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Toronto FC and CF Montreal renew their rivalry, with both teams in need of a win
TORONTO - There is never a shortage of emotion when Toronto FC and CF Montreal square off, but TFC's penalty shootout loss to its rival in Telus Canadian Championship play April 30 adds to the spice l...
May 16, 2025

Commission report recommends Canada Post phase out daily door-to-door mail delivery
The Industrial Inquiry Commission report on the labour dispute at Canada Post recommends phasing out daily door-to-door letter mail delivery for individual addresses, while daily delivery to businesse...
May 16, 2025

Several roads still closed by fires near Candle Lake, Smeaton as May long weekend starts
The first camping long weekend of the year has reached the Saskatchewan lake country, complete with fire bans and road closures. The RM of Torch River issued an update on the fire situation on Friday ...
May 16, 2025

Austria beats France and Denmark routs Hungary at ice hockey worlds
STOCKHOLM (AP) - Austria beat France 5-2 for its second win at the ice hockey world championship on Friday. Austria is fifth in Group A with five points, France remains seventh on one. Marco Kasper, V...
May 16, 2025

Stockwell Day supports Alberta vote on separation, warns it's dangerous for Tories
OTTAWA - Former Conservative member of Parliament Stockwell Day says Alberta separatism poses a threat to the federal Conservative party - which risks seeing a return to the kind of vote-splitting tha...
May 16, 2025

Hockey Canada interviews among evidence excluded from ex-junior players' jury trial
Three of the five hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room in 2018 spoke about the events of that night with an investigator hired by Hockey Canada, but thos...
May 16, 2025

Sceptres look to continue battling for Walter Cup after another early playoff exit
TORONTO - Toronto Sceptres head coach Troy Ryan says being unhappy with the result shouldn't mean being unhappy with where the team is headed. The Sceptres fell 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday to lose it...
May 16, 2025

Jury convicts ex-Tennessee House speaker and his aide in legislative mail scheme
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Tennessee House speaker and his onetime chief of staff in a scheme to win taxpayer-funded mail business from state lawmakers even af...
May 16, 2025

Hockey Canada interviews among evidence excluded from ex-junior players' jury trial
Three of the five hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room in 2018 spoke about the events of that night with an investigator hired by Hockey Canada, but thos...
May 16, 2025

Berube tweaks Leafs' forward group for Game 6; Matthews and Marner remain together
FORT LAUDERDALE - Craig Berube is going back for the future. The Maple Leafs head coach will dress forwards Calle Jarnkrok and Pontus Holmberg for Game 6 of their second-round playoff series against t...
May 16, 2025