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Canada 15s captain Sophie de Goede set to makes World Series sevens debut
Canada 15s captain Sophie de Goede, a nominee for World Rugby's Women's 15s Player of the Year award in 2022, will make her HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series debut next week in France. The May 12-14 HSBC...
May 05, 2023

Leafs have no doubts in turning series around despite taking 0-2 deficit on the road
TORONTO - Sheldon Keefe's tone when he spoke to media on Friday was a far cry from the one he had less than 24 hours prior. The Toronto Maple Leafs head coach wore a blank expression with little to sa...
May 05, 2023

Wildfire evacuees in northern Saskatchewan head to Regina
REGINA - Molly Herman says all she could do was cry as she and her three young children fled from La Loche, Sask., early Friday morning as a nearby wildfire threatens the northern community. Standing ...
May 05, 2023

Sudan’s warring sides send envoys for talks in Saudi Arabia
ASWAN, Egypt (AP) - Sudan's two warring generals sent their envoys on Friday to Saudi Arabia for talks aimed at firming up a shaky cease-fire after three weeks of fierce fighting that has killed hundr...
May 05, 2023

The Simon Fraser Football Alumni Society tables proposal to university
BURNABY, B.C. - The Simon Fraser Football Alumni Society outlined details Friday of a proposal it sent to the school regarding the future of its football program. School president Joy Johnson announce...
May 05, 2023

Local fire threatens highway access near La Loche
With the largest wildfire in Saskatchewan burning between La Loche and the Clearwater Dene Nation now at 266 hectares (over 600 acres) but not growing, the biggest ongoing threat is the warm and dry w...
May 05, 2023

'We are here for them': Red Dress Day observed in La Ronge
Red Dress Day was observed in La Ronge on Friday with an honour walk, in remembrance of the approximately 5,000 missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. The honour walk began at 11 a.m. at the...
May 05, 2023

Senator says RCMP must release evidence of alleged Chinese police stations in Canada
MONTREAL - A Canadian senator is denouncing the stigmatization of two Montreal-area community organizations that have been accused by the RCMP of hosting secret Chinese government police stations. Ind...
May 05, 2023

Hundreds of pounds of pasta dumped near New Jersey stream
OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (AP) - Authorities in a central New Jersey town say they are no longer noodling over the mystery of how hundreds of pounds of pasta were dumped near a stream. Old Bridge Mayor Owen He...
May 05, 2023

Supreme Court blocks Richard Glossip’s execution in Oklahoma
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday blocked Oklahoma from executing death row inmate Richard Glossip after the state's attorney general agreed Glossip's life should be spared. Glossip had be...
May 05, 2023