
Top White House aide urges staff to tune out ‘noise' and focus on governing during debate fallout
WASHINGTON (AP) - White House chief of staff Jeff Zients urged people during an all-staff meeting on Wednesday to tune out the "noise" and focus on the task of governing as senior aides scramble to co...
Jul 3, 2024
Sajjan's office cites privacy, won't say if he intervened for other Afghan groups
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals won't say whether former defence minister Harjit Sajjan intervened on behalf of any other groups trying to flee Afghanistan when Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021. Sajjan...
Jul 3, 2024