Auto thefts down 27% nationally, more action needed: Insurance Bureau of Canada
Auto theft claim rates across Canada decreased by 27 per cent in the first six months of 2025 compared to a year ago due to federal government intervention, according to Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC). According to IBC data, in...
Canada’s Madeline Schizas gets university assignment extension at Olympics
Some students say a dog ate their homework, others send in a doctor’s note. Madeline Schizas cited a scheduling conflict called the Olympics — and it worked. The Canadian figure skater and McMaster University student was granted an extension on...
Canada eliminated from medal contention in Olympic mixed doubles curling
Canada is off to another rough start in curling at the Winter Olympics. Canada’s Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant were officially eliminated from medal contention Sunday with a 9-5 loss to South Korea’s Kim Seon-yeong and Jeong Yeong-seok in the...
McDavid skates with Celebrini and Wilson in Team Canada’s first practice
It looks like we finally have answers on who will play with Connor McDavid at the Olympics. With Team Canada stepping on the ice for their first practice in Milan, McDavid was skating on a line with Macklin Celebrini and Tom Wilson. Celebrini sits fourth in the...
Israel’s security cabinet approves measures to strengthen control over the West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel ’s security cabinet on Sunday approved measures that aim to deepen Israeli control over the occupied West Bank and weaken the already limited powers of the Palestinian Authority. The office of far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich...
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis says he’s stepping down, days after big layoffs at the...
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis said Saturday that he’s stepping down, ending a troubled tenure three days after the newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff. Lewis announced his departure in a two-paragraph email to the...
‘We will pay’: Savannah Guthrie pleas with mother’s potential kidnappers in new video
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Savannah Guthrie told the potential kidnappers of her mother Nancy Guthrie on Saturday that the family is prepared to pay for her safe return, as the frantic search for the 84-year-old has entered a seventh day. “We received your message, and we...
Canadian women top Switzerland 4-0 to open Olympic title defence
Canada’s Milano Cortina 2026 debut was worth the wait. With a goal and an assist from Sarah Fillier, the Canadian women’s hockey team defeated Switzerland 4-0 in its first game of preliminary round action. After controlling a rebound off the...
Hims & Hers drops plan for knockoff of Novo Nordisk’s new Wegovy weight loss pill
Telehealth company Hims & Hers dropped its plan to offer a knockoff version of the weight-loss pill Wegovy on Saturday — two days after it announced the new drug and one day after the Food and Drug Administration threatened to...
Brad Arnold, lead singer of Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, dies at 47
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brad Arnold, the lead singer of the Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, died Saturday, months after he announced that he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer. He was 47. The band said in...
