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Canadian Food Inspection Agency raises alarm as spotted lanternfly pest nears border
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is asking Canadians to keep an eye out for an invasive bug that could spell disaster for the country's wineries and fruit growers. The spotted lanternfly i...
Sep 26, 2022

Toronto Argonauts, Winnipeg Blue Bombers look to clinch home playoff games
TORONTO - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Toronto Argonauts can both secure home CFL playoff games this weekend. Winnipeg (12-2) can clinch a playoff contest at IG Field with a home win Friday night ove...
Sep 26, 2022

Roughriders suspend QB Jake Dolegala for one game following impaired driving charge
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders suspended American quarterback Jake Dolegala for one game Monday after he was arrested and charged with impaired driving. The Riders said in a statement Dolegala ...
Sep 26, 2022

Milano, Demers, DeKeyser, Virtanen among players on PTOs trying to crack NHL rosters
Sonny Milano had a long summer - and not just because his team missed the NHL playoffs. Despite putting up 14 goals and 34 points in 66 games with the Anaheim Ducks in 2021-22, the winger was surprisi...
Sep 26, 2022

MPs to study Access to Information system, federal 'culture of secrecy'
OTTAWA - The House of Commons information, ethics and privacy committee plans to look at Canada's much-maligned access-to-information regime - the latest in a long line of studies of a system intended...
Sep 26, 2022

1 shot, officer injured in Chicago police facility incident
CHICAGO (AP) - One person was shot and a Chicago police officer was wounded Monday during an incident inside a police facility on the city's West Side, officials said. Shots were fired shortly before ...
Sep 26, 2022

Vancouver Canucks' Brock Boeser to miss 3-4 weeks following hand surgery
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks will start the season without Brock Boeser after the right-winger underwent hand surgery. The team announced the news Monday, saying the 25-year-old forward injured h...
Sep 26, 2022

Young Indigenous leaders speak on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at Senate
OTTAWA - Dr. Meghan Beals says she wants Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to resemble Remembrance Day. The Prince Edward Island physician is one of five young Indigenous leaders who ...
Sep 26, 2022

Canada to drop COVID-19 border rules
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Canada has announced it intends to remove the last remaining border and travel measures effective October 1, 2022.According to a news release, the government says th...
Sep 26, 2022

Former Calgary Dino Deane Leonard now a rookie with NFL's Los Angeles Chargers
Canadian Deane Leonard has certainly taken the path less travelled to the NFL's Los Angeles Chargers. The 22-year-old cornerback is in his rookie season with the Chargers (1-2). SoFi Stadium in Inglew...
Sep 26, 2022