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Quebec premier says North American free-trade agreement should be reopened now
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says talks should begin as soon as possible on renegotiating the North American free-trade agreement. Legault made the comments today in a special statement to t...
Feb 4, 2025
Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick to oversee US spy agencies, clears Senate committee
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to be President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence cleared a key Senate committee Tuesday despite concerns raised about her past comments sym...
Feb 4, 2025
Ottawa defends its use of Emergencies Act before Federal Court of Appeal
OTTAWA - A lawyer for the federal government says a judge mistakenly concluded it was unreasonable for the government to use the Emergencies Act in 2022 to quell protests in the national capital and a...
Feb 4, 2025
Remains of all 67 victims the deadly plane and chopper collision near Washington have been recovered
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - The remains of all 67 victims of midair collision near Reagan National Airport have been recovered, authorities said Tuesday. The chief medical examiner is still trying to positi...
Feb 4, 2025
Trump says he's given advisers instructions for Iran to be 'obliterated' if it assassinates him
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's given his advisers instructions to obliterate Iran if it assassinates him. "If they did that they would be obliterated," Trump said in a...
Feb 4, 2025
Man injured in avalanche on Vancouver Island, taken by rescue helicopter to hospital
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - A man has been seriously injured in an avalanche on Vancouver Island and required the rescue helicopter to fly him directly to hospital for treatment. Metro Vancouver-based Nor...
Feb 4, 2025
Canucks star Hughes to miss second straight game against Avalanche
VANCOUVER - Quinn Hughes is set to miss a second straight game when his Vancouver Canucks host the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday. The 25-year-old American defenceman briefly skated with his teammates ...
Feb 4, 2025
Influential midfielder Alessandro Hojabrpour re-signs with CPL's Forge FC
Forge FC got a boost in advance of Wednesday's CONCACAF Champions Cup game against Mexico's CF Monterrey with news that influential midfielder Alessandro Hojabrpour is back in the fold. The 25-year-ol...
Feb 4, 2025
Calgary Stampeders sign veteran American receiver Dominique Rhymes
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders signed veteran American receiver Dominique Rhymes on Tuesday. The six-foot-four, 215-pound Rhymes was released Saturday by the Ottawa Redblacks. He had 72 receptions f...
Feb 4, 2025
Canada presses on with trade diversification strategy as Trump blusters
OTTAWA - While President Donald Trump is taking up all the space on the main stage by threatening to upend bilateral trade, Canada is busy working on other free trade deals in the background. Trade Mi...
Feb 4, 2025
