What to watch: Freestyle world championships
Our CBC Sports team discuss some of the key storylines from the Canadians at the freestyle world championships. Source link
March 2025
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Edmonton statue of Oilers great Wayne Gretzky smeared with poop
Lorne Thurston and Joseph McIntyre were planning to get an up-close look at the Wayne Gretzky statue in downtown Edmonton on Friday, when they realized it had been smeared with what appeared to be — and strongly smelled like — feces. Wearing a white Oilers jersey, McIntyre was visiting from Nova Scotia and had hoped…
Mayors of border cities cry out to feds for funding, support as tariff war with U.S. takes its toll
A group of mayors from cities and towns hugging the Canada-U.S. border is calling on the Canadian federal government for help as cross-border political tensions and tariff uncertainties create hardship for their communities. The eight mayors comprising the Border Mayors Alliance sounded the alarm at a national online news conference on Friday. They say their…
Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry elected as 1st-ever female IOC president
Behind closed doors inside a resort in western Greece, International Olympic Committee members made history by electing the first female president of the world’s largest sporting organization. Kirsty Coventry will become the IOC’s 10th president after members from across the world cast their secret vote and tabbed the 41-year-old on the first ballot. Just after…
Bookstore worries tariffs could ‘completely collapse’ Canadian book industry – Halifax
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The manager of a university book store in Halifax is expressing concerns about Canada’s plan to counter-tariff more American goods on April 2nd — saying it could create a ‘disastrous’ situation for book retailers across the country. Paul MacKay, who’s worked at the King’s Co-Op Bookstore for…
Canada drops to 18th in 2025 World Happiness Report rank, among the ‘largest losers’
Canada has slipped to 18th place in the global World Happiness Report, down three spots from last year and placing it among the “largest losers” in happiness rankings over the last two decades, according to the annual report released Thursday. At its peak, in the 2015 report, Canada had placed fifth. Now, in 18th, Canada has dropped to…
Canadians are still playing key roles for March Madness contenders
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. The NCAA men’s basketball tournament soft-launched last night with the first two play-in games for the main 64-team bracket, which gets underway Thursday. The women’s play-ins start tonight before the…
Redevelopment plans at former Viscount Bennett site raises concerns for residents – Calgary
The remnants of the former Viscount Bennett School are coming down, but what may take its place is leaving many residents wary in southwest Calgary. Demolition is underway at the school site along Crowchild Trail, which has been shuttered since 2018. Minto Communities purchased the property from the Calgary Board of Education in 2023. The…
Sask. budget contains no tariff contingencies in face of ‘erratic and unpredictable’ Trump presidency
The “erratic and unpredictable” threats of tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have made this year’s Saskatchewan budget difficult to project, according to Finance Minister Jim Reiter. “This budget is being presented at a time of incredible uncertainty caused by the words and actions of the president of the United States on tariffs,” Reiter said as…
Trump, Putin discuss U.S.-Russia hockey series during call, Kremlin says
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed staging a series of hockey games between players from their respective countries during their lengthy call Tuesday, according to the Kremlin. Moscow said in its recap of the call that Trump supported Putin’s idea to organize games in the U.S. and Russia involving players from…