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Canadian bobsled, skeleton athletes repeat calls to St-Onge to improve toxic culture
More than 90 current and retired Canadian bobsled and skeleton athletes are renewing their call for action from federal Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge to help clean up what they say is a toxic climate...
Aug 12, 2022
Hundreds of lightning strikes hit B.C. as severe thunderstorms roll through
Severe thunderstorms have torn through British Columbia's Interior, delivering hundreds of lightning strikes to areas already ranked at a high to extreme risk for wildfires. The BC Wildfire Service we...
Aug 12, 2022
CF Montréal looks to solidify playoff position on the road against Houston
MONTREAL - CF Montral's playoff position is far more solid entering the final third of the Major League Soccer season than it was at this point last year. The club was on the bubble of the playoff rac...
Aug 12, 2022
Quebec's Olivier Rioux, world's tallest teen, chasing hoops dream at Canada Games
Olivier Rioux landed with a size-large exclamation point on Michael Meeks' radar when the Canada Basketball coach opened a photo in his inbox seven years ago. Rioux was attending a kids basketball cam...
Aug 12, 2022
Poll suggests most Canadians view Pope's apology as step toward reconciliation
EDMONTON, AB - A poll suggests more than half of Canadians viewed the recent visit by Pope Francis and his apology for abuses at residential schools as a step toward reconciliation.The Angus Reid Inst...
Aug 12, 2022
Voting deadline looms in race to replace Jason Kenney as Alberta UCP leader, premier
EDMONTON, AB - It's deadline day to buy $10 Alberta United Conservative Party (UCP) memberships to vote for the next leader and premier. The party is accepting drop-offs until 5:00 p.m. and online mem...
Aug 12, 2022
Rory MacDonald ready for anything, anyone as PFL switches opponent at last minute
In the leadup to Saturday's Professional Fighters League semifinal against (Prince) Magomed Umalatov in Cardiff, Wales, Canadian welterweight Rory (Red King) MacDonald pointed to a priority in his tra...
Aug 12, 2022
Police reopen investigation into sexual assault allegation against Olympiques players
QUEBEC - Police in Quebec City have reopened an investigation into a 2014 allegation of sexual assault involving players from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Gatineau Olympiques. The QMJHL sai...
Aug 12, 2022
Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) - Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. An Associated P...
Aug 12, 2022
Polio detected in NYC's sewage, suggesting virus circulating
NEW YORK (AP) - The virus that causes polio has been detected in New York City's wastewater weeks after a case of polio was identified in Rockland County north of the city, health officials announced ...
Aug 12, 2022