Canadians Josh Liendo and Ilya Kharun continued their stellar performances at the swimming World Cup event in Toronto on Friday. Liendo captured gold in the men’s 100-metre freestyle, while Kharun won the 200m butterfly event. Toronto’s Liendo broke Brent Hayden’s Canadian record in time of 45.30 seconds, ahead of Americans Jack Alexy (45.55) and Chris…
EDMONTON – Rene Paredes kicked four field goals as the Calgary Stampeders took a major leap toward securing a home game in the West Division semifinal, defeating the rival Edmonton Elks 20-10 on Friday in the final regular-season game for both squads. The playoff possibilities are still a little convoluted. Calgary (11-7) will host the…
WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. The Manitoba Inuit Association (MIA) has appointed an interim CEO, it announced late Friday afternoon. It comes as a petition with more than 1,200 signatures circulates calling on the non-profit to look into allegations of sexual and physical…
Josh Liendo arrived at Pan Am Sports Centre on Thursday with many fond memories of his hometown pool. It’s where the 23-year-old set his first Canadian record in 2017, where he made his first Olympic team a few years later and where the Toronto swimmer boasts several national marks. It’s also where Liendo set a…
Quebec residents paid more than $10 million out of pocket to receive health care in other provinces last year. Unlike other provinces, Quebec has opted not to adopt reciprocal billing agreements with other jurisdictions for most medical services. That means Quebecers travelling outside the province have to pay for health care upfront and then submit their expenses to…
For more than 24 hours, Guy Pollock lay in a hospital bed in the hallway of Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital. The 71-year-old estimates more than 2,000 people walked past him as he was treated for pneumonia. Pollock lives with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, and is immunocompromised. In an interview on Thursday, he…
Felix Auger-Aliassime beat fellow Canadian Gabriel Diallo 6-2, 7-5 Wednesday in an all-Montreal matchup at the Swiss Indoors in Basel. The fifth seed fired eight aces and broke Diallo four times to advance. Diallo matched Auger-Aliassime with eight aces but won just 35 per cent of his second-serve points. Auger-Aliassime, a two-time champion at Basel…
Elections Calgary has confirmed it will be conducting a recount of Monday’s election results in Ward 12, while a similar request in Ward 9 was denied. The Ward 12 recount will start Thursday morning at 9 a.m., Elections Calgary said in a press release late Wednesday. “On examination of the unofficial results, there were sufficient…
As confetti fell and Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” blared through the arena, the New York Liberty celebrated the end of a long odyssey. The team that always fell short, starting from their days in Madison Square Garden, through detours to Radio City Music Hall and Westchester County Center, finally found their way to…
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation says its council has voted against allowing athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in qualifiers for the upcoming Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. The decision Tuesday in Oberhofen, Switzerland by the council of the governing body, known as FIS, effectively blocks Russian skiers and snowboarders from dozens of events at…
