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Calgary Wild name Lydia Bedford the women's pro soccer's team's first head coach
CALGARY - The Calgary Wild women's pro soccer team has named Lydia Bedford the team's first head coach. The Wild are part of the six-team Northern Super League starting its inaugural season in April. ...
Jan 3, 2025
Republican Mike Johnson reelected House speaker vote after dramatic floor vote
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Mike Johnson won reelection to the House speakership on a first ballot Friday, pushing past GOP hard-right holdouts and buoyed with a nod of support from President-elect D...
Jan 3, 2025
Person killed after being struck by train in Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Mounties in Chilliwack, B.C., say a person was struck and killed by a train near an overpass in the city early this morning. They say officers responded to a report of a pedestrian ...
Jan 3, 2025
Museum of whale skeletons, painstakingly rebuilt over years, consumed by B.C. fire
It takes years to rebuild a whale. Just ask Jim Borrowman, co-founder of the Whale Interpretive Centre museum that housed numerous whale skeletons on the boardwalk of Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Islan...
Jan 3, 2025
Museum of whale skeletons, painstakingly rebuilt over years, consumed by B.C. fire
It takes years to rebuild a whale. Just ask Jim Borrowman, co-founder of the Whale Interpretive Centre museum that housed numerous whale skeletons on the boardwalk of Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Islan...
Jan 3, 2025
CF Montreal signs German midfielder Fabian Herbers to two-year contract
MONTREAL - CF Montreal has signed German midfielder Fabian Herbers to a contract for the next two seasons. The Major League Soccer club announced the deal Friday after Herbers spent the last six seaso...
Jan 3, 2025
Team Einarson adds Karlee Burgess to lineup after her departure from Team Carey
Team Kerri Einarson is adding three-time world junior champion Karlee Burgess to its lineup. Burgess will fill in for second Shannon Birchard, who will miss the rest of the season due to a knee injury...
Jan 3, 2025
Cable ferries in B.C. Kootenays sailing on schedule despite escalating strike threat
VICTORIA - Cable ferries serving tiny communities in British Columbia's Kootenay region are providing regular scheduled service today despite the threat of an escalating strike that could cut sailings...
Jan 3, 2025
Quebec emergency rooms reporting major overcrowding, some at more than 200% capacity
MONTREAL - Quebec is experiencing serious overcrowding in its emergency rooms after the holidays, with some major hospitals in Montreal operating at more than 200 per cent capacity. Around midday, Mon...
Jan 3, 2025
Google sends funds to journalism collective in exchange for Online News Act exemption
Google has sent the $100 million it agreed to pay Canadian news outlets in exchange for an exemption from the Online News Act to a journalism organization designed to disperse the funds. The U.S. tech...
Jan 3, 2025
