Canada seeks back-to-back world titles at the World Para Hockey Championship starting Saturday in Buffalo, N.Y. The host Canadians dented the recent dominance of the United States in the sport by beating the Americans 2-1 for the gold medal last year in Calgary. It was Canada’s first gold medal on home ice and first after…
Doctors who work in the emergency room (ER) at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) are in disbelief that the entire pediatric unit will be shutting down for at least six weeks. “We never imagined a disruption of pediatric services of this magnitude,” said Dr.Jeff Eppler, a longtime KGH ER physician. “It’s something I never could have…
A former Kelowna, B.C., RCMP officer, who admitted to sending sexually explicit messages to a victim of domestic assault, has been granted a conditional discharge and placed on probation for 12 months. Sean Eckland, who served with the national police force from 2006 to 2024, pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to obstruct justice, after…
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. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player last night, becoming just the second Canadian ever to win basketball’s most prestigious individual award and the first since Steve Nash…
First Nations communities in the Interlake, Man., region are hoping that new designs for a long-delayed flood mitigation project for Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin will address their concerns over its impact on Indigenous people in the area. “We’re old timers, we like the land the way nature made it,” Lake Manitoba First Nation…
The first sign that something was off was the sound of truck doors being slammed outside, a puzzling break to the peace inside the yurt located down a long driveway in a wooded rural outstretch not far from the quaint town of Annapolis Royal, N.S. Within moments, a ceremonial leader named Michael Adzich had been…
Jim Irsay, the Indianapolis Colts’ owner who leveraged the popularity of Peyton Manning into a new stadium and a Super Bowl title, died Wednesday at age 65. Pete Ward, Irsay’s longtime right-hand man and the teams chief operating officer, made the announcement in a statement from the team. He said Irsay died peacefully in his…
Answer: Fulfilling a childhood dream. What is: Appearing on Jeopardy! and becoming a champion. Vancouver resident Brendan Liaw has become the newest Jeopardy! champion, winning the game show on Tuesday night. “I started watching Jeopardy!, gonna be around nine or 10, and realized pretty early on that I knew quite a few answers, and that…
Prime Minister Mark Carney says it’s “totally unacceptable” that members of the Israeli army fired shots near a diplomatic delegation, which included Canadians, in the West Bank on Wednesday. The federal government confirmed Wednesday that four Canadian personnel were part of a tour in the city of Jenin when members of the Israel Defence Forces…
Mitch Marner emerged from behind a sliding door at the Maple Leafs’ practice facility. His future with the team uncertain beyond July 1 as he churns towards unrestricted free agency, Toronto’s star winger was ready to bat away any talk of what might come next. It was what Marner didn’t say that stood out. Asked…
