This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. The NCAA men’s basketball tournament soft-launched last night with the first two play-in games for the main 64-team bracket, which gets underway Thursday. The women’s play-ins start tonight before the…
The remnants of the former Viscount Bennett School are coming down, but what may take its place is leaving many residents wary in southwest Calgary. Demolition is underway at the school site along Crowchild Trail, which has been shuttered since 2018. Minto Communities purchased the property from the Calgary Board of Education in 2023. The…
The “erratic and unpredictable” threats of tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have made this year’s Saskatchewan budget difficult to project, according to Finance Minister Jim Reiter. “This budget is being presented at a time of incredible uncertainty caused by the words and actions of the president of the United States on tariffs,” Reiter said as…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed staging a series of hockey games between players from their respective countries during their lengthy call Tuesday, according to the Kremlin. Moscow said in its recap of the call that Trump supported Putin’s idea to organize games in the U.S. and Russia involving players from…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Tesla has been removed from the upcoming Vancouver International Auto Show, the executive director confirmed on Tuesday. Eric Nicholl said in a statement that the automaker was provided multiple opportunities to voluntarily withdraw. “The Vancouver Auto Show’s primary concern is the safety of attendees, exhibitors, and staff,”…
The Conservative national campaign director told media outlets Tuesday their journalists won’t be allowed to travel with leader Pierre Poilievre on his campaign plane and bus during the upcoming election, ending a decades-old tradition of reporters embedding with a prospective candidate to lead the country. There is no recent precedent for a major federal party barring…
Young women, among those in a record-breaking crowd, held up signs with messages for the Professional Women’s Hockey League. “PWHL DETROIT NEEDS A TEAM,” was printed on one side of the signs. The six-team PWHL may expand next season — in its third year — and is touring cities potentially on the list to get…
A B.C. small business is speaking out about a hit its taking to its bottom line due to tariffs placed on goods imported from the U.S. John Sanders is the owner of Origins Coffee Roasters, a wholesale coffee company established in 1999 on Granville Island that sells to cafes and the general public. It currently…
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says a government led by him would repeal both the federal consumer carbon tax and standards for pricing greenhouse gas emissions from large industrial emitters. “There will be no taxes on Canadian consumers, no taxes on Canadian industries,” Poilievre said on Monday at a news conference in L’Orignal, Ont. At the…
Renoldo Robinson wasn’t even born the last time the University of Victoria Vikes lifted the Canadian men’s university basketball championship trophy. On Sunday, Robinson helped cut down the net down after the Vikes defeated the Calgary Dinos 82-53 to win their first title in 28 years in the men’s basketball Final 8 championship game at…
