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Blondin makes two trips to the podium as Canada earns three medals at Four Continents
HACHINOHE - Ivanie Blondin helped Canada to a team sprint gold medal before picking up an individual bronze Friday as the season-opening ISU Four Continents speedskating championships got underway. Ot...
Nov 15, 2024
A French student who was arrested and detained in Tunisia returns to Paris
PARIS (AP) - A French doctoral student detained in Tunisia returned to Paris on Friday after weeks of top-level diplomatic discussions. Victor Dupont, a 27-year-old pursuing a Ph.D. at Aix-Marseille U...
Nov 15, 2024
Germany's Scholz discusses Ukraine with Russia's Putin in first such call in 2 years
BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned the war in Ukraine in a phone call Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the German government said, in the first such conversation in two...
Nov 15, 2024
McIlroy one off the lead at World Tour Championship and in good shape to clinch Race to Dubai title
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The path is clear for Rory McIlroy to clinch the year-long Race to Dubai title and be crowned the European tour's best player for a sixth time. He's well in contenti...
Nov 15, 2024
Regina welcomes Laval, Laurier visits Bishop's in U Sports football semifinals
The underdog role suits Regina Rams head coach Mark McConkey just fine. His team has thrived against favoured competition in the U Sports football playoffs. Now armed with a Canada West title, the Ram...
Nov 15, 2024
Defending Champions: Canada looks to win again at Billie Jean King Cup
Longtime Canadian women's tennis captain Heidi El Tabakh could sense that Leylah Fernandez was going to be a special player from a young age. She remembers slotting her in for a debut Fed Cup appearan...
Nov 15, 2024
Fire breaks out at a Spanish nursing home, killing at least 10 people
MADRID (AP) - At least 10 people died in a blaze at a nursing home in Zaragoza, Spain, before firefighters managed to extinguish it , local authorities reported on Friday. Authorities were alerted of ...
Nov 15, 2024
Manitobans energized over CFL's Grey-Cup bound Blue Bombers, high-flying Jets
Oh, to be a Manitoba sports fan these days, with the Blue Bombers back yet again in the CFL Grey Cup -- and now the NHL's high-flying Jets are stomping all comers and breaking records. Just ask Chuck ...
Nov 15, 2024
English soccer game did not deliver such a big bounce for N.L. after all: province
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's return on investment for sponsoring a professional English soccer team was not quite as rosy as previously claimed. In September, Liberal Immigration Min...
Nov 15, 2024
Famous Winston Churchill portrait returns to Ottawa after international art caper
OTTAWA - A stolen portrait of Winston Churchill that was swapped with a dodgy forgery during the pandemic returns to its rightful place today, after two Ottawa police detectives travelled to Rome to r...
Nov 15, 2024