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Toronto FC coach understands fan unrest but says club is working hard to fix things
TORONTO - Toronto FC coach Robin Fraser says he understands fan unrest at the MLS team's recent struggles, but says the club is working hard to change its fortunes. Toronto has not made the playoffs s...
May 09, 2025
'Policing in Nunavik is broken': Inuit group wants change after latest fatal shooting
MONTREAL - The political organization that represents Inuit in Quebec says policing in the Far North is "broken" after an officer shot and killed an Inuk man on Tuesday. The shooting by the Nunavik Po...
May 09, 2025
New Jersey mayor arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting, prosecutor says
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at an ICE Detention Center where he was protesting its opening, a federal prosecutor said. Alina Habba, acting U.S. Attorney for New Jer...
May 09, 2025
Liberal candidate says judicial recount ordered in Ontario riding he narrowly lost
OTTAWA - A Liberal candidate who lost to his Conservative rival by just 77 votes in the federal election says his request for a judicial recount has been granted. Irek Kusmierczyk, the Liberal incumbe...
May 09, 2025
Canadian defensive back Adeleke calls it a career after seven CFL seasons
OTTAWA - Canadian defensive back Tunde Adeleke is calling it a career after seven CFL seasons. The Ottawa Redblacks announced Friday that Adeleke, 29, had retired. Adeleke signed with Ottawa as a free...
May 09, 2025
White House downplays North American auto industry's concerns about U.K. trade deal
WASHINGTON - The White House is downplaying the North American automobile industry's claim that U.S. President Donald Trump's new trade deal with the United Kingdom could make the sector less competit...
May 09, 2025
Ontario First Nation seeks emergency relief in Federal Court over water crisis
A First Nation in northwestern Ontario is seeking $200 million in emergency relief from the federal government to address the "critical" state of its water and sewage system as part of legal action la...
May 09, 2025
Hearing in September on whether Quebec daycare crash accused is high-risk offender
LAVAL - A court hearing will take place in September into whether a man who killed two children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare should be declared a high-risk offender. Superior Cou...
May 09, 2025
Filipino BC confirms identities of all 11 people killed in Vancouver festival attack
VANCOUVER - The group that organized the Lapu Lapu Day festival where 11 people were killed last month has released the names of the dead. Filipino BC says in a social media post that its members hono...
May 09, 2025
Dutch mayor declares renewed friendship with Medicine Hat decades after liberation
A regiment based in Medicine Hat helped to free a Dutch city 80 years ago - and its mayor wants to create a bond of friendship so it's never forgotten.Over the course of five days in November 1944, th...
May 09, 2025