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Calgary Flames remove "interim" label, name Geoff Ward head coach
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have removed the "interim" tag from Geoff Ward's job and made him the NHL club's head coach. Ward was promoted from associate coach Nov. 29. Bill Peters resigned amid...
Sep 14, 2020

Toronto FC brings in 21-year-old Liverpool fullback Tony Gallacher on loan
Toronto FC has confirmed the signing of Scottish youth international defender Tony Gallacher on loan from Liverpool for the remainder of the 2020 season. The 21-year-old from Glasgow has made 32 ...
Sep 14, 2020

Yates holds off Thomas to win Tirreno-Adriatico, Canada's Woods finishes eighth
SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO, Italy - Simon Yates held off a final-stage challenge from Geraint Thomas to win the eight-day Tirreno-Adriatico race Monday and set himself up as one of the favourites for th...
Sep 14, 2020

Biden, flush with cash, boosts ad spending in battlegrounds
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's massive campaign war chest was supposed to finance an onslaught of attacks that would destroy Joe Biden's chance of winning in November. But after months of profl...
Sep 14, 2020

Culture Days in Duck Lake
The Duck Lake - Regional Interpretive Centre is celebrating Saskatchewan Cultural Days starting Friday September 25th. In honor of 2020 marking the 150th anniversary of the Mtis Nation joining the Can...
Sep 14, 2020

U.S. wildfire smoke blankets B.C., wafts east to Alberta, affecting air quality
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says air quality advisories posted across most of British Columbia since last week should spread east across Alberta due to wildfire smoke from ...
Sep 14, 2020

Twinkle Star Project
Twinkle Star Project Inc. a nonprofit organization in the province that is hosting its annual Silent Hearts Perinatal Loss Walk event that will be taking place on October 3rd in Regina at Wascana Park...
Sep 14, 2020

Warsaw mayor mocked for pressuring DJ to change music
WARSAW, Poland - Warsaw's mayor has come under criticism after a video emerged of him demanding that DJs at a night club change their music, seeming to leverage his influence by stating "it's my city....
Sep 14, 2020

Israeli gets 3 life sentences for deadly 2015 arson attack
JERUSALEM - An Israeli court on Monday handed down three life sentences to a Jewish extremist convicted in a 2015 arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents. The Lod District Court...
Sep 14, 2020

Cabinet retreat and New Brunswick election: In The News for Sept. 14
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 14. What we are watching in Canada ... O...
Sep 14, 2020