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Captain Tyler Ardron to lead Canada's 31-man squad at Rugby World Cup in Japan
Tyler Ardron captains a Canadian side with few surprises for the Rugby World Cup kicking off later this month in Japan. Ardron, a powerful back-rower who plays his club rugby in New Zealand for t...
Sep 05, 2019

Big spender: Alberta panel says savings to be found in health, education changes
CALGARY - A panel looking into Alberta's finances says the province habitually overspends on its services and needs to get tough on schools, have university students pay more and force ...
Sep 05, 2019

Trump again attacks 'Will & Grace' actress Debra Messing
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump is again attacking Debra Messing, calling the liberal activist and "Will & Grace" star a racist and saying she should be fired from the NBC sitcom. Messing apolog...
Sep 05, 2019

Melfort Culture Days
What can you expect at Culture Days for 2019?The Ethnic Kitchen will return, Performances & Workshop with the Creeland Dancers, , Artisan Market, Cultural Displays, Food Vendors, Photo Booth and I...
Sep 05, 2019 If you have never had a chance to try this Doukabhor delicacy come out
to the Ethnic Kitchen on September 28th and see what Shisliki is all
about.

Rare, two-headed rattlesnake found in New Jersey forest
PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - It looks like something from a science fiction movie. A newborn two-headed timber rattlesnake has been found in New Jersey's Pine Barrens. Herpetological Associates of Burli...
Sep 05, 2019

China uses arbitrary detentions as 'tool' to achieve 'political goals': Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says China uses arbitrary detentions as a tool to achieve its international and domestic political goals. He brands that as a pressure tactic that is worrying no...
Sep 05, 2019

Fajardo, Roughriders talking ‘a little bit’ about contract extension
Cody Fajardo is running the Saskatchewan Roughriders' offence this season, and there's apparently work being done to keep him in the Green and White.The first-year starting quarterback currently has t...
Sep 05, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)

Ontario woman among Hurricane Dorian victims in the Bahamas
The family of a woman from Windsor, Ont., says she has died in the Bahamas as a result of Hurricane Dorian. A GoFundMe page has been set up to raise money to bring the body of Alishia Sabrina Lio...
Sep 05, 2019

Teen Jonathan David making waves in Belgium, looks to add to Canada goals total
TORONTO - Teenager Jonathan David has started this season as he finished the last - on target. The Ottawa-raised attacking midfielder/forward scored twice last weekend for Belgium's KAA Gent against C...
Sep 05, 2019

Quebec woman waiting for news of her parents trapped in Bahamas during hurricane
MONTREAL - An Ottawa couple and their friends remained unaccounted for on Tuesday after being trapped in a northern Bahamas home Sunday when Hurricane Dorian battered the...
Sep 05, 2019