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Province invests $17.1 million to increase community safety
Saskatchewan announced a $17.1 million investment in a multi-ministry approach to create safe neighbourhoods with police force expansion, new officer training, and additional enforcement tools focused...
Sep 5, 2024
Leafs sign defenceman Marshall Rifai to two-year contract extension
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Marshall Rifai to a two-year contract extension, the club announced Thursday. The deal begins in 2025-26 and carries an average annual value of...
Sep 5, 2024
Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos wins Paralympic gold medal
PARIS - Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos has won a Paralympic Games gold medal. The 44-year-old from Dorval, Que., won the men's T53 800 metres. Lakatos collected his second medal in Paris afte...
Sep 5, 2024
Canadian Medical Association to apologize for Indigenous harm
VICTORIA - The Canadian Medical Association says it will formally apologize for the role doctors played in harming members of Canada's Indigenous communities. The group representing the country's phys...
Sep 5, 2024
US charges former Trump 2016 campaign adviser Dimitri Simes over work for sanctioned Russian TV
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government has charged a Russian-born U.S. citizen and former adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign with working for a sanctioned Russian state television net...
Sep 5, 2024
Court hearing legal arguments in sex assault case of five hockey players
LONDON, Ont. - A London, Ont., court is hearing legal arguments in the sexual assault case of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team. Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Fo...
Sep 5, 2024
B.C. residents can still get COVID shots until arrival of updated vaccines: province
British Columbia says its current supply of COVID-19 vaccines will remain available until new formulations are approved, unlike other provinces that say they're following instructions from the Public ...
Sep 5, 2024
Discord users tipped off FBI last year about suspect in Georgia school shooting, report says
WINDER, Ga. (AP) - Users of the social media site Discord tipped off the FBI last year about the teenager charged with opening fire at a Georgia high school, a sheriff's report said. A sheriff's inves...
Sep 5, 2024
Alex Morgan retires from professional soccer and is expecting her second child
Two-time Women's World Cup champion Alex Morgan announced she is pregnant with her second child and is retiring from professional soccer. Over the course of a 15-year career with the United States, Mo...
Sep 5, 2024
Canadian swimmer Aurelie Rivard strikes gold at Paralympics, Routliffe earns bronze
PARIS - Canada's Aurelie Rivard has struck gold at the Paralympic Games. The 28-year-old from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., won the women's S10 400-metre freestyle with a time of four minutes 29.20 sec...
Sep 5, 2024
