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Board orders deportation for trucker who caused horrific Humboldt Broncos crash
CALGARY - The truck driver who caused the horrific bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team has been ordered to be deported. The decision came Friday at an Immigration and Refugee B...
May 24, 2024

Don Waddell resigns as president and GM of Carolina Hurricanes
RALEIGH - Don Waddell has resigned as president and general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, ending a 10-year run with the NHL club. The Hurricanes announced Waddell's departure in a release on Fri...
May 24, 2024

Waddell steps down as Hurricanes president and GM. Tulsky takes over as interim GM
Don Waddell has stepped down as president and general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, ending a run that had him build a roster that reached the NHL playoffs for six straight years. The team announ...
May 24, 2024

Saskatchewan MLA quits as house leader, says he took gun into legislature decade ago
REGINA - Saskatchewan's government house leader has resigned his position and says he took a long gun into the legislature building a decade ago. Jeremy Harrison says in a statement that he has apolog...
May 24, 2024

Canada's Marina Stakusic falls short of French Open qualification
PARIS - Marina Stakusic's bid for her first entry in a Grand Slam main draw has fallen just short. The 19-year-old tennis player from Mississauga, Ont., fell 6-3, 6-2 to Ukraine's Yuliia Starodubtseva...
May 24, 2024

Canada beats Bulgaria 3-0 in men's Volleyball Nations League action
ANTALYA - Canada's men's volleyball continued its preparations for the Paris Olympics with a 3-0 win over Bulgaria on Friday in Volleyball Nations League action. Eric Loeppky of Steinbach, Man., had a...
May 24, 2024

Supreme Court upholds sexual assault conviction, affirms refusal of evidence
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a man found guilty of sexually assaulting his long-time partner was not entitled to present evidence about sexual activity they engaged in shortly before the ...
May 24, 2024

Security Council approves resolution decrying attacks on UN and aid workers and demanding protection
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution Friday that strongly condemns attacks on humanitarian workers and U.N. personnel, and demands that all combatants protec...
May 24, 2024

Missing youth in Grande Prairie FOUND
Update on June 3, 2023 - Grande Prairie RCMP would like to advise the public that Jade Houle was located safe. Alberta RCMP would like to thank the public and the media for their assistance.----------...
May 24, 2024

Top UN court opens hearing to rule on request to order Israel to halt military operation in Gaza
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The top United Nations court opened a hearing Friday to deliver its decision on a request to order Israel to halt its military operation in Gaza and withdraw from the enc...
May 24, 2024