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Canadian judokas Gauthier-Drapeau, Reyes win bronze at Tokyo Grand Slam
TOKYO - Canadian judokas Franois Gauthier-Drapeau and Kyle Reyes earned bronze medals Sunday at the Tokyo Grand Slam judo event. Gauthier-Drapeau, form Alma, Que., finished with a bronze in the men's ...
Dec 08, 2024

Canada's Roussel wins 1,000-metre gold at World Tour short-track speedskating event
BEIJING - Flix Roussel win gold in the men's 1,000 metres as Canada picked up three medals Sunday to conclude a short-track speedskating World Tour stop in Beijing. Roussel from Sherbrooke, Que., fini...
Dec 08, 2024

Canada captain Alphonso Davies sidelined by hamstring strain playing for Bayern
MUNICH - Canada captain Alphonso Davies strained his hamstring in Bayern Munich's 4-2 win over FC Heidenheim 1846 in Bundesliga play Saturday, Bayern said Davies and French international winger Kingsl...
Dec 08, 2024

Canadian rugby sevens women down Japan to finish fifth at Cape Town Sevens
CAPE TOWN - Asia Hogan-Rochester scored her fourth try of the day to help Canada finish fifth at the Cape Town Sevens with a 22-7 win over Japan on Sunday. The Olympic silver medallist Canadian women ...
Dec 08, 2024

Understanding the science behind Hinton and Hopfield's Nobel Prize in physics
British-Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton and co-laureate John Hopfield are set to receive the Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday in Stockholm. The pair landed the accolade because they used...
Dec 08, 2024

Nobel recipient Geoffrey Hinton wishes he thoughts of AI safety sooner
Geoffrey Hinton says he doesn't regret the work he did that laid the foundations of artificial intelligence, but wishes he thought of safety sooner. The British-Canadian computer scientist often calle...
Dec 08, 2024

'Go beyond the board': Chess helping Alberta youth keep troubles in check
EDMONTON - Every Friday in a southern Alberta classroom, youth are learning how to keep their troubles in check. Hunched over chess boards at the University of Lethbridge, teens and young adults who a...
Dec 08, 2024

'Go beyond the board': Chess helping Alberta youth keep troubles in check
EDMONTON - Every Friday in a southern Alberta classroom, youth are learning how to keep their troubles in check. Hunched over chess boards at the University of Lethbridge, teens and young adults who a...
Dec 08, 2024

Kenya LGBTQ+ activists try switching role of religion from oppression to empowerment
KISUMU - Every Sunday in the Kenyan port city of Kisumu, an HIV-prevention group gathers dozens of gay and bisexual men for a service to help maintain their physical and spiritual health. Standing in ...
Dec 08, 2024

Drought, heat threaten future of balsam firs popular as Christmas trees
FREDERICTON - University of New Brunswick forestry professor Anthony Taylor was heading down a highway in the spring of 2018 when his wife pointed out clumps of red-coloured trees. Taylor recognized t...
Dec 08, 2024