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Freestyle ski star Kingsbury lands 94th career World Cup victory at dual moguls event
WATERVILLE VALLEY - Canadian freestyle ski star Mikal Kingsbury has won back-to-back men's World Cup events at Waterville Valley Resort. The 32-year-old from Deux-Montagnes, Que., beat Australia's Mat...
Jan 25, 2025

Carney secures two more ministerial endorsements
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney secured two more endorsements from cabinet on Saturday. Defence Minister Bill Blair backed Carney in a statement on X, while Nate Erskine-Smith hosted a...
Jan 25, 2025
Trump’s sweeping pardon of rioters highlights differences in U.S., Canadian systems
In one of his first acts upon taking office Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned or moved to dismiss the cases of some 1,500 people charged in the Capitol riots of Jan. 6, 2021.The sentences o...
Jan 25, 2025

Quebec provincial police make arrest in Montérégie homicide investigation
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police have opened a homicide investigation after a death in the Montrgie region of the province on Saturday. Police say they were called to a home in Saint-Anicet, Que., ...
Jan 25, 2025

Italian speedskater Davide Ghiotto sets world record in 10,000 metres in Calgary
CALGARY - Italian speedskater Davide Ghiotto has set a world record in the men's 10,000 metres in Calgary's Olympic Oval. Ghiotto crossed the line in 12 minutes, 25.69 seconds to better the previous r...
Jan 25, 2025

Sarah Nurse scores late winner, PWHL's Sceptres top Sirens 4-2 at Scotiabank Arena
TORONTO - Sarah Nurse checked in with a late game-winner on the power-play and Hannah Miller scored twice to lift the Toronto Sceptres to a 4-2 win against the New York Sirens on Saturday. Nurse place...
Jan 25, 2025
RCMP, Mounties union says Manitoba, Saskatchewan face severe staffing stresses
Saskatchewan's top Mountie says a countrywide RCMP internal memo asking front-line officers to come and fill shifts in her province and in Manitoba is unusual but necessary. RCMP have asked for member...
Jan 25, 2025

Canada's Lewis Irving claims men's aerials silver at World Cup event in Quebec
LAC-BEAUPORT, Que. - Canadian freestyle skier Lewis Irving reached his first World Cup podium in two years with a men's aerials silver medal on home soil Saturday. The 29-year-old from Quebec City sco...
Jan 25, 2025

Denny Morrison gives Olympic silver speedskating medal to teammate Gilmore Junio
CALGARY - Canadian speedskater Denny Morrison has given his Olympic silver medal to Gilmore Junio. Junio vacated his spot in the men's 1,000 metres in the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, so Morri...
Jan 25, 2025

B.C. climate activist facing imminent deportation without reprieve from minister
VANCOUVER - A climate activist in British Columbia says he's packing his bags and plans to report to the Vancouver airport later Saturday to face deportation back to Pakistan, believing his removal fr...
Jan 25, 2025