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CF Montreal defeats Toronto FC to reach Canadian Championship semifinals
TORONTO - Nigerian forward Chinonso Offor scored the winning goal in the 39th minute and CF Montreal held on to defeat Toronto FC 2-1 in Canadian Championship quarterfinal play Tuesday. Toronto dug it...
May 09, 2023
Wildfire situation improves across Alberta
UPDATE: Gift Lake Metis Settlement is under an evacuation alert.The number of active wildfires across Alberta is decreasing, as is the number of people forced from their homes due to those fires.In it...
May 09, 2023
Suncor says person injured by bear north of Fort McMurray
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Suncor Energy says someone was injured by a bear at its oilsands base plant north of Fort McMurray, Alta., on the weekend.Spokesman Leithan Slade says it happened on Saturday at...
May 09, 2023
China working to get Canadians 'at each other's throats': interference researcher
OTTAWA - The managing director of a non-profit that tracks Chinese attempts to influence democracies around the world says Beijing wants to sow discord in western countries. David Salvo says the Allia...
May 09, 2023
Tunisia: 3 killed, 10 injured in attack near synagogue
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) - A Tunisian naval guard shot and killed a colleague and two civilians Tuesday as he tried to enter a synagogue on the island of Djerba during an annual Jewish pilgrimage, the Tuni...
May 09, 2023
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2019 drug death of teen in Langley, B.C.
LANGLEY, B.C. - A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the high-profile death of a 14-year-old boy almost four years ago. The BC Prosecution Service says the accused, who cannot be named because ...
May 09, 2023
Trans minors protected from parents under Washington law
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Minors seeking gender-affirming care in Washington will be protected from the intervention of estranged parents under a measure Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law Tuesday. The new l...
May 09, 2023
Alberta NDP says it would build hockey arenas and improve other facilities if elected
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Alberta NDP said it will bring in a program to build and improve community associations, hockey arenas and ball diamonds in communities across the province if it is elected on May...
May 09, 2023
Biden: US-Mexico border will be 'chaotic for a while'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden predicted Tuesday that the U.S.-Mexico border would be "chaotic for a while" as pandemic-related restrictions end. Biden said he spoke with Mexican President Andr...
May 09, 2023
Keller, Letang, Stalock named finalists for NHL's Masterton Trophy
NEW YORK - Arizona Coyotes right-winger Clayton Keller, Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman Kris Letang and Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Alex Stalock are the finalists for the 2022-23 Bill Masterton Memor...
May 09, 2023