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CFL players can wear Guardian caps during games but mouthguards to become mandatory
TORONTO - CFL players will have the option of wearing protective soft-shell helmet covers known as Guardian caps during games this season but mouthguards will be mandatory. The two measures were among...
May 15, 2024
Growing wildfires across Western Canada forcing thousands from their homes
A wildfire that forced thousands of residents to flee homes in Fort McMurray is sending plumes of smoke into the air, but the regional fire chief says it's much different from a devastating blaze that...
May 15, 2024
The latest news on wildfires in Canada as thousands forced from homes in the West
Wildfires have forced thousands out of several communities in Western Canada. In Fort Nelson, B.C., about 4,700 people are out of their homes. Roughly 6,600 residents have been evacuated out of parts ...
May 15, 2024
Canadiens goaltender Carey Price to receive honorary doctorate from UNBC
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Northern British Columbia on May 31 at the school's convocation ce...
May 15, 2024
CP NewsAlert: Judge refuses McGill's bid for injunction to end encampment
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has refused McGill University's request for an injunction to dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment on its downtown Montreal campus. Lawyers for the universi...
May 15, 2024
Police credit forensic science for arrest in 2014 killing of woman near Montreal
LONGUEUIL, Que. - A man is facing a first-degree murder charge in the killing of a young woman nearly a decade after she was found dead on Montreal's South Shore. Jenique Dalcourt, 23, was struck and ...
May 15, 2024
Innu Nation grand chief slams NunatuKavut Community Council at identity summit
OTTAWA - Innu Nation Grand Chief Simon Pokue spoke to other Indigenous leaders at a meeting in Winnipeg today about what he calls Indigenous identity fraud by the NunatuKavut Community Council. The co...
May 15, 2024
Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas and Zelenskyy postpones foreign trips amid Russian offensive
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian forces withdrew from some parts of the country's northeast and battled Russian troops in other areas Wednesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's decision to postpone a...
May 15, 2024
Robert Fico, Slovakia's populist prime minister, who returned to power on a pro-Russian platform
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is in life-threatening condition after being wounded in a shooting after a political event Wednesday afternoon, an episode of violence tha...
May 15, 2024
Canadian goalkeeper Sabrina D'Angelo to leave Arsenal when contract expires in summer
LONDON - Canada goalkeeper Sabrina D'Angelo will leave Arsenal this summer at the end of her contract. The 31-year-old from Welland, Ont., joined the London club from Sweden's Vittsjo GIK in January 2...
May 15, 2024
