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Brad Marchand plays a key role in Florida Panthers' second championship run
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Brad Marchand sure made himself at home in Florida. Now he's a two-time Stanley Cup champion. Getting Marchand at the trade deadline from Boston for what ended up being a single f...
Jun 18, 2025

Bloc Québécois supply management bill moves swiftly through Parliament
OTTAWA - A Bloc Qubcois bill that looks to take Canada's supply management system off the table in future trade negotiations has passed swiftly through Parliament. The Senate passed the bill through t...
Jun 18, 2025

CSIS says India is a continued foreign interference threat as Canada renews diplomacy
OTTAWA - The latest annual report of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service says Indian officials and their proxy agents in Canada, engage in a range of activities that seek to influence Canadian ...
Jun 18, 2025

Calls mount for pause on Canada's digital services tax targeting tech giants
OTTAWA - Ottawa is under pressure to pause digital services tax legislation that directs large tech companies to make a big retroactive payment by June 30. Canadian and U.S. business groups, organizat...
Jun 18, 2025

Stamps place star receiver Reggie Begelton on six-game injury list
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders have placed receiver Reggie Begelton on the six-game injury list, the CFL team announced Wednesday. Begelton injured his right knee in the Stampeders' 29-19 win at Tor...
Jun 18, 2025

Midfielder Kianz Froese returns to his Manitoba roots, signs with Valour FC
After nine years in Germany, Kianz Froese was working on the family's coffee plantation/farm in Cuba when he got a call from Josh Carabatsakis, Valour FC's director of football operations. The message...
Jun 18, 2025

Quebec to jail inmates according to anatomical sex, not gender identity
MONTREAL - Quebec's public security minister says transgender inmates will be incarcerated according to their anatomical sex, not their gender identity. Franois Bonnardel says in a statement the measu...
Jun 18, 2025

Elks look for first home-opening win in four years as Alouettes roll into Edmonton
EDMONTON - Apple co-founder Steve Jobs once said: "don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice." A catchy sound bite that's easier said than done, but that's what the Edmont...
Jun 18, 2025

Few Canadians support Canada Post privatization, but open to sweeping changes: survey
A new survey finds less support among Canadians for the privatization of Canada Post, but many are open to large-scale changes. Survey results from the Angus Reid Institute, released Wednesday, found ...
Jun 18, 2025

Major projects bill moving ahead despite pushback from Indigenous groups, MP
OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee is scheduled to sit until midnight to study legislation that would give the government sweeping powers to drive forward major projects. But Bill C-5 will be pushe...
Jun 18, 2025