Kitdapawn E is one of 20,000 runners from around the world who won a spot in what Paris 2024 Olympic organizers call the “Marathon Pour Tous,” a mass participation marathon that will take place on the marathon course after the women’s race on Aug. 11. Organizers set up challenges for runners around the world, encouraging runners … Read more
Parks Canada says it realizes wildfire evacuees from Jasper worry about what rotting food will do to their homes and that others wonder when a critical highway through the national park will reopen, but it says the blaze continues to burn out of control and remains a threat to the town. A statement from the … Read more
Protein intake is necessary for your body, as it helps with hair growth, skin glow and hormone production, an Ottawa nutritionist says. Jenni Beharry, nutritionist at Caven Nutrition, told CTV Morning Live all of the tissues in your body need protein. She notes that there are many different types of protein, including … Read more
PARIS – Vanessa Gilles scored the winning goal in injury time as the Canadian women’s soccer team defeated France 2-1 at the Paris Games on Sunday. Gilles pounced on a rebound before her left-footed strike went off the post and in to keep Canada’s hopes of reaching the knockout stage of the tournament … Read more
Canadian fencer Fares Arfa was narrowly defeated in the men’s individual sabre quarterfinal on Saturday, hours after beating the three-time defending Olympic champion. Arfa, making his Olympic debut, was defeated 15-13 by South Korea’s Oh Sang-uk. Sang-uk is ranked fourth in the world, while Arfa ranks No. 35. Earlier on Saturday, … Read more
Canada’s Eleanor Harvey will compete for bronze — and Canada’s first-ever Olympic fencing medal — after being defeated in the semifinals of the women’s foil individual event in Paris. American Lauren Scruggs struck first en route to a 15-9 victory over the Canadian on Sunday. Scruggs controlled the match early, jumping out … Read more
HOUSTON, Texas – The lawyer of a powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who is now in U.S. custody pushed back Sunday against claims that his client was tricked into flying into the country, saying he was “forcibly kidnapped” by the son of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada had eluded authorities … Read more
New York – Edna O’Brien, Ireland’s literary pride and outlaw who scandalized her native land with her debut novel “The Country Girls” before gaining international acclaim as a storyteller and iconoclast that found her welcomed everywhere from Dublin to the White House, has died. She was 93. O’Brien died Saturday after a long … Read more
Cairo, Egypt – A court in Libya on Sunday sentenced 12 current and former officials to terms of up to 27 years in prison over their involvement in the collapse of two dams last year that sent a wall of water several metres high through the centre of a coastal city. Thousands of people … Read more
First there was the three-year cruise that never took off. Now, another company aiming to be the first to produce a round-the-world residential cruise at a reasonable price has delayed departure by two months. Villa Vie Residences was due to depart from Belfast on May 30. But after a couple of unexpected hiccups, … Read more
