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Stuart Macdonald's rollercoaster week ends in best-ever finish on Korn Ferry Tour
Stuart Macdonald's week got off to just about the worst start a professional athlete could think of, but ended with the Vancouver golfer's best-ever result on the Korn Ferry Tour. Macdonald was walkin...
May 07, 2025

Quebec police watchdog investigating officer-involved fatal shooting in Far North
KANGIQSUALUJJUAQ - Quebec's police watchdog is investigating a fatal shooting involving an officer in the province's Far North. The watchdog - Bureau des enqutes indpendantes - says members of the Nun...
May 07, 2025

Canadian women's futsal team celebrates CONCACAF triumph in first-ever outing
When Esther Brossard found out Canada was launching a women's futsal team, the 18-year-old wrote to newly appointed coach Alexandre Da Rocha to put her hand up. "She said 'I just want to tell you I've...
May 07, 2025

Court can weather suggestion accused spends 'rest of his goddamned life in jail': Eby
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is confident the independence of the court won't be influenced by his feelings that the man accused of killing 11 people at a Filipino festival should "spend...
May 07, 2025

Toronto school board says it got a ransom demand over stolen student data
TORONTO - Canada's largest school board says it has received a ransom demand over student data that was stolen last December, even though the company behind the affected software paid ransom in hopes ...
May 07, 2025

Argonauts rookie offensive lineman Pyle in familiar setting at University of Guelph
Ethan Pyle is starting his pro football career in familiar surroundings. The Canadian offensive lineman opened the Toronto Argonauts' rookie camp Wednesday at Guelph University's Alumni Stadium. That'...
May 07, 2025

Planned burn could have killed trapped firefighters, says B.C. safety report
British Columbia's worker protection agency says a planned burn by the province's wildfire service during the devastating 2023 fire season could have killed or injured multiple firefighters who became...
May 07, 2025

3 former Memphis officers acquitted in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he fled a traffic stop
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Three former Memphis were acquitted Wednesday of state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he ran away from a traffic stop in 2023...
May 07, 2025

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected as conclave opens
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a ...
May 07, 2025

'Every day is fun because I'm still alive,' says 110-year-old Canadian veteran
One of Canada's oldest veterans, Burdett Sisler, says it's not that hard to make it to 110 years old - all you have to do is stay alive. "Anybody can do it," the supercentenarian said in a recent inte...
May 07, 2025