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Canada to face Mexico, Denmark in Group A of Billie Jean King Cup playoff
TORONTO - Canada will take on Mexico and Denmark in a Billie Jean King Cup playoff from Nov. 14 to 16 in Monterrey, Mexico. The winner of the Group A round robin advances to the 2026 Qualifiers of the...
Jun 19, 2025
Federal Court of Appeal overturns decision requiring action on judicial vacancies
OTTAWA - A panel of judges has overturned a Federal Court ruling that directed the federal government to step up the pace of judicial appointments to address an "untenable" number of vacancies. The Fe...
Jun 19, 2025
Search continues for 17-year-old presumed to have drowned in Oldman River
UPDATE: The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) says the body of a 17-year-old boy has been recovered.Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services (LFES) says its Water Rescue Team found the teen's body in the ...
Jun 19, 2025
Canada's Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov and Diallo all fall in grass-court action
Canada's top men's tennis players all fell on Thursday on the European grass-court circuit. Montreal's Flix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., both lost in the Round of 16 a...
Jun 19, 2025
Senators, Fabian Zetterlund agree to three-year, US$12.825M contract extension
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators signed forward Fabian Zetterlund to a three-year, US$12.825-million contract extension Thursday. Zetterlund produced 19 goals and 22 assists in 84 games split between the ...
Jun 19, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Nova Scotia offering $150,000 reward for information about missing kids
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Justice Department is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information about the disappearance of two young children in May. The province's justice minister issued a stateme...
Jun 19, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Canada facilitating flights home for citizens leaving Israel, Iran
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand tells The Canadian Press that Canada is helping citizens leave the Middle East when they reach countries neighbouring Israel and Iran. Ottawa is boosting ...
Jun 19, 2025
Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe hospitalized with gastroenteritis at the Club World Cup
MIAMI (AP) - Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has been hospitalized with an acute case of gastroenteritis, the Spanish club said Thursday. World Cup winner Mbappe missed Madrid's opening game at the ...
Jun 19, 2025
Ottawa's fiscal watchdog says it's in the dark on Ottawa's fiscal targets
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says he can't properly assess whether the federal government is on track to meet its fiscal targets because the Liberals' new budget benchmarks haven't been d...
Jun 19, 2025
Spain rejects NATO’s anticipated defense spending increase as 'unreasonable'
MADRID (AP) - Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of GDP on defense needs that's due to be announced next week, calling it "unreasonable." In a letter sent Thursday to NATO Secretary-Genera...
Jun 19, 2025