NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his younger brother were killed Thursday night when they were hit by a suspected drunken driver while riding bicycles in their home state of New Jersey, police said Friday. Gaudreau, 31, and brother, Matthew, 29, are Carneys Point, N.J., natives and were scheduled to be groomsmen at their sister Katie’s…
The union representing thousands of railroaders has appealed the moves that ended the rail shutdown last week — a work stoppage that halted freight and commuter traffic across the country. In filings to the Federal Court of Appeal, the Teamsters union challenged directives for binding arbitration issued to a labour board by federal Labour Minister…
North Residents posted on Facebook early Friday morning showing photos of the community’s Co-op grocery store on fire. Co-op store caught fire early Friday morning, triggering state of emergency CBC News · Posted: Aug 30, 2024 9:56 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago Whale Cove’s Co-op grocery store burned early Friday morning. The fire…
Kate O’Brien has won Canada’s first medal at the Paralympic Games in Paris with a bronze in track cycling. The 36-year-old from Calgary finished third in the women’s C4-5 500-metre time trial at the velodrome behind gold medallist Caroline Groot of the Netherlands and silver medallist Marie Patouillet of France. O’Brien won a silver medal…
The planned induction of a Russian ice hockey player, formerly of the Detroit Red Wings, into the Hockey Hall of Fame is spurring calls to cancel the honour over the athlete’s reported participation in an event endorsing his country’s invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Canadian Congress is protesting the selection of retired NHL player and…
Canada needs more clean power to meet growing demand, while aiming for net-zero emissions to fight climate change. Many Canadians want to install rooftop solar panels to help. But while that can lower their electricity bills, they can’t actually get paid for it — because many jurisdictions limit the power generation of a rooftop solar…
South American soccer body CONMEBOL suspended on Wednesday several Uruguayan internationals due to incidents at the Copa America semifinal against Colombia in July. Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez will be out for five Uruguay fixtures, while Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur was banned for four matches. Mathias Olivera, Ronald Araujo and Jose Maria Gimenez will miss three…
With fewer Canadians working from home full-time, the “era of shorter commuting times has come to an end,” according to Statistics Canada. The new data, released Monday, showed that as of May, the average commute time had reached 26.4 minutes, on par with the previously recorded high of 26.3 minutes seen in May 2016. The…
In February 2022, an inspector with the City of Vancouver arrived at a business to find a sign outside reading “mushroom dispensary, psychedelics, coca leaf, kratom, peyote, LSD, DMT.” Inside the Medicinal Mushroom Dispensary at 651 East Hastings St., the inspector saw a counter with a sign that said “Coca Leaf Café,” with more signage advertising…
Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the U.S. Open after dropping a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 decision to 18-year-old Jakub Menšík of the Czech Republic in first-round action Tuesday in New York. Menšík scored his sixth break in the final game of the match, with Auger-Aliassime committing his 36th unforced error on match point. Auger-Aliassime, seeded 19th in New…
