Jaswinder Singh Dilawari

McIntosh wins 2024 Northern Star Award as Canada’s athlete of the year after historic Paris Olympics

Swimmer Summer McIntosh has won the Northern Star Award as Canada’s athlete of the year after a dominant performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 18-year-old from Toronto won three gold medals in Paris, becoming the first Canadian athlete to accomplish that feat at an Olympic Games, summer or winter. She set Olympic records in…

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Former Blue Jays closer Romano joining Phillies on 1-year deal: reports

The Philadelphia Phillies and two-time all-star Jordan Romano are in agreement on a one-year deal worth $7.75 million US, ESPN and The Athletic reported Monday. The 31-year-old right-hander from Markham, Ont., was non-tendered by Toronto earlier this off-season. The Phillies bolster their bullpen after Jeff Hoffman and Carlos Estevez hit free agency. Romano went 1-2…

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Intimidation now ‘commonplace’ in N.S. lobster industry, says buyer whose home was shot at

Standing by a bullet hole in his dining room wall, lobster buyer Geoffrey Jobert says such attacks have become an all-too-familiar reality in Nova Scotia’s largest fishery. Overnight on Nov. 23, someone fired a single shot that passed through three rooms in his Mavillette, N.S., home, with the shell ending its journey in a rocking…

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Canada’s Kayla Alexander has her No. 40 retired by Syracuse basketball

Canadian basketball player Kayla Alexander had her No. 40 jersey retired by Syracuse University on Sunday. The two-time Olympian from Milton, Ont., became just the second women’s basketball player in Syracuse history to receive the honour when her jersey went up during halftime of the Syracuse’s game against Notre Dame. “It’s still so surreal to…

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CSIS says it will disclose ‘some information’ about foreign interference to Pierre Poilievre

Canada’s spy agency says it will disclose “some information” about foreign interference to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who has resisted getting the national security clearance he needs to review classified documents about the issue because it would muzzle him. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) told CBC News on Saturday that it’s determined “the disclosure…

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