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BEIJING - Canadian speedskater Isabelle Weidemann finished on the World Cup podium Saturday, taking bronze in the women's 3,000-metre event in Beijing. Weidemann posted a time of four minutes and 2.02...

MONTREAL - Fans hoping to see the world's top woman skiers compete next week in Mont-Tremblant, Que., are out of luck after the PwC Tremblant World Cup was cancelled due to warm weather. The races wer...

RUKA - Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury started the World Cup season in dominant fashion, racing to yet another moguls gold in Ruka, Finland, on Saturday. The 32-year-old Olympic and world ch...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) says it will soon disband the information checkpoints that were put in place the inform residents about ongoing dangers linked to a July 31 la...

TORONTO - Manchester City's Premier League title hopes could hang in the balance Sunday when the slumping club visits league-leading Liverpool. The trophy they are both battling for is 5,450 kilometre...

DUBAI - Canada's women defeated Brazil but lost to Japan and New Zealand on Day 1 of the Emirates Dubai Sevens, the opening event of World Rugby's 2025 HSBC SVNS series. Canada (1-2-0) finished third ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli airstrike on a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed five people, a senior Palestinian health official said. Three of them were said to be employees of t...

DOUALA - Pierre wakes up every morning atop a makeshift wooden table, in an open-air courtyard at the New Bell central prison in Douala, the most populous city in Cameroon. He cleans toilets, shoes an...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - Icelanders will elect a new parliament Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A.J. Greer and Anton Lundell scored 4:10 apart in the third period helping the Florida Panthers recover after squandering a two-goal lead to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 on Fr...