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Canadians help New England Free Jacks retain Major League Rugby championship
SAN DIEGO - Jayson Potroz's boot accounted for 15 points Sunday as the New England Free Jacks defeated the Seattle Seawolves 20-11 to win the Major League Rugby championship for the second year in a r...
Aug 04, 2024
G7 foreign ministers say 'no country stands to gain' from rising Middle East tensions
OTTAWA - Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie and her G7 counterparts have issued a joint statement calling for a de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East. The foreign ministers of Cana...
Aug 04, 2024
Federal cabinet minister Pablo Rodriguez being sought to lead Quebec Liberal Party
MONTREAL - A spokesperson for Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez says he is fielding "a lot of requests" to join the race to lead the Quebec Liberal Party. But Rodriguez, the Quebec lieutenant for Pri...
Aug 04, 2024
Trudeau makes unscheduled stop at Vancouver's Pride events does not walk in parade
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an unscheduled stop today at Vancouver's Pride festivities but did not walk in the annual downtown parade. Trudeau walked a block in city's West End befo...
Aug 04, 2024
Trudeau makes unscheduled stop at Vancouver's Pride events does not walk in parade
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an unscheduled stop today at Vancouver's Pride festivities but did not walk in the annual downtown parade. Trudeau walked a block in city's West End befo...
Aug 04, 2024
Canada's Ethan Katzberg wins Olympic gold in hammer throw with dominating performance
PARIS - Canada's Ethan Katzberg won the gold medal in the men's hammer throw at the Paris Olympics on Sunday with a dominating performance. Katzberg, from Nanaimo, B.C., opened with an Olympic record ...
Aug 04, 2024
Trudeau, Smith express sorrow after firefighter dies in Jasper National Park
HINTON, Alta. - Comrades of a firefighter from Calgary who died while on duty in Jasper National Park stood on the sides of a roadway on Sunday morning as a procession mourning his loss rode by. Firef...
Aug 04, 2024
Nanaimo's Ethan Katzberg wins gold medal in hammer throw at Paris Olympics
PARIS, FRANCE - Nanaimo is now home to an active Olympic gold medal winner.Ethan Katzberg outthrew his opponents in the medal round of the men's hammer throw on Sunday, Aug. 4 with a distance of 84.12...
Aug 04, 2024
Canadian sprinter De Grasse fails to qualify for men's 100-metre final in Paris
PARIS - Andre De Grasse will not be coming away with a medal in the men's 100 metres. The 29-year-old sprinter from Markham, Ont., ran a time a season-best time of 9.98 seconds to finish fifth in the ...
Aug 04, 2024
Wildfire Service orders evacuation for properties in B.C.'s Princeton area
VICTORIA - Authorities issued an evacuation order Saturday night for 16 properties in a rural area south of Princeton, B.C., because of the out-of-control Calcite Creek wildfire. The properties are lo...
Aug 04, 2024