90 m. ago SIMMONS: Nylander the one Leaf you can’t take your eyes off of in Battle of Ontario

When trying to explain what it was about William Nylander that so enticed the Maple Leafs in the 2014 NHL draft, Dave Poulin, then a Leafs assistant, now an Ottawa Senators executive, was rather clear. “He was the only player in the draft who could stickhandle in a phone booth,” said Poulin. This is 11 […]

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2 h. ago Moment of silence after deadly Vancouver festival crash marks start of Sun Run

A giant national flag of the Philippines had been raised above the starting line of the Sun Run after 11 people were killed in a crash Saturday night

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2 h. ago Ottawa Filipino community grieves after Lapu Lapu Festival incident in Vancouver

A speeding SUV drove into a crowd of people at the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party in Vancouver on Saturday evening, killing at least 11 people.

Culture

2 h. ago Shooting in South Carolina tourist town of Myrtle Beach leaves 11 wounded, police fatally shoot 1

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A shooting in the popular South Carolina tourist town of Myrtle Beach left 11 people wounded, and police fatally shot one person, authorities said. Myrtle Beach officers responded to a disturbance involving multiple individuals Saturday night in which someone began firing a weapon. In a statement, the department said that “based […]

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3 h. ago Victims of tragedy at Vancouver Lapu Lapu festival range from 5 to 65 years old

The suspect approached the festival from East 43rd Avenue on Saturday night and drove through the crowd as the event was wrapping up and many were heading home.

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3 h. ago Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman unravels in an inning so bad it made history in blowout loss to Yanks

Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman made franchise history on Sunday afternoon in the Bronx. And it wasn’t pretty. In fact, Gausman’s latest outing unravelled in the most frustrating way possible in the first game of a doubleheader against their American League East rival New York Yankees. The veteran Toronto right hander threw 53 pitches in […]

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4 h. ago THINK TWICE: New York school has 15 sets of twins in graduating class

It’s twin-sanity! A New York high school has some doing a double take. Among the 447 graduating seniors at Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School on Long Island, there are 15 sets of twins, according to Toda and News 12 Long Island. “Most, if not all, have been in the district since kindergarten,” Timothy […]

Society

5 h. ago Busy curling season takes Canada's Jocelyn Peterman, Brett Gallant to world mixed doubles championship

Curling every week since late December, it seems, has kept Canada’s mixed doubles curling champions extremely busy

Sport

5 h. ago Canada's busy curling champs Jocelyn Peterman, Brett Gallant feeling rested at world mixed doubles

Precious practice ahead of championship gets Calgary couple ready for global glory

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6 h. ago Twin peaks: Air conditioning, higher temperatures leading to double surge for electricity demand in Alberta

With record-breaking temps and the popularity of air conditioning soaring in Alberta, the province’s energy grid is literally hot and cold and moving to a “double peak” system. That’s according to Joel MacDonald, an economist and the founder of energyrates.ca. The hourly demand in July 2024 was above the previous summer demand peak on 73 […]

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6 h. ago Devin Williams loses his job as Yankees closer after just 10 games with New York

NEW YORK — Devin Williams lost his job as Yankees closer after stumbling repeatedly during his first 10 games with New York. Manager Aaron Boone made the announcement before Sunday’s doubleheader against Toronto, two days after the two-time All-Star wasted a ninth-inning lead in a 4-2 loss to the Blue Jays. “He’s still got everything […]

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7 h. ago Vancouver Car Strike That Killed 11 Wasn’t Terrorism, Police Say

Eleven people were killed in Vancouver and dozens were injured after a driver plowed into a large crowd at a street festival on Saturday evening, according to police.

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7 h. ago Vancouver police to speak live on Lapu Lapu Day festival tragedy

Vancouver police will provide a live update on Sunday morning following a deadly incident on Saturday night at the Lapu Lapu festival.

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8 h. ago EDWARDS: Carney’s interventionist philosophy not what Canada needs

As Canadians confront stagnant productivity, geopolitical headwinds, and a deepening housing crisis, policy clarity and economic agility are more essential than ever. Yet instead of bold reform, the Liberal government’s Canada Strong – Fiscal and Costing Plan doubles down on technocratic tactics and moralized market engineering, with little effort for fiscal restraint or reduction of […]

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8 h. ago Carney expresses condolences to victims of Vancouver vehicle attack

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is pausing his election campaign to express condolences to victims and their families after a vehicle attack in Vancouver on Saturday killed nine people and injured many more. Carney says he has been briefed by his public safety minister and national security adviser and will be meeting with B.C. […]

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11 h. ago GAME 4 TAKEAWAYS: Nothing ‘special’ about Maple Leafs’ overtime loss

Special teams can make or break a team’s hopes in the Stanley Cup playoffs. For the Maple Leafs on Saturday night in the Battle of Ontario, failure to score on a four-minute power play in overtime snuffed their desire to eliminate the Ottawa Senators in a four-game sweep. The double power play had an asterisk, […]

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18 h. ago Calgary Wranglers knocked out of playoffs as Coachella Valley Firebirds complete sweep

The Calgary Wranglers ride for an American Hockey League championship came to a screeching halt Saturday night. The Coachella Valley Firebirds eliminated the Flames affiliate in a 2-0 decision, closing out the best-of-three first-round series in a sweep that matched the Game 2 result at Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms, Calif. The Wranglers were shut […]

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18 h. ago Calgary Roughnecks bow out of NLL playoffs early with loss to Thunderbirds

Another NLL Cup will have to wait at least another year for the Calgary Roughnecks. Because their bid to capture their fourth such trophy — realistic due to their dynamic personnel — came to a heartbreaking halt Saturday night on the East Coast. A 16-12 loss to the host Halifax Thunderbirds did them in, with […]

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20 h. ago Maple Leafs fail to sweep Senators, fall in overtime in Game 4

Put those brooms away, Leafs Nation. Some 24 years after sweeping the Ottawa Senators from the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Maple Leafs couldn’t get it done again on Saturday night. We’re going to have Game 5 in the Battle of Ontario after the Senators beat the Leafs 4-3 in overtime at the Canadian Tire Centre. […]

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21 h. ago Calgary's Elva scores his first goal for hometown club, but Cavalry fall to Ottawa

Calgary’s own Caniggia Elva counted his first goal ever for his home-town soccer side in Canadian Premier League action. That was the good Saturday at ATCO Field. The rest, however, was bad for Cavalry FC — a 3-1 loss to visiting Atlético Ottawa in disappointing fashion to keep the local footie heroes winless to start […]

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