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Roughriders sign defensive back Nick Marshall to one-year extension
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed defensive back Nick Marshall to a one-year contract extension. Marshall set a Roughriders' record for interceptions returned for touchdowns last seaso...
Dec 21, 2022
Public safety minister hopes to table First Nations policing legislation in new year
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he hopes to introduce legislation declaring First Nations policing an essential service in the new year. In a year-end interview with The Canadian ...
Dec 21, 2022
RCMP ask for public's help to locate missing woman in North Battleford area
UPDATE: At 6:30 Thursday morning, RCMP confirmed that Niki Scott has been located.--Battlefords RCMP are asking for help to find a woman reported missing in the area. Niki Scott, 18, was reported miss...
Dec 21, 2022
US sending $1.85 billion in military aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will provide $1.85 billion in military aid to Ukraine, rolling out funding for a Patriot missile battery as Ukrainian President V...
Dec 21, 2022
Multi-medal day for Canada in World Cup ski cross
INNICHEN, Italy - Canadians collected three medals in World Cup ski cross Wednesday led by Reece Howden's silver in the men's races. Canadian men ranked second to fourth with Howden of Cultus Lake, B....
Dec 21, 2022
Canada moves to mandate electric vehicle sales starting in 2025
OTTAWA - One-fifth of all passenger cars, SUVs and trucks sold in Canada in 2026 will need to run on electricity under new regulations Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is proposing Wednesday. By...
Dec 21, 2022
Canada's population growing faster than it has in decades: StatCan
OTTAWA - As 2022 draws to a close, Canada's population has already grown more than in any other year since Confederation. Statistics Canada says the country's population grew by 362,453 people, or 0.9...
Dec 21, 2022
Hockey Canada picking up the pieces after disastrous, scandal-filled 2022
Hugh L. Fraser didn't have the nuts-and-bolts knowledge to coach his sons' hockey teams. He did, however, want to pitch in at the frigid rinks across eastern Ontario. "By the time my older boy finishe...
Dec 21, 2022
CF Montreal trades for defender Aaron Herrera, sends money and pick to Real Salt Lake
MONTREAL - Defender Aaron Herrera was acquired by CF Montreal in trade with Real Salt Lake on Wednesday. Herrera's arrival will help fill the void left by the departure of Canadian defender Alistair J...
Dec 21, 2022
NHLers reflect how 3-on-3 OT has changed since inception: 'You can't force it'
Mark Giordano remembers a time when 3-on-3 overtime was run-and-gun. Those chaotic days are long gone. Since reducing the number of players in the extra period from four skaters a side down to three a...
Dec 21, 2022