Conservation groups in Quebec are trying to save a rare, endangered salamander before it’s too late. But the first step is finding the reclusive amphibian. “It’s hours and hours of flipping rocks and then finally we find one. There’s always that joy,” said Laura Molina as she searched a cold creek near Saint-Ferdinand, Que., about…
Austin Smeenk has a tattoo on his arm that reads “dream, desire, do.” And at the Paris Paralympics, the Canadian wheelchair sprinter got it done — he returned with gold and bronze medals. Speaking back home at his parents’ house on Saturday in Shanty Bay, Ont., about 125 kilometres north ot Toronto, Smeenk said his accomplishments…
The Calgary Stampeders may have snapped a four-game losing streak and the Montreal Alouettes may have remained unbeaten on the road, but Saturday’s 19-19 tie was unsatisfying for both football clubs. Atop the CFL at 10-2-1 and a playoff spot already locked in, the Alouettes could feel more cheerful about a stalemate than the Stampeders…
At a construction cost of $16 billion, the Site C hydroelectric dam and reservoir on the Peace River in northeastern British Columbia is the most expensive public infrastructure project in the province’s history. Last month, B.C. Hydro started filling the dam’s 83-kilometre long reservoir. The dam is expected to start producing power by December and…
The curtain will come down on the Paris’ feel-good summer with a grand parade of French athletes on the Champs-Élysées on Saturday as the country throws one last party to celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Parade of Champions will include 182 French Olympic representatives, including 78 medallists, and 137 Paralympic participants with 50…
Mired in their first four-game losing skid in 20 years, the Calgary Stampeders are going back to Jake Maier at quarterback on Saturday after he was benched for a game. It won’t be an easy assignment. Visiting McMahon Stadium are the Eastern Conference-leading Montreal Alouettes (10-2) who own the CFL‘s best record. The Stampeders (4-8)…
Federal public servants began their mandated three days per week in the office Monday, and there were some bumps on the way back to their cubicles. In May, the federal government announced workers would return to the office three days a week — up from two — starting Sept. 9. Executives must now be in the office at least…
New York Sirens are making the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., their primary home entering the PWHL’s second season, the team announced Friday. The move to the home of the NHL New Jersey Devils was anticipated and comes after the newly named Sirens split their inaugural season playing out of three rinks across the tri-state…
A Quebec Superior Court judge has found a former West Island baseball coach guilty of sexual interference and sexual assault of a 13-year-old boy. Josée Bélanger ruled Friday that Robert Litvack violated the teen’s integrity. Litvack was accused of massaging the boy’s legs and exposed buttocks without parental consent. The 13-year-old, whose identity is protected,…
The Current23:52Bob McDonald on overcoming impostor syndrome — and saying yes WARNING: This article contains details of abuse and may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. In a new memoir, CBC host Bob McDonald reveals that he was sexually abused as a child. “I was sexually abused by…
