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Future of Sport in Canada Commission to deliver first report on athlete safety gaps
OTTAWA - Canada will get its first look today at a national report examining how abuse and maltreatment are handled in sport, and where protections for athletes are falling short. The Future of Sport ...
Aug 28, 2025

Law advocates slam Ottawa for silence on Trump sanctioning Canadian ICC judge
OTTAWA - Advocates for international law say Ottawa is letting Washington chip away at the global rules-based order by remaining silent a week into American sanctions against a Canadian jurist. On Aug...
Aug 28, 2025

Two bodies were missed at B.C. death scene. Was treatment of coroners to blame?
VANCOUVER - When police attended a single-room occupancy building in East Vancouver three years ago, they found the body of "Jimmy" Van Chung Pham, a man with a criminal history who would later be des...
Aug 28, 2025

Russian attack kills 3 and injures 12 in Ukraine's capital
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A mass Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine's capital early Thursday killed at least three people and injured 12, local authorities said. Among the dead was a 14-year-old c...
Aug 27, 2025

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will attend a military parade in Beijing next week
BEIJING (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will make a rare trip abroad next week to attend a military parade in the Chinese capital, North Korean and Chinese state media said Thursday. China will...
Aug 27, 2025

Daniil Medvedev is fined $42,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct and racket abuse for US Open outburst
NEW YORK (AP) - Daniil Medvedev was fined a total of $42,500 by the U.S. Open on Wednesday - more than a third of his $110,000 tournament prize money - for his meltdown during a first-round loss after...
Aug 27, 2025

Canada Post urges union to revisit offers, says gap between parties is 'substantial'
OTTAWA - Canada Post is urging the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to revisit its offers after meeting at the bargaining table Wednesday. The Crown corporation says the union has "maintained or harde...
Aug 27, 2025
Minneapolis Catholic school shooting injured victims will survive: officials
A shooter opened fire Wednesday morning during Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school, killing two children and injuring 17 other people before killing himself, officials said.Minneapolis Police Chief ...
Aug 27, 2025

Prominent Bolivian opposition leader to be transferred from jail to house arrest
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Bolivian opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho won his release to house arrest Wednesday after two years and eight months of pretrial detention, a surprise move that empowered...
Aug 27, 2025

A shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school kills 2 children, injures 17 people
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A shooter opened fire with a rifle Wednesday through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis and struck children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing tw...
Aug 27, 2025