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Vancouver Whitecaps name Denmark's Jesper Sorensen as new head coach
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have hired Denmark's Jesper Sorensen as head coach ahead of the Major League Soccer season. The 51-year-old Sorensen comes to Vancouver from Brondby IF in the Danis...
Jan 14, 2025
How figure skaters Desrochers and Thrasher became one of Canada’s top young pairs
Kieran Thrasher and Jazmine Desrochers didn't grow up dreaming of figure skating glory at the Olympics. Yet today, it's something they can suddenly aim for. Thrasher remembers being a hockey-crazed 10...
Jan 14, 2025
Latest: Linebacker Jameer Thurman and Malik Carney returning to Riders
Two of the Saskatchewan Roughriders' key defenders will be back in 2025.The CFL club announced linebacker Jameer Thurman and defensive end Malik Carney have signed extensions.Thurman's deal is for two...
Jan 14, 2025
Blinken makes case for post-war reconstruction, security and governance of Gaza
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a last-minute case Tuesday for a plan for the post-war reconstruction and governance of Gaza as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appears ta...
Jan 14, 2025
Montreal Canadiens rookie Emil Heineman injured after being struck by car
SALT LAKE CITY - Montreal Canadiens forward Emil Heineman will be sidelined for three to four weeks after he was involved in a pedestrian accident Monday night. The Canadiens are in Salt Lake City, wh...
Jan 14, 2025
Judge says the New Orleans Police Department can begin the process of ending federal oversight
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Police Department can begin winding down its longstanding federal oversight, a judge ruled Tuesday in response to a request from the city and the Justice Department ...
Jan 14, 2025
Judge says the New Orleans Police Department can begin the process of ending federal oversight
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Police Department can begin winding down its longstanding federal oversight, a judge ruled Tuesday in response to a request from the city and the Justice Department ...
Jan 14, 2025
Saskatchewan offers aircraft and firefighters to help battle California fires
Saskatchewan has offered to send equipment and personnel to California to help fight the deadly fires sweeping the American state.The wildfires have so far left at least 25 people dead, and have burne...
Jan 14, 2025
Tariffs from U.S. could cost up to 500k Ontario jobs, Doug Ford says
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says provincial officials estimate that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on Canadian goods could cost up to half a million jobs. Trump has said ...
Jan 14, 2025
Pete Hegseth calls himself 'change agent' as Senate hearing opens for Trump's defense secretary pick
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators opened a potentially explosive confirmation hearing Tuesday for President-elect Donald Trump's choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, who calls himself a "change agent"...
Jan 14, 2025