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Ottawa Senators sign forward Stephen Halliday to entry-level contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators signed forward Stephen Halliday to a two-year, entry-level contract Friday. The deal will start in the 2024-25 season. Halliday also signed an amateur tryout agreement for...
Mar 22, 2024

Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Canada shoots 64 to take LPGA Tour lead at Palos Verdes
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. (AP) - Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Canada matched her best score on the LPGA Tour with a 7-under 64 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Fir Hills Seri Pak Champions...
Mar 22, 2024

Kiner-Falefa hits first homer as a Jay, Toronto downs Boston 5-1
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit his first home run as a Blue Jay to key a three-run second inning and Toronto defeated the Boston Red Sox 5-1 in spring training action Friday. Kiner-Falefa hit ...
Mar 22, 2024

B.C. funds nearly 600 new affordable rental homes in the Interior, North
OKANAGAN FALLS, B.C. - The latest funding to flow through British Columbia's Community Housing Fund will add nearly 600 rental homes to communities in the Interior and northern B.C. Housing Minister R...
Mar 22, 2024

Man, woman arrested after crash in Sooke, B.C., led to 'explosive device,' police say
SOOKE, B.C. - Police on Vancouver Island say a man and a woman are in custody after a crash that led to the discovery of an "explosive device." RCMP in Sooke, B.C., say in a statement that officers re...
Mar 22, 2024

Biello names Stephen Eustaquio captain of the Canadian men's soccer team
Stephen Eustaquio will captain Canada in Saturday's Copa America qualifier against Trinidad and Tobago. The FC Porto midfielder follows in the footsteps of Atiba Hutchinson and Milan Borjan. Hutchinso...
Mar 22, 2024

PETERS: 'Tough on crime' Caputo straddles line between smart politics, partisan rage baiting
'TOUGH ON CRIME' is a winning political strategy.Whatever your place on the political spectrum, you will typically agree with some basic statements about crime: there is too much of it and those who a...
Mar 22, 2024

B.C. fugitive found in Puerto Rico returned to Canada to stand trial for murder
SURREY, B.C. - Police say a Canadian gang leader who escaped to Puerto Rico and posed as a businessman has been returned to Canada to face trial for his alleged role in a 2009 homicide in Vancouver. B...
Mar 22, 2024

B.C. fugitive found in Puerto Rico returned to Canada to stand trial for murder
SURREY, B.C. - Police say a Canadian gang leader who escaped to Puerto Rico and posed as a businessman has been returned to Canada to face trial for his alleged role in a 2009 homicide in Vancouver. B...
Mar 22, 2024

Maritime body approves new protections for shipping in Canadian Arctic
The international body that regulates shipping is approving new environmental protections for the Canadian Arctic. The International Maritime Organization says it will tighten restrictions around fuel...
Mar 22, 2024

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