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Canadian senior lacrosse leagues ask American pro league to relax player contracts
Canada's two senior lacrosse leagues are asking a professional league based in the United States to loosen restrictions on its player contracts. Ontario's Major Series Lacrosse and British Columbia's ...
May 5, 2022
Students at Emory University told to shelter in place
ATLANTA (AP) - Officials at Emory University are urgently telling students and staff to shelter in place amid reports of a possible armed suspect. The university said in an email Monday that police ar...
May 5, 2022
Four Blazers make final NHL Central Scouting draft rankings
KAMLOOPS - Three Kamloops Blazers are in the final National Hockey League (NHL) Central Scouting rankings for North American skaters.The list unveiled on Thursday (May 5) has center Fraser Minten at N...
May 5, 2022
Alghabra says logistical challenges delaying charter flights for Ukrainian refugees
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says Canadian airlines are standing by to help bring charter flights of Ukrainian refugees to Canada as soon as some logistical hurdles are overcome. More tha...
May 5, 2022
Toronto's Pan Am Sports Centre to host FINA Swimming World Cup in October
Toronto will host the FINA Swimming World Cup for the first time in more than 20 years. The Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre will welcome the world's top swimmer in the second of the three-stop short-cour...
May 5, 2022
Emma Stone finds relief in grim Greek silent movie
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - For Emma Stone, acting in "Bleat," a Greek silent movie with surreal and disturbing scenes of sex, death, and resurrection, was a professional challenge and a relief. Playing a y...
May 5, 2022
Canadian fighters Rory MacDonald, Julia Budd set to kick off 2021 PFL campaigns
Canadians Julia (The Jewel) Budd and Rory (Red King) MacDonald, both former Bellator champions, kick off their Professional Fighters League season Friday, the first step hopefully toward a world title...
May 5, 2022
'Colonialism and cucumbers': Governor General gets lukewarm reception in Quebec
Quebec Premier Franois Legault says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon still has some work to do on her French. The premier made the comments in Quebec City today after meeting with Simon on Wednesday during her fi...
May 5, 2022
Death toll rises to 26 in central China building collapse
BEIJING (AP) - The death toll has risen to 26 in the collapse of a building in central China. The official Xinhua News Agency says that 10 people had also been rescued as of Tuesday night. Rescuers ha...
May 5, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Neither NDP nor Liberals have answers to doctor shortage
THE BAGGAGE OF PAST DEEDS weighs heavy on the shoulders of political parties that once formed government. Kamloops MLAs Todd Stone and Peter Milobar and their fellow BC Liberals are being reminded of ...
May 5, 2022
