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'Heartbreaking loss': B.C. agency looks into ambulance call after infant death report
BARRIRE, B.C. - British Columbia's emergency health service says it is reviewing the circumstances of the reported death of an infant last week while waiting for an ambulance in a small community in t...
Aug 29, 2022
Flag raised on Parliament Hill to honour residential school survivors
OTTAWA - The federal government raised the Survivors' Flag on Parliament Hill today as a way to honour Indigenous Peoples forced to attend residential schools. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was joined...
Aug 29, 2022
Minority owner Gary Stern stepping away from Montreal Alouettes
Once again, the CFL has an ownership issue with the Montreal Alouettes to deal with. Minority owner Gary Stern announced Monday he's stepping away from the club's day-to-day operations as well as his ...
Aug 29, 2022
Passengers stranded on cruise ship in Vancouver after tugboat workers strike
VANCOUVER - Passengers on an Alaska cruise ship are stranded aboard the vessel in Vancouver, with the cruise line blaming job action by British Columbia tugboat workers. Celebrity Cruises says the Cel...
Aug 29, 2022
Bulldogs hire former Canadian women's national team member Fortino as assistant coach
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Bulldogs have named Laura Fortino as the Ontario Hockey League's first-ever female assistant coach on Monday. Fortino, a Hamilton native and a former member of the Canadian wom...
Aug 29, 2022
Public safety minister adds new rules on prison 'dry cells' for suspected contraband
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino issued new directives today on the use of "dry cells" to keep inmates from bringing contraband into federal prisons. Prisoners who are suspected of conc...
Aug 29, 2022
Police: Tip led to arrest of man in random Detroit shootings
DETROIT (AP) - A 19-year-old man suspected in the random shootings of four people, three fatally, was captured after a tip from someone close to him, police said Monday. Chief James White also said th...
Aug 29, 2022
Federal ministers say hiring spree helping with visa, immigration delays
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government says hundreds of additional staff have been added in recent months to address long wait times and backlogs at Canadian airports as well as visa and immigration ...
Aug 29, 2022
Toronto Raptors waive guard Svi Mykhailiuk, free up roster spot
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors waived guard Svi Mykhailiuk on Monday. The move frees up a roster spot and potentially makes room for guard Jalen Harris, who was recently reinstated by the NBA and the N...
Aug 29, 2022
A look at Quebec Liberal Party Leader Dominique Anglade
Quebec's general election campaign has begun, and voters head to the polls on Oct. 3. Here's a look at Dominique Anglade, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party and the official Opposition. Born: Jan. 31,...
Aug 29, 2022