Author Archives:
Canadians honour country's war dead at sombre Remembrance Day ceremonies
OTTAWA, ON - Canadians are paying respects to the country's war dead at sombre Remembrance Day ceremonies across the country.Thousands of people wearing poppies stood in silence as cannons boomed and ...
Nov 11, 2022
Rose, Bombers set to make third straight West Division final appearance
He's a native Californian, but Winston Rose has warmed up to the idea of playing football in Canada in November. Rose and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are in their third straight West Division final. The...
Nov 11, 2022
Canadian Elite Basketball League folds its franchise in Newfoundland
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Canadian Elite Basketball League is suspending operations of its franchise in St. John's, N.L. after just one season, the league announced on Friday. CEBL commissioner Mike Morr...
Nov 11, 2022
Colorado voters decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms
DENVER (AP) - Colorado voters have passed a ballot initiative to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms for people 21 and older and to create state-regulated "healing centers" where patients can experien...
Nov 11, 2022
Canada ousted by Switzerland at Billie Jean King Cup
GLASGOW, United Kingdom - Canada was eliminated from the Billie Jean King Cup after dropping two singles matches to Switzerland in the women's international tennis competition on Friday. Bianca Andree...
Nov 11, 2022
Students and staff inside Quebec junior college ordered by police to shelter in place
SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. - A junior college south of Montreal is under lockdown as local police carry out an operation. Cgep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is ordering students and staff to barricade ...
Nov 11, 2022
Lenarduzzi came close in '86. Who will end Canada's World Cup drought in Qatar?
Thirty-six years later, Bob Lenarduzzi still laments the scoring chance he missed at the World Cup. In 1986, the bookmakers laid long odds on Canada getting a goal in Mexico. And they were proved righ...
Nov 11, 2022
Poetry project of Remembrance at South Hill Mall
Grade Nine students from Carlton Comprehensive School have a display at the South Hill Mall that combines some word skills with an important message for Canadians. Mackenzie Reeder, age 14, said she e...
Nov 11, 2022
Radio Waves: Back to normal for most NHL/NBA radio broadcasters — but not everyone
TORONTO - Just like the teams they follow, radio broadcast crews around the NHL and NBA are essentially back to normal after a couple years of pandemic-related challenges. A few outliers remain on the...
Nov 11, 2022
Russia claims all troops gone from city in southern Ukraine
MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) - The Russian Defense Ministry says it has finished pulling out its troops from the western bank of the Dnieper River in Ukraine's southern Kherson region. In a statement carrie...
Nov 11, 2022
