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Government extends temporary tariff relief measures for employment insurance
OTTAWA - The federal government is extending changes it made in March to the employment insurance program in response to the trade war with the U.S. The changes were meant to help businesses retain wo...
Jul 10, 2025

Shots fired at Indian star Kapil Sharma's Surrey, B.C., restaurant
Police in British Columbia are investigating after shots were fired at a restaurant linked to a prominent Indian comedian, with apparent footage of the overnight incident widely shared on social media...
Jul 10, 2025

Top two teams in CFL West look to continue hot stars when Riders host Stampeders
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders and Calgary Stampeders are off to great starts, but it's too early in the season to frame Friday's game as an epic first-place battle. Still, both teams are focus...
Jul 10, 2025

Jake Knapp shares Scottish Open lead with 64 as McIlroy shakes off rust and salvages 68
NORTH BERWICK, Scotland (AP) - Jake Knapp is loving links golf so much he'd like to extend his stay another week, and he took a step toward that Thursday with a 6-under 64 that put him in a four-way s...
Jul 10, 2025

Stephen Meehan names first roster as Canada coach for Belgian test in Edmonton
Cooper Coats will make his first start at fly half while fullback Brenden Black earns his first 15s cap when Canada hosts Belgium on Saturday in Stephen Meehan's first game as Canadian rugby coach. Ap...
Jul 10, 2025

B.C. man says son conceived in residential school abuse, both sue church
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia father and son are suing the Anglican Church of Canada, alleging the son was conceived as a result of sexual abuse by a female employee of St. Michael's Indian Residenti...
Jul 10, 2025

Chain of events led to man being killed by RCMP truck near Buffalo Narrows: SIRT report
A string of unrelated events including fog, darkness and distance from emergency services played into the death of a man alongside a northern road, and there are no grounds to believe an offence was c...
Jul 10, 2025

New report says Montreal should stop dismantling homeless encampments
MONTREAL - A new report says Montreal should stop dismantling homeless encampments until the city develops a policy to better care for the unhoused. Montreal's public consultation office says the city...
Jul 10, 2025

Tour de France: Healy wins hilly 6th stage, Van der Poel takes yellow jersey from Pogačar
VIRE NORMANDIE, France (AP) - Irish rider Ben Healy won a hilly sixth stage of the Tour de France after a long solo breakaway on Thursday and Mathieu van der Poel took back the yellow jersey from defe...
Jul 10, 2025
Topsoil moisture levels continue to decline in Sask., but some crops progressing well
Dry conditions are still causing headaches for many farmers in Saskatchewan, but crops in other regions are progressing well thanks to recent rain and warm weather.According to the weekly crop report ...
Jul 10, 2025