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Pogacar wins the Giro d'Italia by a big margin and will now aim for a 3rd Tour de France title
ROME (AP) - Tadej Pogacar won the Giro d'Italia on Sunday with the race's biggest margin of victory in nearly six decades - earning a third Grand Tour trophy to go with his two Tour de France titles. ...
May 26, 2024

About one Quebec child per day taken to ER for drowning, near-drowning: research
MONTREAL - New research has found an average of one child a day goes to the emergency room for a drowning or near-drowning in Quebec during the summer months. The study will be officially published la...
May 26, 2024

Trudeau will mark 80th anniversary of D-day at Juno Beach ceremony in France
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to France next month for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Trudeau will spend two days in France to attend D-day events including a Canadian ceremony at...
May 26, 2024

Sweden rallies late to defeat Canada, take bronze at hockey worlds
PRAGUE - Canada will be leaving the world hockey championship empty-handed. Sweden scored three unanswered goals in the third period to earn a 4-2 comeback win over Canada and claim bronze on Sunday. ...
May 26, 2024

Southampton back in the Premier League after winning playoff final, the richest game in world soccer
LONDON (AP) - Southampton secured an immediate return to the Premier League on Sunday by beating Leeds 1-0 at Wembley Stadium in the Championship playoff final, the richest one-off match in world socc...
May 26, 2024

At least 9 dead in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after severe weather roars across region
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Powerful storms killed at least nine people and left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop wh...
May 26, 2024

12 people injured after Qatar Airways plane hits turbulence on flight to Dublin
LONDON (AP) - Twelve people were injured when a Qatar Airways plane flying from Doha to Dublin on Sunday hit turbulence, airport authorities said. Eight of the injured were hospitalized. Dublin Airpor...
May 26, 2024

Experts seeing 'more and more' hate content created by artificial intelligence
OTTAWA - The clip is of a real historical event - a speech given by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in 1939 at the beginning of the Second World War. But there is one major difference. This viral video was...
May 26, 2024

As Canada warms, infectious disease risks spread north
It was 15 years ago that Ontario student Justin Wood started feeling sick. A keen soccer player, snowboarder and mountain biker, Wood said he didn't know the cause but he had to "back off from playing...
May 26, 2024

Who is Buffalo Woman? Serial killer trial hears of police efforts to identify victim
WINNIPEG - In mid-March 2022, a young Indigenous woman stood outside Winnipeg's Salvation Army and spoke with a man who invited her back to his home. Wearing a reversible Baby Phat branded jacket and ...
May 26, 2024