Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Homan beats Black to sweep women's curling final, secures Olympic spot
HALIFAX - After a close call in the opener of the best-of-three final a day earlier, coach Heather Nedohin could sense that Rachel Homan was ready to clinch an Olympic berth Saturday. "It was in her e...
Nov 29, 2025
Canadian watched childhood home burn as Hong Kong blaze killed more than 100 people
Toronto resident Paul Chow was devastated when the apartment where he grew up made international news after a raging inferno tore through seven highrise towers in Hong Kong, leaving more than 100 dead...
Nov 29, 2025
Emergency alert notifications ring out in arena before Homan throw in curling final
HALIFAX - Rachel Homan played through an unexpected distraction in the women's final at the Montana's Canadian Curling Trials on Saturday afternoon. Emergency alert notifications rang on spectators' m...
Nov 29, 2025
No backup plan for Olympic ice hockey arena, construction goes down to the wire
MILAN (AP) - There is no backup stadium if the main ice hockey arena for the Milan Cortina Winter Games is not ready on time. Construction on the arena that is set to welcome NHL players back to the O...
Nov 29, 2025
Unions, community groups rally in Montreal against Quebec government policies
MONTREAL - Quebec's major labour unions marched in downtown Montreal Saturday, their members expressing anger over the Quebec government's legislative agenda which includes a number of measures aimed ...
Nov 29, 2025
Tom Stoppard, sparkling playwright who won an Oscar for 'Shakespeare In Love,' dies at 88
LONDON (AP) - British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998's "Shakespeare In Love," has died. He was 88. In a statement Saturday, ...
Nov 29, 2025
Piastri wins sprint race at Qatar GP to close gap on F1 leader Norris
LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) - Oscar Piastri won the Qatar Grand Prix sprint race from pole position Saturday to move 22 points behind McLaren teammate Lando Norris heading into Sunday's main Formula One race. ...
Nov 29, 2025
Love wins monobob World Cup gold for U.S., Canada's Lotholz fifth
IGLS, Austria (AP) - Reigning world champion Kaysha Love of the U.S. claimed the fourth women's monobob World Cup win of her bobsled career Saturday, rallying in the second run of the two-heat race fo...
Nov 29, 2025
Canadian women miss out on Dubai rugby sevens semifinals after costly loss to Japan
DUBAI - Japan rallied with two late tries to defeat Canada 21-19 on Saturday and move into the semifinals of the Emirates Dubai 7s, the opening event of the HSBC SVNS series, at the expense of the Can...
Nov 29, 2025
Canadian defender Nikola Markovic making his mark with North Carolina State
Canadian Nikola Markovic is hard to miss at the heart of the North Carolina State backline. At six foot four and 205 pounds, the ACC Defensive Player of the Year cuts a commanding figure. The 21-year-...
Nov 29, 2025