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Canadian Nathan Rourke to make fourth straight start for B.C. Lions
Vernon Adam Jr. is back practising with the B.C. Lions but Canadian Nathan Rourke will remain the club's starting quarterback. Rourke will make a fourth straight start Friday night when B.C. (6-6) vis...
Sep 04, 2024

Playground built to honour victim of Saskatchewan mass stabbing two years later
WELDON, Sask. - Children have been swinging, sliding and climbing on a playground built to honour one of the victims of a mass stabbing two years ago northeast of Saskatoon. Chelsey Erickson, who orga...
Sep 04, 2024

CP NewsAlert: VPD says one man dead, another's hand cut off, in stranger attacks
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say a man has been arrested after a pair of "unprovoked stranger attacks" in the city's downtown that left one man dead and severed another victim's hand. More coming. The...
Sep 04, 2024

Elks' Bethel-Thompson, Redblacks' Webb capture CFL Honour Roll honours
TORONTO - Edmonton Elks quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson and defensive back Webb of the Ottawa Redblacks were the top offensive and defensive performers in the CFL's weekly honour roll Wednesday. Be...
Sep 04, 2024

Saddle Hills County sending well wishes to departing New Zealand Firefighters
Saddle Hills County is thanking firefighters from New Zealand for their efforts in combating fires in the area.While the firefighters were in the community, they were treated to two dinner events last...
Sep 04, 2024

Two fatalities in Peace River airport crash
Mounties with the Peace River and Grimshaw detachments have provided an update on the airplane crash at the Peace River Airport on Tuesday. At approximately 4:50 p.m., RCMP responded to a report of a ...
Sep 04, 2024

Peace Region seeing better yields compared to provincial averages
Harvest continues around Alberta with prime conditions across the board to be in the fields. Progress has advanced to just over 20 per cent completion in the province, per the latest Alberta Crop Repo...
Sep 04, 2024

The NDP-Liberal deal is done. What happens now?
OTTAWA - The NDP has pulled out of a confidence and supply agreement with the Liberals. What happens now? In March 2022, the Liberals and NDP penned a deal that would keep the minority government led ...
Sep 04, 2024

Alexis Galarneau replaces injured Milos Raonic on Canada's Davis Cup roster
TORONTO - Alexis Galarneau will replace Milos Raonic on the Canadian team at next week's Davis Cup group stage in Manchester, England. Tennis Canada says Raonic is unable to play due to a broken toe. ...
Sep 04, 2024

Liberals sign school food deal with Newfoundland and Labrador
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has signed a deal to expand school food programs in Newfoundland and Labrador. It becomes the first province to sign on to the federal govern...
Sep 04, 2024