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Funnel clouds formed but didn’t touch down during Canada Day storms in Sask.
No tornadoes were reported to touch down during a stormy Canada Day in Saskatchewan.Environment Canada issued warnings and watches for severe thunderstorms in several areas on Monday evening, includin...
Jul 02, 2024
Alexander, Achonwa headline Canadian women's basketball team for Paris Olympics
TORONTO - Kayla Alexander, Natalie Achonwa and Kia Nurse headline the Canadian women's basketball team headed to the Paris Olympics. Achonwa is Canada's first four-time Olympian in women's basketball....
Jul 02, 2024
Marketa Vondrousova is the first defending women's Wimbledon champ out in the first round since 1994
LONDON (AP) - Marketa Vondrousova became the first defending women's champion at Wimbledon to lose in the first round the next year since it happened to Steffi Graf in 1994. Vondrousova was eliminated...
Jul 02, 2024
Marketa Vondrousova is the first defending women's Wimbledon champ out in the first round since 1994
LONDON (AP) - Marketa Vondrousova became the first defending women's champion at Wimbledon to lose in the first round the next year since it happened to Steffi Graf in 1994. Vondrousova was eliminated...
Jul 02, 2024
Andy Murray playing only doubles at his last Wimbledon after surgry
LONDON (AP) - Two-time singles champion Andy Murray will play only doubles at his last Wimbledon after recent surgery. He was due to play in the first round of singles on Tuesday but withdrew just hou...
Jul 02, 2024
Manitoba premier polling high after nine months, but experts say challenges lie ahead
WINNIPEG - Nine months after being elected, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew continues to enjoy a honeymoon with voters. His NDP government has enacted many promises the party made during last year's electi...
Jul 02, 2024
Five years after historic tobacco ruling, 'nothing has changed'
TORONTO - In the span of a few short years, Jean-Luc Duval lost two of the most important people in his life to lung cancer. His wife Monique was diagnosed on her birthday and died on July 3, 2005 - t...
Jul 02, 2024
"Full resumption of operations will take time" after reaching tentative deal: WestJet
WestJet flight disruptions are expected to continue this week, after a deal was reached over the weekend to end a strike by its mechanics. The airline said in a statement Monday morning that "full res...
Jul 02, 2024
Hungary's Viktor Orbán is in Ukraine for talks with Zelenskyy in his first visit since the war began
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbn was in Kyiv on Tuesday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It is his first visit to the country since the war began wi...
Jul 02, 2024
Ahead of election, Venezuela's Maduro says he has 'agreed' to resume negotiations with United States
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's government plans to resume negotiations with the U.S. government this week, President Nicols Maduro announced Monday, less than a month before a highly anticipate...
Jul 01, 2024