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Mont-Tremblant World Cup skiing races cancelled due to warm weather
MONTREAL - Fans hoping to see the world's top woman skiers compete next week in Mont-Tremblant, Que., are out of luck after the PwC Tremblant World Cup was cancelled due to warm weather. The races wer...
Nov 30, 2024
Canada's Weidemann takes 3,000-metre bronze in World Cup speedskating
BEIJING - Canadian speedskater Isabelle Weidemann finished on the World Cup podium Saturday, taking bronze in the women's 3,000-metre event in Beijing. Weidemann posted a time of four minutes and 2.02...
Nov 30, 2024
Mont-Tremblant World Cup skiing races cancelled due to warm weather
MONTREAL - Fans hoping to see the world's top woman skiers compete next week in Mont-Tremblant, Que., are out of luck after the PwC Tremblant World Cup was cancelled due to warm weather. The races wer...
Nov 30, 2024
Canada's Mikael Kingsbury kicks off World Cup season with 91st gold medal
RUKA - Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury started the World Cup season in dominant fashion, racing to yet another moguls gold in Ruka, Finland, on Saturday. The 32-year-old Olympic and world ch...
Nov 30, 2024
Premier League trophy in Toronto as Man City visits Liverpool in high-stakes showdown
TORONTO - Manchester City's Premier League title hopes could hang in the balance Sunday when the slumping club visits league-leading Liverpool. The trophy they are both battling for is 5,450 kilometre...
Nov 30, 2024
Canadian women lose twice but advance to quarterfinals at Emirates Dubai Sevens
DUBAI - Canada's women defeated Brazil but lost to Japan and New Zealand on Day 1 of the Emirates Dubai Sevens, the opening event of World Rugby's 2025 HSBC SVNS series. Canada (1-2-0) finished third ...
Nov 30, 2024
Israeli strike in Gaza allegedly kills workers with World Central Kitchen charity
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli airstrike on a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed five people, a senior Palestinian health official said. Three of them were said to be employees of t...
Nov 30, 2024
From inside a Cameroon jail, gay youth say police exploit homophobia to seek bribes
DOUALA - Pierre wakes up every morning atop a makeshift wooden table, in an open-air courtyard at the New Bell central prison in Douala, the most populous city in Cameroon. He cleans toilets, shoes an...
Nov 30, 2024
Iceland votes for a new parliament amid disagreements on immigration, energy policy and the economy
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - Icelanders will elect a new parliament Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug...
Nov 30, 2024
Fast start paces Clippers to comfortable win over Vernon
NANAIMO - A trio of goals in the first period proved enough as the Clippers won their fifth consecutive game at Frank Crane Arena.Hosting the Vernon Vipers on Friday, Nov. 29, Clipper fans barely wait...
Nov 29, 2024