A family has been forced to find a new home after the house they rented in Winnipeg was completely gutted in a fire that they say was caused by an electronic bike. Catherine Beardy says she, her five young children and two of her brothers had to flee the two-storey house on Toronto Street where she…
Four-time Olympian Damian Warner says withdrawing from the Olympic men’s decathlon competition in Paris was like a “worst nightmare come true.” The 34-year-old from London, Ont., fell out of contention in the decathlon’s third-to-last event on Saturday when he failed to clear the bar on any of his three attempts in the pole vault. Warner…
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When West Hants resident Drew Kaulback wanted to pay his Nova Scotia Power bill, he did what most people do: he searched for the phone number online. A toll-free number popped up as the first result and he called it. The number was not, in fact, the utility but instead a sponsored link for an elaborate scam…
Remco Evenepoel became the first rider to sweep the Olympic men’s road race and time trial on Saturday, relentlessly attacking over three climbs of Montmartre and building such a lead on the run-in to the finish at the Pont d’Iena that the Belgian rider was able to overcome a mechanical problem in the final kilometres….
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A jury returned a verdict of not guilty late Friday for two men accused of conspiring to kill RCMP officers at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta. But Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert were both convicted on other charges of mischief and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. Olienick was…
Picturing the process of making a tasty hot shawarma is one way for people to think through what some kinds of weather alerts mean. (Rachelle Elsiufi/CBC) When Environment Canada issued severe thunderstorm watches and warnings for Ottawa last week, the city decided to slice a tasty explainer off the metaphorical spit. A breakdown on some of its…
Canadian gymnast Sophiane Méthot will be starting her 26th birthday celebration a little early in Paris while sporting an Olympic bronze medal around her neck. Confidence gained from a bronze performance last month at a World Cup in Portugal propelled Méthot to the podium at Bercy Arena on Friday after she scored 55.650 points in the final of her…
The federal government’s consultation process on tariffs for Chinese-made electric vehicles ended this week, tensions rose in the Middle-East, and Canada’s Summer McIntosh continued her dominance at Paris 2024. Here are the top stories this week. The ‘Summer of Summer’ Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh is entering the Olympic record books after winning gold on Thursday…
After tourists and residents alike were forced to flee the historic community of Barkerville in B.C.’s Interior 12 days ago, the town reopened Friday. Officials ordered the evacuation of the area on July 21 as the Antler Creek wildfire drew near. The order included Bowron Lake, the community of Wells and the historic town of…
