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TFC striker Akinola switches allegiance from U.S. to Canada ahead of Gold Cup
American-born Toronto FC forward Ayo Akinola has chosen to represent Canada internationally and will be available to the national men's team for the upcoming CONCACAF Gold Cup. Canada Soccer announced...
Jun 30, 2021
Nova Scotia RCMP report suspicious fire at Catholic church in First Nations community
INDIAN BROOK, N.S. - Police are investigating a suspicious fire that damaged the Catholic church in a First Nations community north of Halifax, the latest in a recent string of church fires on Indigen...
Jun 30, 2021
Ontarians line up for haircuts as province rolls back public health restrictions
TORONTO - Ontarians lined up for their first haircuts in months on Wednesday as the province rolled back public health restrictions on salons and other businesses in light of a decline in COVID-19 cas...
Jun 30, 2021
'Never meant to hurt this lady': Man apologizes for woman's death in Edmonton hotel
EDMONTON - An Ontario truck driver held his face and cried as he apologized to his family and the family of a woman he killed in an Edmonton hotel room. Bradley Barton told his sentencing hearing Wedn...
Jun 30, 2021
Yukon asks for federal help as territory battles widespread transmission of COVID-19
WHITEHORSE - Yukon's chief public health officer says hospitals in the territory are reaching their limits during widespread community transmission of COVID-19. Dr. Brendan Hanley says Yukon has the h...
Jun 30, 2021
Western heat shifts in some areas of B.C., territories, but still blazing elsewhere
Record heat is easing for parts of British Columbia, Yukon and Northwest Territories, but Environment Canada warns relief is still days away for eastern B.C. and the Prairies. The weather office has l...
Jun 30, 2021
Attorney general says HSBC evidence isn't relevant to Meng's extradition case
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Canada's attorney general are urging a B.C. Supreme Court judge to dismiss Meng Wanzhou's application to submit new evidence in her extradition case. Robert Frater says the Hua...
Jun 30, 2021
Politicians, Indigenous leaders say burning churches not the way to get justice
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and some Indigenous leaders say arson and vandalism targeting churches is not the way to get justice following the discovery of unmarked graves at former residential scho...
Jun 30, 2021
Last known Hells Angels bunker in Quebec demolished after long legal saga
SHERBROOKE, Que. - The Crown prosecutor's office in Quebec says the last known Hells Angels bunker in the province has been demolished. A spokeswoman confirmed the notorious red-roofed landmark was to...
Jun 30, 2021
'No guarantees' of papal apology for residential schools after Vatican trip: AFN
OTTAWA - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde says there are no guarantees an Indigenous delegation travelling to the Vatican will lead to Pope Francis apologizing in Canada for t...
Jun 30, 2021