World pairs champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps of Canada withdrew from the prestigious Grand Prix Final on Monday because Deschamps is recovering from an illness and unable to compete. Rebecca Ghilardi and Filippo Ambrosini of Italy will replace them. The select competition begins Thursday at the Patinoire Polesud in Grenoble, France with the pairs short program,…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Three people are in hospital, two with life-threatening injuries, following a serious collision late Saturday night after a police chase began when a motorist fled a traffic stop north of London, Ont. According to officials, an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer attempted to stop a man for…
It’s been over two weeks since a nationwide strike of Canada Post workers began, with no end in sight to the ongoing negotiations. And according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), about 80 per cent of small businesses in Canada normally rely on Canada Post for shipping goods, invoicing or receiving payments. So with…
Canada’s Rachel Homan defeated Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg 6-5 in the women’s final of the Grand Slam of Curling’s Kioti National on Sunday. The Ottawa skip made a game-winning inturn tap for two points in the eighth end after Hasselborg’s final stone overcurled. Homan’s top-ranked team ran the table at the Grand Slam competition and has…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada Post says it has presented a new framework that it hopes will “reignite discussions” with the union representing 55,000 striking workers. In a statement Sunday, the Crown corporation said the framework is “comprehensive” for reaching a negotiated agreement with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, whose…
Two recent fatal police shootings in Manitoba are prompting renewed calls to lengthen and modernize police education in Canada — and one expert says we should look to Nordic countries for ways to do that. Elgyn Muskego, 17, was shot and killed by RCMP on Norway House Cree Nation on Nov. 22. Two days later, Jordan…
Canadian speed skater Isabelle Weidemann finished on the World Cup podium Saturday, taking bronze in the women’s 3,000-metre event in Beijing. Weidemann posted a time of four minutes and 2.02 seconds in her fastest race of the season. The 29-year-old from Ottawa won Olympic bronze at the same venue at the 2022 Beijing Games. Saturday’s…
With Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs on all Canadian goods hanging over it, the Ford government is spending tens of millions of dollars on a new advertising campaign in the United States to promote Ontario’s role as a key trading partner. A new commercial targeting Americans is set to launch Monday across the U.S., with…
There is no grocery store, post office or doctor’s office in remote Fitzgerald, Alta. The northern community is more than 700 kilometres northeast of Edmonton on the Slave River, near Wood Buffalo National Park. The only year-round road out of Fitzgerald links it to the Northwest Territories. The closest town with services and health care is…
Canada and Iceland played to a scoreless draw in a women’s international soccer friendly Friday. The sixth-ranked Canadian women now turn their attention to No. 19 South Korea on Tuesday, also at the Pinatar Arena. Neither side produced much offence Friday in a game short on entertainment value. The few shots that were on target…
