Canadian freeride skier Justine Dufour-Lapointe couldn’t have asked for a better start to the 2025 FIS Freeride World Tour campaign. After missing last year’s competition due to personal reasons, the 2023 women’s ski champion made a strong return, opening the season with a first-place finish in Baqueira Beret, Spain last month. Last week, the Montreal…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A woman from Ontario is $20 million richer after winning the Lotto Max jackpot from Dec. 20, 2024, draw. Anna Pelka, who works in the health-care industry, said she has been playing the lottery for the past seven years, often purchasing different OLG tickets. She never expected…
Canadian doctors are leading a group of international medical experts who believe that Britain’s most prolific child killer of modern times may have been wrongly convicted. Lucy Letby, the former neonatal nurse, was found guilty in two trials, in 2023 and 2024, of murdering seven premature infants and attempting to murder seven others. The deaths…
There would be plenty of reason for the Canadian luge team to be feeling the heat right now. The world championships begin Thursday at home in Whistler, B.C., — a day that just so happens to also mark one year out from the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Yet the prevailing sense around the young squad…
For Saskatchewan artist Shawn Cuthand, uplifting Indigenous voices is a calling. Cuthand is a nehiyaw (Cree) and Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) writer, comedian, producer, actor and director. This week he begins his time as the University of Saskatchewan’s Indigenous storyteller-in-residence. “I would just like to encourage students that if they want to get into the entertainment business…
You might have whiplash if you’ve been following the trade war this week. After weeks of threats, U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he was officially slapping a 25 per cent tariff on virtually all Canadian goods and a 10 per cent tariff on Canadian energy. In retaliation, Canada said it would start by applying a 25 per cent…
Olympic sprinting champion Noah Lyles knows who he wants to race next: Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill. The 100-metre gold medallist at the Paris Games last summer celebrated his victory in the 60 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston on Sunday by pulling the bib off his back and showing the message…
UPDATE AS OF FEB. 3, 2025 AT 4:59 P.M. EASTERN: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the U.S. tariffs on Canada will be “paused” for 30 days. Read more about the announcement here. U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have fuelled a surge in people vowing online to “Buy Canadian.” And while experts say there are ways…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump will hold off on levying tariffs on Canada for at least 30 days. This is a breaking news story. Below is an earlier version. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump early Monday morning about the forthcoming trade war that has…
Fans at Scotiabank Arena loudly booed during the American national anthem before the Toronto Raptors hosted the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday. They then switched to loud cheers when “O Canada” began. Fans of the NBA’s lone Canadian franchise booed the anthem after similar reactions broke out Saturday night at NHL games in Ottawa and Calgary,…
