Author Archives:

Midfielder/forward Gabriel Bitar is the seventh player to sign with expansion Vancouver FC ahead of the 2023 Canadian Premier League season. The 24-year-old from Ottawa spent last year with now-defunc...

Quebec's minimum wage is set to rise by one dollar to $15.25 as of May 1. Labour Minister Jean Boulet announced the increase in Quebec City, saying it will benefit about 298,900 workers, including 164...

INUVIK, N.W.T. - The federal and Northwest Territories governments are together spending $14 million toward the rehabilitation of the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway. They say work on the 137-kilometre hig...

TORONTO - Nashville Predators forward Michael McCarron has been returned to available status after receiving care from the NHL and NHL Players' Association's player assistance program. McCarron entere...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A Newfoundland and Labrador non-profit says dwindling funding and overwhelming demand is forcing the closure of its food helpline, but it's not looking for more money to keep it goi...

MONTREAL - A preliminary investigation into why more than half of candidates failed Quebec's nurse licensing exam last fall has found "concerning elements" surrounding both the exam and student prepar...

For the three weeks in December that Canadian Keishana Washington led the NCAA in scoring, the congratulatory messages poured in. To the point it became overwhelming. "It was a lot of messages from fa...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens say forward Juraj Slafkovsky will be out three months with a lower-body injury. Montreal provided an injury update on several players Wednesday, a day after placing f...

CALGARY - What Rachael Karker wants to do in her first season after winning an Olympic medal is unwind and ski. The Canadian earned halfpipe bronze in her Olympic debut last year in Beijing behind cha...

OTTAWA - A federal committee overseeing government operations is launching a parliamentary inquiry into contracts awarded to consulting firm McKinsey & Company. The firm recently came into the spo...