Canada’s Auré​​​​​​​lie Rivard breaks para swimming world record in 400-metre freestyle

Aurélie Rivard of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., broke her second para swimming world record in as many days and Canada’s seventh of

Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney to serve as UN special envoy on climate

Bank of England governor Mark Carney, who previously served as Canada’s top central banker, will be taking on a new

Joshua Cheptegei adds road race world record to cross-country, track titles

Joshua Cheptegei broke the world record in a 10-kilometre road race in Valencia, Spain, on Sunday. The Ugandan set a

Hong Kong pro-democracy rally cut short by police tear gas

Thousands of people took to Hong Kong’s streets on Sunday in a new wave of pro-democracy protests. But police fired

Canada’s Kim Boutin captures World Cup short track gold, silver in Japan

Canadian short track speed skater Kim Boutin won two more medals at the ISU short track speed skating World Cup

Canada’s Rosie MacLennan wins world trampoline bronze

Canada’s Rosie MacLennan captured a bronze medal in women’s individual trampoline on Sunday at the trampoline world championships in Tokyo.

Tanner Pearson’s career night helps Canucks cruise past Oilers

Tanner Pearson recorded his first-career four-point game in the Vancouver Canucks’ 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night

‘Soft-hearted, but hard-headed’: Alberta premier Kenney talks strategy at UCP meeting

Alberta is taking a gradual approach to balancing its budget while protecting programs that matter most, Premier Jason Kenney told

Ex-Carolina GM Ron Francis issues statement on Bill Peters physical assault allegations

A day after Bill Peters resigned as head coach of the Calgary Flames following an allegation that he used a

Canadiens’ losing skid reaches 7 as Ivan Provorov scores OT winner for Flyers

The Montreal Canadiens are trying to stay optimistic about the little things after losing their seventh game in a row.

Thomas Dressen wins Lake Louise downhill in comeback race from injury

Thomas Dressen’s comeback started in the winner’s circle. The 26-year-old German won the season-opening men’s World Cup downhill Saturday in

Malta businessman charged in journalist’s car bomb killing

One of Malta’s wealthiest men, Yorgen Fenech, was charged in a Valletta court on Saturday with complicity to murder in

Ottawa Gee-Gees women’s soccer team wins 1st-ever FISU University World Cup

The University of Ottawa Gee-Gees women’s soccer team are international champions after claiming a FISU University World Cup title with

London Bridge attacker’s early release from prison under scrutiny

London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Saturday said «big questions» needed to be answered following the revelation that the London Bridge

Germans claim gold in doubles, women’s races at luge World Cup in Lake Placid

Germany’s Julia Taubitz held off Emily Sweeney of the United States for the win in a World Cup women’s luge

Italy’s Marta Bassino notches 1st World Cup win with giant slalom victory

Marta Bassino led an Italian 1-2 as a World Cup giant slalom victory at Killington eluded Mikaela Shiffrin again on

Bill Peters’ departure spells the dawning of a new era in hockey: Hall

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Mother of boy killed at Hamilton school says Ontario should have tackled bullying years ago

Shari-Ann Selvey says she’s glad the province is taking steps to fight bullying in schools — she just wishes her

Ford rallying premiers to call for large increase in federal health transfers

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s top priority at Monday’s meeting of provincial and territorial leaders is to push the federal government

Losing the night: Astronomers concerned about too many satellites lighting up the sky

On the night of Nov. 18, Cliff Johnson, an astronomy researcher at Northwestern University, was using the Dark Energy Camera

A letter to the West: Let’s put aside the climate change thing for a bit and focus on some realities

This column is an opinion by Robert Fraser of Hamilton. He is a service technician in the scientific industry, a

Powell scores career high as Raptors scrape by Magic for 6th straight win

Norman Powell scored a career-best 33 points as the Toronto Raptors won their sixth straight game, beating the Orlando Magic

Unions told thousands more job cuts coming to Alberta public service

Nearly 6,000 Alberta public-sector jobs could be eliminated as the UCP government tries to cut costs and find efficiencies, the

Wild surge to season-high 7 goals in blowout win over Senators

Defenceman Jared Spurgeon had a goal and two assists, Zack Parise stayed hot and Minnesota scored three goals in a