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New England Free Jacks go into MLR championship game with distinctive Canada flavour
The Toronto Arrows are no more but there will still be a distinctive Canadian flavour to Sunday's Major League Rugby championship game in San Diego. The defending champion New England Free Jacks, who ...
Aug 02, 2024
Trampoline bronze extends Canada's medal streak to seven days at Paris Games
PARIS - A surprise bronze medal in women's trampoline Friday extended Canada's podium streak to seven days at the Paris Olympics. Competing on the eve of her 26th birthday, Sophiane Mthot of Varennes,...
Aug 02, 2024
Four-year-old boy drowns in residential pool southwest of Montreal
BEAUHARNOIS, Que. - A four-year-old boy drowned Thursday night in a residential pool southwest of Montreal. Emergency services were alerted at around 8:30 p.m. about a child in cardiac arrest who had ...
Aug 02, 2024
'Ontario's moment:' Minister says Canada building blueprint for nuclear energy future
WASHINGTON - Ontario is selling itself as the nuclear North Star to guide the direction of American power as the United States looks to de-carbonize amid ever-increasing demand for energy. "It really ...
Aug 02, 2024
Canada finishes space launch negotiations with the United States
OTTAWA - Canada is a step closer to the final frontier after completing negotiations with the United States on an agreement with major implications for domestic space launches. The agreement, which is...
Aug 02, 2024
CAS denies Canada's appeal of Olympic team figure skating medal allocation
LAUSANNE - The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed a Canadian appeal of the International Skating Union's decision to award the bronze medal in the team figure skating event from the 2022 Bei...
Aug 02, 2024
Masked assailants ransack Venezuela opposition leader's headquarters as post-election tensions mount
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A half-dozen masked assailants ransacked the headquarters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Friday in the latest escalation of violence against opponent...
Aug 02, 2024
Auger-Aliassime to play for bronze in Paris after lopsided semifinal loss to Alcaraz
PARIS - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime will play for bronze in the men's singles tennis competition at the Paris Olympics after a decisive 6-1, 6-1 loss to Spain's Carlos Alcaraz on Friday. Alcaraz,...
Aug 02, 2024
Canada's Sophiane Methot wins bronze in trampoline gymnastics
PARIS - Canada's Sophiane Methot has won the bronze medal in women's trampoline gymnastics at the Paris Olympics. The 26-year-old from Varennes, Que., earned a score of 55.650 in the single-exercise f...
Aug 02, 2024
Missing 35-year-old man in Grande Prairie
Update on August 15, 2024 - Cody Raymond Harmsen has been located safe. Grande Prairie RCMP would like to thank the media and the public for their assistance.-------------------------------Grande Prai...
Aug 02, 2024