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Charron earns silver in weightlifting, Canadian relay teams are finals-bound at track
PARIS - Maude Charron lifted Canada to a silver medal Thursday in the women's 59-kilogram weightlifting event at the Paris Olympics. The 31-year-old from Rimouski adds a second Olympic medal to her co...
Aug 08, 2024
Medicine Hat Mavericks facing elimination after Game 1 loss
The Medicine Hat Mavericks are in a must-win situation heading into Game 2 of its Western Canadian Baseball League Eastern Division semi-final series.A close 6-4 loss to the Saskatoon Berries at Athle...
Aug 08, 2024
Canada's Maude Charron wins silver in weightlifting at Paris Games
PARIS - Canada's Maude Charron won a silver medal in the women's 59-kilogram weightlifting event at the Summer Olympics on Thursday. She lifted 106kg in the snatch and 130kg in the clean and jerk for ...
Aug 08, 2024
Top court nixes Jordan Peterson's appeal of professional college's remedial orders
OTTAWA - Canada's top court has closed the door on Jordan Peterson's legal fight against an order that he enter a remedial coaching program. The author and University of Toronto professor has not had ...
Aug 08, 2024
Top court nixes Jordan Peterson's appeal of professional college's remedial orders
OTTAWA - Canada's top court has closed the door on Jordan Peterson's legal fight against an order that he enter a remedial coaching program. The author and University of Toronto professor has not had ...
Aug 08, 2024
Yunus arrives in Bangladesh from an overseas trip to take over as the country's interim leader
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladesh's next leader Muhammad Yunus arrived home Thursday from an overseas trip and will take office later in the day, as he looks to restore calm and rebuild the country ...
Aug 08, 2024
In the news today: New poll says Canadians split on soccer spy drone penalty
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canadians split on FIFA's Olympics penalty for soccer drone spying, new poll says A new poll suggests Canadian...
Aug 08, 2024
Canadians split on FIFA’s Olympics penalty for soccer drone spying, new poll says
OTTAWA - Most Canadians are not exactly outraged by the punishment meted out to the Canadian women's soccer team over its Olympic drone spying scandal, according to the results of a new poll released ...
Aug 08, 2024
Canadians split on FIFA’s Olympics penalty for soccer drone spying, new poll says
OTTAWA - Most Canadians are not exactly outraged by the punishment meted out to the Canadian women's soccer team over its Olympic drone spying scandal, according to the results of a new poll released ...
Aug 08, 2024
Utah man who killed woman put to death by lethal injection in state's first execution since 2010
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah man who killed his girlfriend's mother by cutting her throat was put to death by lethal injection early Thursday in the state's first execution since 2010. Taberon Dave Ho...
Aug 08, 2024