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Coffee lovers get behind Camp Day
It was another successful Tim Hortons Camp Day in the North Okanagan.The nine outlets in the area raised $22,607 on Wednesday which will be used to send children from low income families to summer cam...
Jun 06, 2019
Toronto Wolfpack forward Darcy Lussick barred entry by British customs
TORONTO - The complexities of being a transatlantic rugby league team were highlighted this week with British border officials refusing entry to Toronto Wolfpack forward Darcy Lussick. The 29-year-old...
Jun 06, 2019
China wants to fix 'serious difficulties' with Canada by meeting halfway: envoy
OTTAWA - China's ambassador to Canada says his government wants to end the countries' impasse but won't give way on two of Canada's major complaints. "Indeed, the bilateral relatio...
Jun 06, 2019
Philippines lifts Canadian travel ban but no return of ambassador yet
OTTAWA - The Philippines is slowly normalizing diplomatic relations with Canada now that the trash tiff of 2019 has come to a close. Philippine executive secretary Salvador Medialdea issued a memo to ...
Jun 06, 2019
Dasan Brown becomes first Canadian selected in MLB draft, going to Blue Jays
The first Canadian selected in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft was picked by the country's lone big-league team. The Toronto Blue Jays took Oakville, Ont., outfielder Dasan Brown in the third rou...
Jun 06, 2019
Three Canucks in hunt after strong opening rounds at Canadian Open
ANCASTER, Ont. - Three Canadians were within three shots of the lead toward the end of the morning wave of the opening round of the RBC Canadian Open on Thursday. Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., led ...
Jun 06, 2019
Trudeau says carbon tax can help deal with extreme weather, Alberta fires
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal carbon tax will help deal with weather disasters such as fires in northern Alberta. Speaking in Vancouver, Trudeau said Canadi...
Jun 06, 2019
Trudeau says carbon tax can help deal with extreme weather, Alberta fires
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal carbon tax will help deal with weather disasters such as fires in northern Alberta. Speaking in Vancouver, Trudeau said Canadi...
Jun 06, 2019
'It's hard to think about them': Emotions run free as Canadians mark D-Day
COURSEULLES-SUR-MER, France - Joseph Edwardson couldn't hold back the tears. Exactly 75 years earlier, Edwardson and thousands of other young Canadian men had come ashore on this very beach in norther...
Jun 06, 2019
Star driver Hamilton says F1 should level the playing field between teams
MONTREAL - Reigning drivers' champion Lewis Hamilton believes returning to an old-school style of racing would solve Formula One's ongoing problem with parity. The four-time world champ and current F1...
Jun 06, 2019

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