Canada to play for bronze at softball World Cup

A convincing win over the Netherlands has earned Canada a place in the bronze medal game at the World Cup of softball. The Canadians beat the Dutch 9-2 on Sunday in Oklahoma City, and will now face ...

Emmanuel's best friend: French president adopts rescue dog

French President Emmanuel Macron, faced with tumbling popularity ratings, turned on Monday to a new aide: Nemo, a young dog adopted from a rescue shelter. Nemo, a Labrador-griffon cross, made his ...

Obama tells Burma to free Suu Kyi

U.S. President Barack Obama has urged the military rulers of Burma to release pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. Obama delivered the message in Singapore, where he met ...

Snow squall alert for Windsor-Essex, Chatham-Kent and Sarnia-Lambton

Sudden whiteout conditions and "bursts of heavy snow" are possible for Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent Tuesday, says Environment Canada. The weather authority issued a snow squall watch for the area ...

P.E.I. to hold drinking and driving summit

Impaired driving rate on P.E.I. one of highest in country Transportation Minister Robert Vessey will host a summit in February to try to find new ways to reduce the incidence of drinking and driving ...

Very heavy lifting: Crane hoists snowplow out of ditch on side of road

A snowplow fell off of a flatbed truck as it was being transported down the highway. The wrecked machine got stuck in a ditch on the side of the westbound access ramp from Pitts Memorial Drive in the ...

Canada to play for gold at women's lacrosse World Cup

Canada will play for gold at the women's lacrosse World Cup after downing Australia 8-6 in overtime in the semifinals on Thursday in Guildford, England. Goaltender Katie Donohoe was a difference maker ...

Drake 'froze' the CN Tower in honour of his new album, Iceman

Drake wants to "freeze the world" with his new album, and he started by icing over the CN Tower Thurdsay. The Toronto rapper ...

Indigenous man, family and friends take a trip through Sask. on horseback to remember Treaty 4

The group is riding from Gordon First Nation to Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask. A Saskatchewan man, along with his friends and family, are travelling on horseback from his home on the Gordon First Nation to ...

U.S. warns about threat against banks, hotels in Surabaya

The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta has issued a warning to Americans about a potential threat against U.S. associated banks and hotels in Indonesia's second-largest city, Surabaya. An embassy spokesperson ...

'Extremely rare': 2 storms within 1 week close schools again

The weather has to be pretty bad for schools to close in Waterloo region and Guelph. But schools have closed twice in Waterloo region and three times in Guelph this winter. Even the University of ...

University of Toronto revokes Buffy Sainte-Marie’s honorary degree

The musician was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the university in 2019. At the time, a U of T publication said Sainte-Marie was being recognized for her work in musi ...