Canadians grab gold, 2 silvers at 1st-ever Four Continents speed skating championships

Canada rose to the podium three times at the inaugural Four Continents speed skating championships on Friday in Milwaukee, Wisc.

Raptors throttle Pistons as Nick Nurse and staff clinch bid to coach in all-star game

Pascal Siakam scored 30 points and Serge Ibaka added 21 to lift the Toronto Raptors to their 10th straight victory,

Record-breaker Christine Sinclair could get the day off Saturday against Jamaica

Canada captain Christine Sinclair, two days after her record-breaking performance against St. Kitts, was a spectator Friday as the Canadian

Canadian women, men pick up opening-match victories at Sydney 7s

Five different women scored tries as Canada crushed Brazil to open the rugby sevens series stop in Sydney on Friday.

After years of Brexit turmoil, U.K. officially leaves European Union

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu. With little fuss and not much fanfare, Britain left the European Union on Friday

Senate ethics committee recommending Lynn Beyak be suspended again

The Senate ethics committee is recommending that Sen. Lynn Beyak be suspended a second time from the upper house because

Alberta justice minister calls for probe into prosecutors’ handling of autopsy controversy

Alberta’s justice minister says external counsel will be appointed to examine the conduct of Crown prosecutors in the handling of

Skittish over coronavirus, stock markets end fearful week with more losses

The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped more than 600 points, or two per cent, on Friday as a virus outbreak

Michael Bloomberg has spent well over $200M on presidential campaign so far

Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg contributed more than $200 million US of his own money to his bid

NBA Rising Stars game to feature record 4 Canadians

A record four Canadians have been named to the World team for the Rising Stars game at the NBA’s all-star

The mother and daughter building Winnipeg’s Indigenous basketball community

There are few families that have done more to build the Indigenous basketball community in Winnipeg than the Boulanger clan,

QB Trevor Harris signs 3-year extension with Edmonton Eskimos

The Edmonton Eskimos have extended the contract of starting quarterback Trevor Harris, keeping him with the CFL team through the

Democrats unlikely to convince 4 Republicans to hear witnesses at impeachment trial

Another key Republican has announced opposition to calling witnesses in U.S. President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, appearing to doom

Ilya Kovalchuk wants to be part of the Canadiens’ future, but do the Habs want him?

The Montreal Canadiens and their fans weren’t sure what they were getting when Marc Bergevin announced he had signed Ilya

Controversial Nike shoe design cleared by track body despite risks

While the governing body of track and field acknowledged on Friday that shoe technology poses a risk to the sport,

Manitoba to end birth alerts system that sometimes leads to babies being taken from their mothers

Manitoba will end its controversial birth alerts program by April 1, Families Minister Heather Stefanson announced Friday. Birth alerts are

Canada’s 1st coronavirus patient discharged from Toronto hospital

The patient with Canada’s first confirmed case of coronavirus was discharged from a hospital in Toronto on Friday morning. The

Champagne raises airlift from ​coronavirus-affected area with Chinese counterpart

Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne spoke with his Chinese counterpart last night as Canada continues to chart a plan to

‘We need action’: Industry responds to broadcasting panel report in Ottawa

A day after its release, an expert panel’s report on the future of broadcasting and telecommunications in Canada took the

Canada’s Dabrowski bounced from Australian Open mixed doubles semifinals

Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Henri Kontinen of Finland have been eliminated from the mixed doubles tournament at the Australian Open,

Australia’s capital declares state of emergency over out-of-control wildfire

The Australian capital region declared a state of emergency on Friday because of an out-of-control forest fire burning erratically to

WHO says borders should be kept open during coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus: The latest WHO urging countries to keep borders open after emergency declaration. Coronavirus death toll hits 213, China says.

Infectious diseases and climate change: Is there a connection?

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Brexit Day: What you need to know

After 3.5 years of moving deadlines, dire warnings and a baffling new language of Brexiteers, Brextensions and Brexit border backstops,