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Local artists to be celebrated in SK Arts inaugural event May 27
Saskatchewan artists of all disciplines will be recognized as part of the inaugural Arts of Celebration event later this month. "I was a bit astonished," said fiber artist Cindy Hoppe upon hearing of ...
May 21, 2024

Cameron Dukes understanding value of trusting veteran Argos teammates
GUELPH, Ont. - There's much for Cameron Dukes to learn as the Toronto Argonauts starting quarterback. But with an intact offensive line and veteran receiving corps, the second-year pro certainly under...
May 21, 2024

Former Arizona grad student convicted of first-degree murder in 2022 shooting of professor
TUCSON, Ariz. - A former University of Arizona graduate student was convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder for fatally shooting a hydrology professor on campus in 2022, months after his expulsion. A...
May 21, 2024

Judge says Quebec's language law regarding court translations is 'inoperable'
MONTREAL - A Quebec court judge has declared inoperable a portion of the province's language law that requires English-language court decisions to be immediately translated into French. Dennis Galiats...
May 21, 2024

Canadian boxers looks to punch their ticket to Paris Olympics at Bangkok qualifier
Bantamweight Scarlett Delgado leads a team of nine Canadian boxers trying to fight their way into this summer's Paris Olympic field at a last-ditch world qualification tournament in Bangkok. Canada ha...
May 21, 2024

UN food agency warns that the new US sea route for Gaza aid may fail unless conditions improve
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.N. World Food Program said Tuesday that the new U.S. $320 million pier project for delivering aid to Gaza may fail unless Israel starts providing the conditions the humanitaria...
May 21, 2024

NHL will have a new Stanley Cup champion this century as lengthy droughts take centre stage
No matter which team wins the Stanley Cup championship this year it will be a first this century. The Dallas Stars won its lone championship in 1999, months before the world worried computers would ma...
May 21, 2024

Mauricio Pochettino leaves Chelsea after one year as manager of the Premier League club
Mauricio Pochettino has left Chelsea by mutual consent, the Premier League club said Tuesday. Pochettino spent just one season as manager at Stamford Bridge and endured a troubled campaign in which he...
May 21, 2024

Orphan orca's extended family spotted off northeast side of Vancouver Island
ALERT BAY, B.C. - Members of a killer whale pod related to an orphan orca calf that escaped a remote British Columbia tidal lagoon last month have been spotted off the northeast coast of Vancouver Isl...
May 21, 2024

Canadian men's rowing eight misses Olympic berth by heartbreaking margin
LUCERNE, Switzerland - Canada came agonizingly close to adding to its Paris-bound rowing team in Tuesday's last-chance qualifier, but will have just two boats entered in Olympic rowing. The men's eigh...
May 21, 2024