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Indigenous women’s groups call for funding to limit risks to safety, prosperity
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
OTTAWA — Advocates are calling for long-term, stable federal funding to safeguard Indigenous women and girls and warning the federal government’s major projects push could place them at higher risk. Hilda Anderson-Pyrz, president of the National Family and Survivors Circle, said groups like hers still don’t know if they’ll receive continued funding from Ottawa. She ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Spurs rule out Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle for their game against Trail Blazers
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle will miss the Spurs’ game Wednesday night against the Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio announced. Wembanyama suffered a left rib contusion during the first half of Monday’s 115-102 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. Castle, who had 17 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds in that game, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. woman detained by ICE for three weeks in Texas calls experience ‘traumatizing’
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
KINGSVILLE, TEXAS, UNITED STATES — The Canadian woman who spent three weeks detained by immigration officers in the United States along with her seven-year-old daughter says it was “the most stressful, traumatizing ordeal” she has ever been through. Tania Warner won’t elaborate on the details of her detainment starting March 14, but describes the treatment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mark Washington returns to B.C. Lions coaching staff
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
VANCOUVER — Mark Washington is back with the B.C. Lions. The Lions named Washington as their linebacker coach Wednesday. Washington began his CFL coaching career with B.C. in 2008, spending six seasons as defensive backs coach before being promoted to defensive coordinator in 2014. He remained in that job until becoming the Hamilton Tiger-Cats defensive ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Virginia reaches agreement with coach Tony Elliott on a contract extension through the 2030 season
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia football coach Tony Elliott, coming off a school-record 11-win season, has agreed to a contract extension through the 2030 season. The extension was announced Wednesday by athletic director Carla Williams. The Cavaliers finished 11-3 overall and 7-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2025 and No. 16 in the final ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Auger-Aliassime advances to third round at Monte-Carlo Masters with win over Cilic
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
MONACO — Canadian tennis star Félix Auger-Aliassime kicked off his clay-court season Wednesday with a 7-6 (4), 6-3 win over Croatia’s Marin Cilic in the second round of the Monte-Carlo Masters. Auger-Aliassime, seeded sixth at the event, took control of the second set with a huge break to go up 3-1 when Cilic double-faulted on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photo Gallery: The Artemis II lunar flyby
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
On Monday, Artemis II astronauts Canadian Jeremy Hansen and his three American crewmates — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch — looped the moon in a six-hour lunar flyby, going farther into space than any humans before, breaking a distance record set by Apollo 13. The four-person crew were tasked with capturing images and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘SNL’ season closes out with plenty of Olivia Rodrigo, Matt Damon, Will Ferrell and Paul McCartney
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Damon, Will Ferrell and Paul McCartney will help close out the “Saturday Night Live” season, along with a double dose of Olivia Rodrigo. Rodrigo will do double duty as host and musical guest on May 2, marking her hosting debut and third time as musical guest, ahead of her new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!James Pearce Jr. not at Falcons’ voluntary offseason workouts, coach Kevin Stefanski says
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
James Pearce Jr. did not report to the Atlanta Falcons’ voluntary offseason workouts, coach Kevin Stefanski said Wednesday. “I will tell you guys, James Pearce is not here,” Stefanski said. “We’ve been in constant communication with his representation.” Pearce was arrested near Miami on Feb. 7 after an incident involving his former girlfriend, WNBA player ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FIFA releases plans for cross-Canada World Cup celebration tour
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
VANCOUVER — Plans have been unveiled for festivities across Canada as the country prepares to co-host the FIFA World Cup this summer FIFA released the route Wednesday for Canada Celebrates, a tour that will make 38 stops in 34 cities from Halifax, N.S., to Whitehorse, Yukon, between June 1 and July 19. Vancouver and Toronto ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Masters in bloom: More than azaleas and dogwood make up golf’s most beautiful garden
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2026
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Azaleas and dogwoods are as synonymous with the Masters as Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, which is a little unfair — not to the other 55 Masters champions, but to the other 350 species of flora that make Augusta National a golf course unlike any other. The par-3 16th is famous ... Read More »
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