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Prime Minister Mark Carney set to visit birthplace in N.W.T.
FORT SMITH - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to stop today in the town where he was born as he travels across the Northwest Territories. Carney also spent his early childhood in Fort Smith, located ...
Jul 23, 2025

Sentencing hearing begins for 'Freedom Convoy' leaders Lich, Barber
OTTAWA - The sentencing hearing for "Freedom Convoy" leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber is set to begin Wednesday morning, months after the two were found guilty of mischief. Two days have been set ...
Jul 23, 2025

Max Scherzer blames himself for Blue Jays' 5-4 loss to rival Yankees
TORONTO - Max Scherzer has never been one to make excuses. Scherzer didn't take the loss on the scorecard when the Toronto Blue Jays dropped a 5-4 decision to the New York Yankees on Tuesday, but he d...
Jul 22, 2025

Rice's late homer lifts Yankees over Blue Jays 5-4 to cut Toronto's AL East lead to 3
TORONTO - Ben Rice's ninth-inning home run helped the New York Yankees salvage a 5-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday. Jazz Chisholm Jr., had a three-run homer in the first inning and Cody Be...
Jul 22, 2025

45-year-old Venus Williams becomes the oldest woman since Martina Navratilova to win a match
WASHINGTON (AP) - Venus Williams became the second-oldest woman to win a tour-level singles match in professional tennis, delivering some of her familiar big serves and groundstrokes at age 45 while b...
Jul 22, 2025

45-year-old Venus Williams becomes the oldest woman since Martina Navratilova to win a match
WASHINGTON (AP) - Venus Williams became the second-oldest woman to win a tour-level singles match in professional tennis, delivering some of her familiar big serves and groundstrokes at age 45 while b...
Jul 22, 2025

Vigil held in New York state for nine-year-old Montreal girl found in pond
TICONDEROGA - Residents of an upstate New York town have held a candlelight vigil for a nine-year-old Montreal girl whose body was found in their community over the weekend. Scores of people in Ticond...
Jul 22, 2025

Kraken sign forward Kaapo Kakko to three-year contract
SEATTLE (AP) - Forward Kaapo Kakko signed a three-year contract with the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday with an average annual value of $4.525 million. The Kraken acquired the 24-year-old Kakko from the Ne...
Jul 22, 2025

Poundmaker crowned 2025 Battle of Nations champions
After a decade, the Poundmaker Cree Nation men's soccer team has finally claimed the coveted Battle of Nations Cup, capturing the 2025 championship title in dramatic fashion this past weekend in Saska...
Jul 22, 2025

Teen arrested in fatal downtown Vancouver stabbing of 15-year-old boy
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say they have arrested a 17-year-old suspect in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old boy near Robson Square over the weekend. Vancouver police say in a release that the ...
Jul 22, 2025