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Montreal judoka Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard fights to gold at Tel Aviv Grand Slam
TEL AVIV, Israel - Montreal judoka Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard fought to a gold medal in the under-63-kilogram category on Friday at the Tel Aviv Grand Slam. Beauchemin-Pinard won her third career gol...
Feb 17, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Fisheries Department to shut 15 salmon farms off B.C.'s coast
VICTORIA - Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray says the government will not renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms around British Columbia's Discovery Islands. Murray says the Discovery Isla...
Feb 17, 2023

City of Meadow Lake purchases old Northland Pioneer Lodge building
The City of Meadow Lake purchased the former Northland Pioneer Lodge long-term care home building, which was replaced by the new NorthWest Community Lodge last year. The old building on Third Street W...
Feb 17, 2023

Former MP says Canada has become 'open market' for foreign interference in elections
RICHMOND, B.C. - A former British Columbia member of Parliament says he fears Canada has become an "open market" for foreign governments to sway elections after being named in a newspaper report as th...
Feb 17, 2023

Ottawa's Mirela Rahneva finishes third on World Cup skeleton circuit
SIGULDA, Latvia - Ottawa's Mirela Rahneva locked up third place overall on the World Cup women's skeleton standings with a sixth-place finish Friday in the final event of the season. Rahneva finished ...
Feb 17, 2023

Speedskaters Johnson, Dubreuil and Gélinas-Beaulieu help Canada win team sprint gold
TOMASZW MAZOWIECKI, Poland - Canada won its first men's team sprint gold medal in five seasons on Friday to kick off the final World Cup speedskating event of the 2022-23 campaign. Anders Johnson of C...
Feb 17, 2023

Quick Quotes: Canada reacts to report that says use of Emergencies Act was justified
OTTAWA - Nearly one year after the "Freedom Convoy" demonstrators blocked traffic at Canadian border crossings and occupied the nation's capital, an independent commission released a report saying the...
Feb 17, 2023

Canada's Rob Thomson reflects on World Series appearance with Phillies
DUNEDIN, Fla. - CANADIAN CLASSIC Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson has had a few months to reflect on his team's long post-season run last fall. The Canadian took over as skipper in June when ...
Feb 17, 2023

Qatar-based bid for Man United confirmed on deadline day
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - A Qatar-based bid for Manchester United was confirmed Friday, with Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani promising to rid the iconic soccer team of debt and return it to former g...
Feb 17, 2023

Veteran lineman Shawn Lemon still on CFL's open market
Three days after the start of CFL free agency, veteran American defensive lineman Shawn Lemon remains on the open market. And that's definitely surprising given what the Calgary Stampeder did in 2022....
Feb 17, 2023