TORONTO — The Canadian Football League (CFL) Board of Governors has approved six rules adjustments for the upcoming season. Three are meant to increase player safety, while serving as deterrents for potentially…
Month: May 2025
Oilers headed to Western Conference final after beating Golden Knights 1-0 in OT
Kasperi Kapanen scored on a scramble in front of the net at 7:14 of overtime, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vegas Golden Knights 1-0 in Game 5 on Wednesday night to…
CBC eliminates bonuses for executives and staff, but will boost salaries to compensate
OTTAWA — CBC/Radio-Canada says it will stop paying its executives and employees millions of dollars in controversial “performance pay” bonuses but will compensate by increasing their salaries instead. The public broadcaster made…
Valeria Márquez, TikTok Influencer, Shot Dead During Live Stream in Mexico
A 23-year-old influencer was shot and killed on Tuesday at a beauty salon in Jalisco, Mexico, while she was livestreaming on TikTok, according to the state prosecutor’s office. The influencer, Valeria Márquez,…
Missouri lawmakers approve referendum to repeal abortion-rights amendment
Six months after Missouri voters approved an abortion-rights amendment, Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday approved a new referendum that would seek the amendment’s repeal and instead ban most abortions with exceptions for…
Ottawa Charge blank Montreal Victoire 1-0 in PWHL Playoffs
Ottawa Charge (Wikimedia Commons) The Ottawa Charge have taken the first round series lead in the 2025 Professional Women’s Hockey League playoffs. In the Walter Cup semifinals, the Charge defeated the Montreal…
Top of the Depth Chart: Winnipeg Blue Bombers
The 2025 Winnipeg Blue Bombers will have the inevitable pressure of hosting a Grey Cup looming over their shoulder all season long. It all starts in Week 2 against the BC Lions…
Erik and Lyle Menendez move closer to possible freedom as judge reduces their sentence
Erik and Lyle Menendez will have a new shot at freedom after spending 35 years behind bars for murdering their parents, a judge ruled Tuesday. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic…
Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith feels 'disrespected' after he's left out of Carney's cabinet
Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith said it’s “impossible not to feel disrespected” after he was left out of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet announcement Tuesday. “The way it played out doesn’t sit right,”…
José Mujica, Leftist President of Uruguay Known for Humility, Dies at 89
José Mujica, a former president of Uruguay, guerrilla fighter and stalwart of leftist leadership in Latin America, died on Tuesday. He was 89. President Yamandú Orsi announced the death in a statement,…