Military divers returned to Newfoundland waters to complete a job started two years ago: removing ammunition and explosives from ships sunk during World War II. During the war, in an attempt to prevent the iron ore supply from reaching Allied forces, four ships were sunk by German submarines off the coast of Bell Island in Conception Bay in Newfoundland. The […]
CBC News: Home47:45Canada in a Changing World On this week’s show: Canadians in the Tourism Industry Talk About Reopening and Recovery. A panel of MPs discuss Canadian foreign policy, including relations with Cuba, Haiti and China. And a critic and supporter of the Cuban government discuss the unrest in that country. Additionally, two election experts discuss the federal Green Party’s […]
General manager Marc Bergevin defends the controversial selection of the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL Draft on Friday. The Habs took Logan Mailloux with the No.31 pick just days after the defender posted a statement on Twitter asking teams not to pick him in this year’s draft. Mailloux’s statement followed news that he had been charged and fined in Sweden […]
Pete Alonso scored twice and rookie Tylor Megill allowed two singles in six crispy innings for his first career victory as the New York Mets opened an 11-game homestand with a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays Friday night. Alonso hit a two-run homerun against former teammate Steven Matz (8-5) in the first and added a 450-foot solo homerun […]
China’s Yang Qian won the first Tokyo Olympics gold medal in the women’s 10-meter rifle competition on Saturday and, due to COVID-19 protocols, showed up with her Olympic gear. The usual Olympic ceremony which features medalists having their prizes placed over their heads by various dignitaries has been replaced by athletes doing the honors themselves. We told you that these […]
As COVID-19 cases increase, Australia has tightened travel restrictions and returned half of its population to lockdown. For a Canadian in Australia, this means that she cannot visit her family in Canada. For an Australian family in Vancouver, this has created uncertainty as to when they will be able to return home.
The very first match of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament was canceled because a Czech player tested positive for COVID-19. Marketa Slukova tested positive earlier this week, driving her and her partner Barbora Hermannova out of the Tokyo Games. The Czechs were supposed to face a team from the host country that would have made their Olympic debut. Instead, the […]
Canada have called up Orlando City forward Tesho Akindele as a Gold Cup injury replacement. The Canadians, who face Costa Rica in the quarter-finals on Sunday at AT&T Stadium, were left short of attack when Ayo Akinola and Cyle Larin both injured themselves in a 1-0 loss to the United States on Sunday. last. Akinola, who plays for Toronto FC, […]
Click the video player above to watch live action from the CEBL game between the Fraser Valley Bandits and the Hamilton Honey Badgers. Coverage begins Friday at 7 p.m. ET. For more CEBL action, come back Saturday at 7 p.m. ET for a game between the Niagara River Lions and the Ottawa BlackJacks.
Firefighters declared the end of their search for bodies at the site of a collapsed condominium building in Florida on Friday, concluding a month of painstaking work to clear layers of dangerous debris that were once piled up on several floors. The June 24 collapse in the oceanfront condo at Champlain Towers South killed 97 people, and at least one […]
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