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Macron, Trudeau meet as French president visits Canada
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron to his home in Ottawa Wednesday for an informal private dinner. Trudeau greeted Macron outside Rideau Cottage with a hu...
Sep 25, 2024
Evacuation orders near Grand Forks, B.C., as U.S. wildfire threatens to cross border
GRAND FORKS, B.C. - Tactical evacuations are underway outside the B.C. southern Interior town of Grand Forks, as an out-of-control wildfire in Washington state surges north and threatens to cross the ...
Sep 25, 2024
Five things to know about this week's Presidents Cup
L'LE-BIZARD-SAINTE-GENEVIVE - The Presidents Cup begins on Thursday at Royal Montreal Golf Club. The best-on-best match-play tournament sees 12 American golfers take on 12 players from around the worl...
Sep 25, 2024
Homan kicks off PointsBet women's championship defence with 11-2 win over Wood
CALGARY - Rachel Homan opened defence of her women's curling title at the PointsBet Invitational with an 11-2 win over Gabby Wood. The single-knockout event pitted Canadian and world champion Homan ag...
Sep 25, 2024
Experts: International team needs fast start to end skid at Presidents Cup
L'LE-BIZARD-SAINTE-GENEVIVE, Que. - It has been 26 long years since the International team last won the Presidents Cup, but, according to a pair of golf experts, there is a road map to ending that dro...
Sep 25, 2024
Canada's Pendrith, Conners to play last matches of first round at Presidents Cup
L'LE-BIZARD-SAINTE-GENEVIVE, Que. - Unsurprisingly, the golfers on the International team have turned to hockey as a bonding experience as the Presidents Cup returns to Canada for the first time in 17...
Sep 25, 2024
Haiti-born engineer named as next senator from Quebec
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named a civil engineer who grew up in Haiti as the next senator from Quebec. Suze Youance will sit as an independent in the upper chamber. She immigrated to ...
Sep 25, 2024
Blue Jays shortstop Bichette to undergo surgery to repair fractured finger
TORONTO - Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette was scheduled to undergo surgery Wednesday to repair a right middle finger fracture. Bichette suffered the season-ending injury last week while taking...
Sep 25, 2024
Climate change made some heat waves at least 10 times more likely: Environment Canada
A new rapid analysis says climate change made August heat waves over some of Canada's most northern - and rapidly warming - regions at least 10 times more likely. Environment and Climate Change Canada...
Sep 25, 2024
Suspect is detained after an explosion at a California courthouse injures five people
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) - A man set off an explosive device at a California courthouse on Wednesday, injuring five people and leading to the evacuation and closing of the court complex and other city...
Sep 25, 2024