Descrease article font size Increase article font size It was a surreal night in Windsor, Ont., as Lethbridge’s Jamie VandenBerg was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2025. The 28-year-old international model and actress will represent Canada at the Miss Universe competition in Thailand this November. “When you experience things that are so surreal, it doesn’t matter…
Canadian department store Simons has opened its first location in Toronto at Yorkdale Mall. CBC’s Britnei Bilhete got a first look at the store. Source link
Venus Williams will make her return to Grand Slam tennis at the U.S. Open after a two-year absence, receiving a wild-card invitation on Wednesday to compete in singles at Flushing Meadows at age 45. The American will be the oldest entrant in singles at the tournament since Renee Richards was 47 in 1981, according to…
A couple living with disabilities is worried they are going to lose their home after receiving a letter saying their rent will be increasing by almost $1,000 a month. Amelia Cooper and her husband, Aaron Busch, have been living in co-op housing in Vancouver’s river district since 2021. At the start of July, they were…
Parks Canada is urging visitors to the West Coast Trail, a popular hiking destination, to postpone non-essential travel to the area as the Mount Underwood wildfire on Vancouver Island continues to grow close by. The wildfire, burning south of Port Alberni, B.C., is currently 21.56 square kilometres (2,156 hectares) in size and burning out of control….
Hungarian hammer thrower Bence Halász delivered a personal best and meet record before a home crowd to beat Ethan Katzberg, the reigning Canadian Olympic champion, on a hot and humid Tuesday evening in Budapest. Halász, who was second to Katzberg at the Summer Games last August, topped his opponent on the third attempt at the…
At Priest Creek Family Estate Winery in Kelowna, B.C., sales have been plummeting for two summers in a row now. “Last year they were 30 per cent,” said winery owner Darren Sawin. “This year, we are probably down another 10 per cent on top of that.” According to Sawin, the slowdown in tourism coincided with…
Premier Doug Ford warned Ontario scientists who use cats and dogs in research experiments that he would be “hunting” them down to end such work. Ford said it was unacceptable for beagles to be used in cardiac testing that had been approved by London’s Lawson Research Institute and St. Joseph’s Health Care London, and promised to introduce legislation…
Watching how Victoria Mboko sliced through the National Bank Open competition and took down four Grand Slam winners to her first WTA title, it’s hard to imagine the 18-year-old Canadian was once nervous before tennis matches and easily flustered on the court. Following a stunning and memorable victory over former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka…
People living in Edmonton’s Gold Bar neighbourhood are warning the public about door-to-door paving companies, as some owners say they’ve lost thousands of dollars to poor workmanship. Olivia Lee said on Aug. 6., a worker from Roadstone Paving knocked on her door and told they were in the area paving some driveways with asphalt. She…
