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Canadian women score comfortable win over Brazil in T20 World Cup qualifying play
BUENOS AIRES - Canada rebounded from a painful one-run loss to Argentina to defeat Brazil by seven wickets Thursday at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Region Qualifier. The Canadian women impro...
Mar 13, 2025

Victoire acquire forward Willoughby from Sceptres for defender Kjellbin
TORONTO - The Montreal Victoire have acquired forward Kaitlin Willoughby from the Toronto Sceptres in exchange for defender Anna Kjellbin. It was the lone deal made Thursday before the Professional Wo...
Mar 13, 2025

Columbia University says it expelled some students who seized building last year
NEW YORK (AP) - Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring, and had temporarily revoked the diploma...
Mar 13, 2025

Walmart Canada moves to stop machete sales in wake of new Manitoba law
WINNIPEG - Walmart Canada says it will stop selling long-bladed weapons such as machetes across the country, both in-store and online. The move came after Manitoba passed a law last year to ban in-sto...
Mar 13, 2025

Democratic Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona dies from complications from cancer treatment
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Ral M. Grijalva of Arizona, who championed environmental protection during his 12 terms in Congress, died Thursday from complications from cancer treatments, his...
Mar 13, 2025

Canadian Joshua Palmer feeling very much at home after joining Buffalo Bills
ORCHARD PARK - It might not be Toronto but it definitely feels like home for Joshua Palmer. He signed a three-year, US$36-million contract - $18 million reportedly guaranteed - with the Buffalo Bills ...
Mar 13, 2025

RCMP code of conduct hearing schedule upended over 'unresolved' disclosure issues
An RCMP code of conduct hearing in Surrey, B.C., has been delayed indefinitely due to "unresolved issues" over evidence disclosure and an unspecified "situation" involving an officer who is alleged to...
Mar 13, 2025

'Caged for Critters' North East SPCA fundraiser starts Monday in Melfort
A major fundraiser for the North East SPCA gets underway on Monday. 'Caged for Critters' is a jail-n-bail style fundraiser that will see various northeast celebrities and other dignitaries put in a ca...
Mar 13, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Heath Minister Mark Holland not running in coming election
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland says he will not run again in the coming federal election. Prime minister-designate Mark Carney and his new cabinet will be sworn in Friday. More coming. The Cana...
Mar 13, 2025

Columbine victim's death from health problems related to 1999 school shooting ruled a homicide
DENVER (AP) - The death of a woman who was partially paralyzed in the Columbine High School shooting has been ruled a homicide, raising the death toll of the 1999 attack to 14. Anne Marie Hochhalter d...
Mar 13, 2025