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Translators prepare to aid pope in formerly forbidden languages
Pope Francis touched down in Edmonton on Sunday morning, prompting the beginning of a Canadian tour intended to ask for forgiveness for Catholic-run residential schools.The Pope will be aided by a tea...
Jul 25, 2022
Hockey Canada releases plan to combat 'toxic' culture ahead of parliamentary hearings
Hockey Canada has released a plan to combat the "toxic" culture in its sport a day before the start of a second round of parliamentary hearings into the organization's handling of sexual assault compl...
Jul 25, 2022
PHF expansion Montreal signs first seven players for upcoming season
MONTREAL - The Premier Hockey Federation's newest expansion team in Montreal has signed its first seven players for the upcoming 2022-23 season. Montreal signed forwards Ann-Sophie Bettez, Kim Deschen...
Jul 25, 2022
Pope set for historic apology for school abuses in Canada
MASKWACIS, Alberta (AP) - Pope Francis has arrived at the site of a former Indigenous residential school to deliver a long-awaited apology for the Catholic Church's role in Canada's policy of forcibly...
Jul 25, 2022
Tamara Lich once again argues for freedom from jail at bail-review hearing
OTTAWA - "Freedom Convoy" organizer Tamara Lich is once again arguing to be released from jail after a justice of the peace denied her bail earlier this month. Lich was ordered to remain in jail to aw...
Jul 25, 2022
Habs forward Paul Byron helps save pilot after weekend floatplane crash in Quebec
Montreal Canadiens forward Paul Byron helped rescue a pilot of a floatplane that crashed Saturday in a lake in Quebec's Laurentians region, northwest of Montreal. The crash and the rescue occurred Sat...
Jul 25, 2022
Depth-tested Riders can’t find way to hold off Argos in fourth quarter
A Saskatchewan Roughriders team that reached deep onto its depth chart couldn't hold off the Toronto Argonauts, losing 31-21 at Mosaic Stadium on Sunday."I don't think it's frustrating, I think it's a...
Jul 25, 2022
Day 2 of Pope visit to include stops at a former residential school, Edmonton church
Pope Francis is expected to speak publicly for the first time during his Canadian visit at a meeting Monday morning with First Nations, Inuit and Mtis peoples in a community south of Edmonton. The day...
Jul 25, 2022
With ERs on the brink, doctors explain what patients should consider before they go
TORONTO - A health-care staffing crisis and another wave of COVID-19 are pushing emergency departments across Canada to the brink, with wait times hitting new highs and several hospitals recently bein...
Jul 25, 2022
UK to host 2023 Eurovision after Ukraine ruled too risky
LONDON (AP) - Next year's Eurovision Song Contest will be staged in Britain, organizers announced Monday, after concluding it is too risky to hold the much-beloved pop extravaganza in the designated h...
Jul 25, 2022