Ontario Flag (Wikimedia Commons) Team Ontario has recorded the most medals at the 2025 Canada Summer Games in St. John’s, Newfoundland. After trailing Team Quebec for most of the past two weeks,…
Month: August 2025
REDBLACKS acquire DB Mark Milton from Toronto for ’26 seventh round pick
OTTAWA — The Toronto Argonauts and Ottawa REDBLACKS announced on Monday that they have agreed on a trade that sends American defensive back Mark Milton to the REDBLACKS in exchange for a…
What the heck just happened at the U.S. Open? Mayhem in the crowd as Medvedev melts down
They say tennis needs villains. (It also, apparently, needs a $32 Cdn signature cocktail, but that’s a thread for later on.) Tennis, a sport of etiquette and tradition, is also known for the…
Conservatives pull ahead as affordability and cost-of-living concerns grow: poll
Buoyed by growing anxieties around affordability and the economy, the Conservative Party of Canada has edged ahead of the Liberals for the first time since Mark Carney became prime minister in March,…
National Guard troops patrolling D.C. are now armed
National Guard troops are now being armed with the Army’s latest sidearm as they patrol the streets of Washington, D.C., as part of President Trump’s crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital….
Canada beats Fiji at Women’s World Cup of Rugby
Julia Schell (LinkedIn) Team Canada defeated Fiji 65-7 in their first game of the Women’s World Cup of Rugby on Saturday in York, England. Canada had an amazing performance from Julia Schell…
Stamps topple Riders in West Division showdown
CALGARY — Vernon Adams Jr. threw three touchdowns and Calgary’s defence bottled up Trevor Harris as the Stampeders pulled away for a 32-15 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders in a pivotal West…
Houthi-run Health Ministry says 2 killed by Israeli strikes on Yemen capital
The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels said Israeli airstrikes hit multiple areas across Yemen’s capital on Sunday. According to the Houthi-run Health Ministry, at least two people were killed and 35 were wounded. The…
Why Canada's spy boss just sent a scathing memo to the agency's senior management
OTTAWA — When the latest results of the biennial Public Service Employment Survey arrived on Daniel Rogers’ desk earlier this year, the new head of Canada’s intelligence agency was angry. No…
U.S. heat wave smothers Pacific Northwest, poses extreme risk in California and Arizona
Residents of the western U.S. are sweltering in a heat wave that’s already hospitalized some as temperatures will continue to hit dangerous levels throughout the weekend in Washington, Oregon, Southern California, Nevada…