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Canada's Fernandez, Indonesia's Sutjiadi advance to Wuhan Open women's doubles semis
WUHAN - Canada's Leylah Fernandez and Indonesia's Aldila Sutjiadi advanced to the women's doubles semifinals at the Wuhan Open tennis tournament on Friday. The duo defeated the second-seeded team of A...
Oct 11, 2024
Longueuil woman charged after 10-year-old boy scalded with boiling water
MONTREAL - A woman from Montreal's South Shore has been charged with aggravated assault after allegedly splashing a 10-year-old boy with boiling water. Longueuil, Que., police this morning arrested St...
Oct 11, 2024
UN mission in Lebanon says 2 peacekeepers injured after its base was hit by new explosions
BEIRUT (AP) - The U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon says new explosions hit its headquarters on Friday morning, injuring two peacekeepers, a day after Israeli forces struck the same position...
Oct 11, 2024
Montreal's Taiga Motors sells to British electric boat entrepreneur Stuart Wilkinson
Taiga Motors Corp. says the Superior Court of Qubec has approved its sale to a British electric boat entrepreneur. The Montreal-based maker of snowmobiles and watercraft says it will be purchased by S...
Oct 11, 2024
North Korea accuses South Korea of flying drones to its capital and threatens to attack next time
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea has accused rival South Korea of flying drones to its capital to drop anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets and threatened to respond with force if such flights o...
Oct 11, 2024
Trudeau repeats call for Lebanon ceasefire after third Canadian killed in conflict
OTTAWA - The prime minister offered condolences today to the family of a Canadian who was killed in the ongoing fighting in Lebanon. Justin Trudeau reiterated Canada's call for a ceasefire in Lebanon ...
Oct 11, 2024
Struggling Whitecaps take on heavyweight LAFC with playoff positioning on the line
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps need a win - badly. Points have been tough to come by for the 'Caps in recent weeks and, with just two games left in their regular-season schedule, Vancouver is in ...
Oct 11, 2024
Prime Monday Night Hockey job a homecoming for Canadian broadcaster Adnan Virk
Broadcaster Adnan Virk's passion for sports blossomed as a youngster when he lived above a convenience store his family owned in the small Kingston-area town of Morven, Ont. He made a habit of watchin...
Oct 11, 2024
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese organization of atomic bombing survivors Nihon Hidankyo
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons. Jrgen Watne...
Oct 11, 2024
MLSE shows off Scotiabank Arena upgrades, including tunnel club, with more to come
TORONTO - Fans at Scotiabank Arena for concerts or Toronto Maple Leafs and Raptors games will notice bigger, brighter walkways and more technology these days. But the venue remains a work in progress....
Oct 11, 2024
