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Philippines lifts Canadian travel ban but no return of ambassador yet
OTTAWA - The Philippines is slowly normalizing diplomatic relations with Canada now that the trash tiff of 2019 has come to a close. Philippine executive secretary Salvador Medialdea issued a memo to ...
Jun 06, 2019

Dasan Brown becomes first Canadian selected in MLB draft, going to Blue Jays
The first Canadian selected in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft was picked by the country's lone big-league team. The Toronto Blue Jays took Oakville, Ont., outfielder Dasan Brown in the third rou...
Jun 06, 2019

Three Canucks in hunt after strong opening rounds at Canadian Open
ANCASTER, Ont. - Three Canadians were within three shots of the lead toward the end of the morning wave of the opening round of the RBC Canadian Open on Thursday. Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., led ...
Jun 06, 2019

Calmer Thursday has firefighters gaining the upper hand on Savona-area wildfire
SAVONA, B.C. - The site of a grass fire that took off west of Savona late yesterday afternoon is much calmer today (June 6).B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) personnel hit the 100-hectare Sabiston Creek fi...
Jun 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling

Trudeau says carbon tax can help deal with extreme weather, Alberta fires
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal carbon tax will help deal with weather disasters such as fires in northern Alberta. Speaking in Vancouver, Trudeau said Canadi...
Jun 06, 2019

'It's hard to think about them': Emotions run free as Canadians mark D-Day
COURSEULLES-SUR-MER, France - Joseph Edwardson couldn't hold back the tears. Exactly 75 years earlier, Edwardson and thousands of other young Canadian men had come ashore on this very beach in norther...
Jun 06, 2019

Star driver Hamilton says F1 should level the playing field between teams
MONTREAL - Reigning drivers' champion Lewis Hamilton believes returning to an old-school style of racing would solve Formula One's ongoing problem with parity. The four-time world champ and current F1...
Jun 06, 2019

Ex-Islanders coach Jack Capuano lands associate coach role with Senators
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have hired former New York Islanders head coach Jack Capuano as their associate coach. Capuano has signed a three-year contract and will work under new Senators head coach...
Jun 06, 2019

Benning: Canucks looking for help on defence heading into draft, free agency
Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning has a lot of balls in the air these days. There's the upcoming NHL draft - which his team just happens to be hosting - plenty of meetings, and p...
Jun 06, 2019

Emails show chaos before Kansas player's death
WICHITA, Kan. - The assistant football coach at a Kansas community college told officials a 300-pound defensive lineman who died of heatstroke after practice was "making a stressful moan" when he arri...
Jun 06, 2019

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