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Natasha Wodak smashes Canadian marathon record in Berlin
Natasha Wodak believes that enjoying the process will show up in the results. The 40-year-old from North Vancouver, B.C., who grew to love training for the marathon, shattered the Canadian record in t...
Sep 25, 2022
Carleton scores 19 points, Canada beats Japan to remain undefeated at FIBA World Cup
SYDNEY, Australia - Canada's women's basketball team continues to pick up steam at the FIBA World Cup. Bridget Carleton scored 19 points while Kayla Alexander grabbed 11 rebounds, and the Canadian wom...
Sep 25, 2022
Couple proceeds with wedding amid chaos in P.E.I. from post-tropical storm Fiona
CHARLOTTETOWN - Naomi and Tyler Wheeler have lived through a pandemic, wildfires, heat waves, minor earthquakes and most recently a post-tropical storm that laid waste to huge swaths of Atlantic Canad...
Sep 25, 2022
VIDEO: Thousands raised for acquired brain injury services in Nanaimo through bungy fundraiser
NANAIMO - Everyone knew it was for a good cause, but most who stood on a ledge and took a brave bungy plunge wondered at one point, why they were there.The second annual Toss the Boss fundraiser for t...
Sep 25, 2022
Military sounding alarm over recruiting problems as Canadians steer clear
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is sounding the alarm over a severe shortage of recruits to fill thousands of vacant positions, with the shortfall so bad that senior officers are now calling it a c...
Sep 25, 2022
'We saw what happened in Ontario': Quebecers urged to vote in provincial election
MONTREAL - An incumbent premier and his party sail through an election campaign as a fragmented opposition vies to capture the attention of voters in the absence of a central rallying issue or tide-tu...
Sep 25, 2022
Kipchoge clocks 2:01:09 for world record in Berlin Marathon
BERLIN (AP) - Two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has bettered his own world record in the Berlin Marathon on Sunday. The Kenyan runner clocked 2 hours, 1 minute, 9 seconds to shave 30 seconds of...
Sep 25, 2022
Officials across Eastern Canada set to begin assessing full scope of storm damage
As post-tropical storm Fiona continued to hammer parts of Newfoundland and Labrador and eastern Quebec with powerful winds and significant storm surge early Sunday, officials across Eastern Canada pre...
Sep 25, 2022
WHL roundup: Winnipeg better late than ever against Brandon
BRANDON, Man. - Josh Medernach's second goal of the game, scored at 18:26 of the third period, allowed the Winnipeg ICE to force overtime in Western Hockey League action on Saturday night at Westoba P...
Sep 24, 2022
Favourite Oh Well captures third running of Mohawk Million
CAMPBELLVILLE, Ont. - Oh Well was the class of the Mohawk Million on Saturday night. American Tim Tetrick drove the 3/5 favourite to a solid two-and-a-half length victory at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Star...
Sep 24, 2022