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Alstom reaches preliminary deal to buy Bombardier train unit, report says
MONTREAL - Bombardier Inc. has reached a preliminary deal to sell its train division to French rail giant Alstom SA for more than US$7 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. The news o...
Feb 16, 2020
Canadian speedskater Graeme Fish notches world record to win gold at worlds
KEARNS, Utah - Canada's Graeme Fish set a world record to win a gold medal in the men's 10,000 metres on Friday at the world single distances speed skating championships. Fish, from Moose Jaw, Sask., ...
Feb 16, 2020
Alberta skip Laura Walker's change of heart gets her to first Hearts
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Laura Walker wasn't going to curl with a team this season. She was ready to dial back to mixed doubles events while she and husband Geoff Walker - Brad Gushue's lead ...
Feb 16, 2020
Canadian snowboarder Blouin wins World Cup gold in women's slopestyle
CALGARY - Laurie Blouin couldn't wipe the smile off her face after winning slopestyle gold at Canada Olympic Park on Sunday. The 23-year-old snowboarder from Quebec City was happy that the FIS Freeski...
Feb 16, 2020
Trudeau confers with cabinet ministers as rail blockades continue
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in talks over the weekend with federal cabinet ministers as protesters opposed to a pipeline project in British Columbia continued to halt train service acro...
Feb 16, 2020
Trudeau to take pitch for UN Security Council seat to Caribbean starting Monday
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will fly to Barbados on Monday, where his effort to secure votes in the Caribbean for Canada's bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council is expe...
Feb 16, 2020
Former Blue Jays shortstop Tony Fernandez, a five-time all-star, dies at 57
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Buck Martinez remembers referring to Tony Fernandez as "the gadget man" when the two played together on the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1980s. Fernandez, Martinez recalled, ...
Feb 16, 2020
Toronto Arrows go 2-0-0 in Major League Rugby with win over Houston SaberCats
LAS VEGAS - The Toronto Arrows raced into an early 17-0 lead and then held on for a nail-biting 27-22 win over the Houston SaberCats in Major League Rugby play Sunday. Toronto was down two men in...
Feb 16, 2020
Protests supporting Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs against pipeline held on Albert Street
Traffic was blocked for about an hour at several spots along Albert Street on Saturday night, as a protest was held in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs in British Columbia who oppose the...
Feb 16, 2020 Protesters stage a demonstration on the Albert Street bridge in Regina on Feb. 15. Those in attendance were rallying in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs who oppose the construction of a natural gas pipeline in their territory.
A list of major civil disobedience events in recent Canadian history
VANCOUVER - Protesters around the country have blocked rail lines and used other forms of civil disobedience to show support for the hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation and th...
Feb 16, 2020
