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New Brunswick Crown will not appeal acquittal in Oland murder trial
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Public Prosecution Services announced Tuesday they will not appeal last month's acquittal of Dennis Oland on a charge of second-degree murder in ...
Aug 15, 2019

CFL teams reveal 10 players who are on their exclusive 45-man negotiation lists
TORONTO - Should Connor Cook wish to kick-start his pro football career, the CFL could be a potential landing spot for the former Michigan State quarterback. On Thursday, the Toronto Ar...
Aug 15, 2019

NorSask and Meadow Lake Tribal Council receive $3 million in funding from federal government
Meadow Lake Tribal Council Industrial Investments received $3 million in funding from the federal government Wednesday morning.The funding is for the NorSask Forest Products facility, to focus on crea...
Aug 15, 2019 Meadow Lake Tribal Council will receive $3 million in federal funding for their NorSask sawmill. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)

Trump delays tariffs on some Chinese goods until December
WASHINGTON - Responding to pressure from businesses and growing fears that a trade war is threatening the U.S. economy, the Trump administration is delaying most of the import taxes it planned to impo...
Aug 15, 2019

UEFA postpones Champions League talks as clubs, leagues row
Changes to the Champions League are unlikely to be decided this year after UEFA on Thursday called off joint talks with the heads of European clubs and leagues who have spent months arguing over a pot...
Aug 15, 2019

US Soccer, team talks break down; likely head to jury trial
Players for the World Cup champion women's national team say mediation talks with the U.S. Soccer Federation in their dispute over equal pay are over. Molly Levinson, who represents the players in mat...
Aug 15, 2019

Men twice as likely to smoke pot as women, Statistics Canada says
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says Canadian men are almost twice as likely to use pot as women. New data from the National Cannabis Survey today shows 16 per cent of Canadians over 15 years old repo...
Aug 15, 2019

Quebec introduces new safety measures at site of deadly highway crash
MONTREAL - Quebec Transport Minister Francois Bonnardel has announced four measures to improve safety and traffic flow at the site of a deadly pileup that left four people dead this month no...
Aug 15, 2019

Canada's team embracing challenging test at Little League World Series
Bruce Dorwart knew his team would be excited to get to the Little League World Series after winning the Canadian championship last weekend. The Coquitlam All-Stars head coach didn't expect h...
Aug 15, 2019

Trudeau should apologize for violation of ethics code: Philpott
OTTAWA - Former Liberal cabinet minister turned Independent MP Jane Philpott says the people of Canada still "deserve an apology" from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the SNC-Lavalin affair. In an in...
Aug 15, 2019