Women’s professional basketball is coming to Toronto. CBC Sports has learned that Kilmer Sports Inc., headed by Toronto billionaire Larry Tanenbaum, has been granted an expansion franchise with the Women’s National Basketball Association. An announcement is expected May 23 in Toronto, with the team to begin play in May 2026, according to four people with…
The Professional Women’s Hockey League is gearing up for its first ever playoffs, and Montreal’s franchise is leading the charge. The team will take to the ice against Boston on Thursday at the Bell Centre at 7 p.m., and head coach Kori Cheverie told CBC Montreal’s Let’s Go that the team is ready. Founded last year, the Professional…
A Canadian diplomat and an RCMP officer heaped praise and gratitude on a sanctioned Haitian businessman that Global Affairs accuses of gangland connections, after he allowed a helicopter airlift of Canadian citizens and police at his luxury golf course last month, emails provided by his lawyers suggest. Emails attributed to consul Catherine Brazeau show her…
For Natalie Lent, every day in her home feels like a boil water advisory since she only uses bottled water, even for cooking. But there has been no official warning. In fact, the Nova Scotia woman has three new filtration systems for her well water, valued at nearly $12,000, collecting dust. “It’s really just an ornament…
Excitement is building in the southern French city of Marseille, where a majestic three-mast ship carrying the Olympic torch arrived from Greece ahead of a welcoming ceremony at sunset Wednesday. Paris Games organizers have promised “fantastic” celebrations in the city, where the Old Port has been placed under high security. The torch was lit in…
One of the suspects accused of gunning down B.C. Sikh temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar entered Canada using a study permit that he said took only days to obtain. In a video posted online in 2019, Karan Brar said he applied for a student visa through EthicWorks Immigration Services in Bathinda, in India’s Punjab state….
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Jeremy Skibicki unexpectedly confessed to killing three more women in Winnipeg during a lengthy police interrogation as police grilled him about the discovery of the remains of Rebecca Contois in 2022. Part of that 20-hour interrogation video is expected to be shown as evidence this week, as Skibicki’s first-degree…
PWHL Toronto has chosen fourth-place Minnesota as its first-round playoff opponent, the team announced on Monday evening. That means second-place Montreal will take on third-seeded Boston in the other best-of-five semi-final series, with the winners of both facing off in another best-of-five series in pursuit of the first Walter Cup championship. Toronto finished first overall…
Nine-year-old piano prodigy Murasaki Matsutani will perform with members of the KW Symphony at the St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Kitchener on May 11. Source link
Dr. Sarah Giles got hooked on rural medicine by spending a summer volunteering in the Northwest Territories. Giles, who was still a student at the time, flew in and out of seven different communities, providing care “with the most amazing doctor ever.” “I thought to myself, ‘This is real medicine. This is what I want…
