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Rourke, Beverette and Riders' line earn first CFL weekly honour roll awards
TORONTO - B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke, Montreal Alouettes linebacker Tyrice Beverette and the Saskatchewan Roughriders' offensive line all earned top marks in the CFL's first weekly honour ro...
Jun 10, 2025
12 more temperature records broken in B.C. as hot weather persists
Another dozen temperature records have fallen in British Columbia thanks to the ongoing spell of warm weather brought to the province by a ridge of high pressure. Monday was also the third day in a ro...
Jun 10, 2025
New AI minister says Canada won’t ‘over-index’ on AI regulation
OTTAWA - Canada's new minister of artificial intelligence says he'll put less emphasis on AI regulation and more on finding ways to harness the technology's economic benefits. Evan Solomon says Canada...
Jun 10, 2025
Canada's Andreescu cruises into second round of Libema Open with win over Garland
Bianca Andreescu had a winning start to her grass-court tennis season with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Taiwan's Joanna Garland in women's first-round action at the Libema Open. Andreescu didn't face a break p...
Jun 10, 2025
Injury forces Canadian bantamweight Charles (Air) Jourdain off UFC card in Atlanta
An injury has forced Canadian bantamweight Charles (Air) Jourdain off Saturday's UFC Fight Night card in Atlanta. The 29-year-old from Montreal was slated to face Ricky Simon, who will now take on fel...
Jun 10, 2025
It's time: Countdown clocks signal kickoff of 2026 FIFA World Cup is one year away
The one-year countdown to the 2026 World Cup starts Wednesday, with clocks to be unveiled to mark the occasion in Toronto, Vancouver and Niagara Falls. Toronto and Vancouver are World Cup host cities....
Jun 10, 2025
CPNewsAlert: Judge says billionaire Robert Miller too sick for trial on sex charges
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has stayed criminal charges against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller. The Crown agreed on Monday to a motion by the defence that Miller, who is suffering fro...
Jun 10, 2025
B.C.'s biggest major wildfire doubles in size, but nearby highway reopens to traffic
The BC Wildfire Service is reporting that the largest of the province's major fires in the northeast has more than doubled in size in the past 24 hours. The Pocket Knife Creek blaze, which is the resu...
Jun 10, 2025
Quebec government will not appeal court ruling scrapping out-of-province tuition hike
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it won't appeal a court decision overturning a university tuition hike for out-of-province students. But the province is not backing down, with the office of the ...
Jun 10, 2025
Pentagon says deploying Marines and National Guard to LA protests is costing $134 million
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon says the deployment of National Guard members and Marines to protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles is costing $134 million. After persistent questioning from me...
Jun 10, 2025
