WINNIPEG — Austin Ricci scored the game’s only goal and Jonathan Sirois earned another clean sheet as Valour FC regained top spot in the Canadian Premier League standings with a 1-0 victory over defending champions Forge FC.Ricci scored in the 56...

LONDON (AP) — Three Black players who missed penalty kicks for England in the decisive European Championship shootout against Italy on Sunday night were subjected to racist abuse online, prompting the English Football Association to issue a stateme...

A 45-year-old homeless man is in hospital in Nanaimo with potentially life-threatening injuries after being run over and pepper sprayed in an attack police believe was targeted. Nanaimo RCMP have spoken to several people who witnessed part of the...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The head of Haiti's national police announced Sunday that officers arrested a Haitian man accused of flying into the country on a private jet and working with the masterminds and alleged assassins behind the killing of ...

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico — Swashbuckling billionaire Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday, bringing astro-tourism a step closer to reality and beating out his exceedingly richer rival Jeff Bezos. ...

LONDON — Italian soccer’s redemption story is complete. England’s painful half-century wait for a major title goes on. And it just had to be because of a penalty shootout. Italy won the European Championship for the second time by beating...

LYTTON, Calif. — RCMP have set up three security checkpoints around Lytton, B.C., and they say there will be an update soon on the investigation into the cause of the fast-moving wildfire that destroyed most of the village.Supt. Ray Carfantan said ...

Health Canada has issued a recall that could harsh some Canadians' cannabis buzz.The agency is pulling three batches of pre-rolled joints that may be contaminated with yeast, mould and bacteria.The recall applies to two types of Atlas Growers Ltd.'s ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Salon owner Pio Imperati took a chance and hired hairstylist Kathy Moura right out of technical high school 15 years ago. It has worked out so well that Imperati sold her his venerable New Haven, Connecticut, business for $1...

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Novak Djokovic tied Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal by claiming his 20th Grand Slam title Sunday, coming back to beat Matteo Berrettini 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in the Wimbledon final.The No. 1 -ranked Djokovic earned a third...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):12:20 p.m.Nova Scotia is reporting four new cases of COVID-19 and seven new recoveries today.Officials say the new cases have all been identified in the central area of the provin...

OTTAWA — Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra ordered Canada's two major railroad operators to step up their fire prevention efforts as of Sunday as wildfires continue to scorch British Columbia.The Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railwa...

SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say they are making progress in the painstaking search for victims of the deadly building collapse in Florida last month. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Sunday that 90 deaths have now been confir...

REGINA — People are excited but also admitting to trepidation as Saskatchewan becomes the second province to lift its remaining COVID-19 public health restrictions. As of Sunday, masks and physical distancing are not required, and there are no ...

I shook someone’s hand this week. It felt like I cheated on my wife. Really, after a year and a half of self-conscious elbow bumps and sheepish head nods, it seemed wrong. Ridden with guilt, I confessed when I got home, trying to explain that...

TIFFANY CRAWFORD Vancouver Sun Andrea and Magnus Mussfeld are determined to do whatever it takes to save their house from a massive wildfire still burning northwest of Kamloops. The tenacious pair even bought an old fire truck to help put out...

The province-wide doctor shortage is causing a medical clinic in Gordon Head to close at the end of August after half a century in operation. Patient files and the four remaining doctors at the Gordon Head Treatment Centre at 1595 Mckenzie Ave. w...

A reproduction of an art installation made with items recovered from communities where residential schools once operated has come to Nanaimo’s harbourfront library, as people across the country grapple with the discovery of unmarked graves near f...

A new Canadian company with Island roots is bridging the gap between Canadian workers and American firms in need of talent. Job Arc, founded by Bradley Gunn and twin brothers Trevor and Sean Misfeldt, who graduated from Brentwood College School o...

Drought is affecting much of B.C., including many parts of Vancouver Island, and the southern and central Interior. The B.C. government says very low spring rainfall, exacerbated by the recent extreme heat and record temperature conditions in Jun...