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Canada's Liendo wins silver, Kharun bronze in Olympic men's 100 butterfly
PARIS - Canadian swimmer Joshua Liendo has won a silver medal and Ilya Kharun the bronze in the men's 100-metre butterfly at the Olympic Games in Paris. Hungary's Kristof Malik captured gold in 49.90 ...
Aug 03, 2024
UPDATED: Canada's eventful Day 8 at Paris Olympics
Editors note: this story was updated on Aug. 3 at 2:20 p.m. to include Canada's win in the women's 200-metre individual medleySummer McIntosh is Canada's first triple gold medallist in an Olympic Game...
Aug 03, 2024
Labour union vice-president endorses Tory candidate in federal byelection in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - The Conservative candidate in an upcoming federal byelection in Winnipeg has received an endorsement from the international vice-president of a major union in his bid to unseat the NDP in t...
Aug 03, 2024
Riders look to hand Elks another loss in 2024
The Saskatchewan Roughriders know it could be more than a football game against the Edmonton Elks this week - it could turn into something that resembles a track meet.An 0-7 Elks team will look for th...
Aug 03, 2024
Herdman focused on task at hand rather than outside noise of Olympic spying scandal
TORONTO - A date with Mexico's Pachuca in Leagues Cup play offers Toronto FC a welcome albeit difficult new challenge. "Everyone's excited, to be honest," said Toronto defender Nickseon Gomis. "Becaus...
Aug 03, 2024
Jury finds protesters not guilty of conspiring to kill Mounties at Coutts blockade
A jury returned a verdict of not guilty late Friday for two men accused of conspiring to kill RCMP officers at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta.But Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert were both conv...
Aug 03, 2024
Somali police say 32 people died in an attack on a beach hotel. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility.
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Police in Somalia said Saturday that 32 people died and 63 others were wounded in an attack on a beach hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, the previous evening. Al-Qaida's East ...
Aug 03, 2024
Youth golfer from Beardy’s finishes third in National Championships
A golfer from the Beardy's & Okemasis' Cree Nation made his mark at the Notah Begay III Junior Golf Canadian Championship earlier this week. Dante Gamble finished in a two-way tie for third at the...
Aug 03, 2024
Canada's Warner out of decathlon medal contention after pole vault miss
PARIS - Damian Warner's hopes of repeating as Olympic decathlon champion are over. The 34-year-old from London, Ont., knocked the bar down on all three attempts in the pole vault to fall out of medal ...
Aug 03, 2024
Iran says a short-range projectile killed Hamas' Haniyeh, reiterates vows of retaliation
Iran's Revolutionary Guard said a short-range projectile was behind the killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh and accused the United States of supporting the attack which it blamed on Israel...
Aug 03, 2024
