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Oilers' Bouchard steps into new role, opportunity on power-play unit with Barrie gone
EDMONTON - Evan Bouchard has the chance to go from understudy to star. For the better part of two-plus seasons, the 23-year-old defenceman watched and learned as fellow defenceman Tyson Barrie ran the...
Mar 2, 2023
Blinken, Lavrov meet briefly as US-Russia tensions soar
NEW DELHI (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke briefly Thursday at a meeting of top diplomats from the Group of 20 nations in the first high-l...
Mar 2, 2023
G20 talks end in India without consensus on Ukraine war
NEW DELHI (AP) - A meeting of top diplomats of the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations ended Thursday in New Delhi without a consensus on the Ukraine war, India's foreign minister said. ...
Mar 2, 2023
Men’s sevens rugby team hopes Vancouver crowd provides boost up the standings
VANCOUVER - The Canadian men hope playing before a hometown crowd at this weekend's HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series event can help pull them back from the abyss. The men sit 14th in the overall standin...
Mar 2, 2023
In The News for March 2 : CSIS, Elections Canada to testify on foreign interference
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 2 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Mar 2, 2023
Ottawa ends shipments of rapid COVID-19 tests as millions set to expire
The federal government has stopped shipping rapid COVID-19 antigen tests to provinces as millions are set to expire within the year, and experts say the once-essential tool has lost its importance in ...
Mar 2, 2023
Asylum seekers face hurdles, discrimination as they compete for housing in Montreal
MONTREAL - Pedro Fonseca, a 43-year-old asylum seeker from Colombia, says if he doesn't start receiving social assistance from the Quebec government soon, he'll likely become homeless. He says he coul...
Mar 2, 2023
National security agencies, Elections Canada set to testify on foreign interference
OTTAWA - The head of Canada's spy agency is among the witnesses expected at a Parliamentary committee studying allegations of foreign interference in elections today. Representatives from the Canadian...
Mar 2, 2023
Canada's Shapovalov falls to Fritz, makes second-round exit at Mexican Open
ACAPULCO, Mexico - Canada's Denis Shapovalov was handed a 6-4, 6-4 second-round loss by American Taylor Fritz at the Mexican Open Wednesday. After taking a 2-1 lead in the opening set, Shapovalov drop...
Mar 1, 2023
SpaceX launches US, Russia, UAE astronauts to space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Thursday, including the first person from the Arab world going up for an extended monthslong ...
Mar 1, 2023
