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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
Woman recovering after getting struck by vehicle
A 56-year-old woman is listed in good and stable condition, following a close call Thursday night in Prince Albert's Crescent Heights area.Around 9:30 p.m., she was struck by a black pickup near Sixth...
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
‘A leader in class’: Sask. Olympian’s roots at Waldheim School
Canada's women's rugby team claimed a historic silver medal after a loss in the final against New Zealand on Tuesday.Waldheim's Carissa Norsten is one of 12 players with Canada's rugby seven's team fo...
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
Mourners pay respects to slain Hamas leaders as worries of regional war mount
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Mourners gathered in Doha on Friday to hold funeral prayers for slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh as Iran and its regional allies vowed to retaliate against Israel. With the bodies ...
Aug 02, 2024
