PARIS, France – FIFA has deducted six points from Canada in Olympic women’s soccer standings and banned three coaches for one year in drone-spying scandal, according to a statement Saturday. News of the decision follows the Canadian Olympic Committee’s move to oust the women’s national soccer team head coach, Bev Priestman, for the … Read more
Thousands of firefighters were battling a wildfire in northern California on Saturday that exploded in size, scorching an area about the size of Los Angeles — one of several blazes tearing through the western United States and Canada amid dry, hot and windy conditions. The forecast called for cooler temperatures that could help slow the … Read more
NEW YORK – U.S. health officials Friday announced a recall of some Boar’s Head liverwurst and deli meats as they investigate a listeria outbreak that has sickened nearly three dozen people and caused two deaths. Boar’s Head Provisions Co. recalled liverwurst because it may be tainted with the listeria bacteria, the U.S. Agriculture … Read more
BAILE TUSNAD, Romania – Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Saturday that the European Union was sliding toward oblivion in a rambling anti-Western speech in which he warned of a new, Asia-oriented “world order” while throwing his support for Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential bid. “Europe has given up defending its own … Read more
WASHINGTON – All of the sudden it’s Kamala Harris ‘ economy — a major opportunity as well as a possible risk for the likely Democratic presidential nominee. Shortly after U.S. President Joe Biden left the race a week ago, Harris began to craft her own narrative around the economy by putting an emphasis … Read more
Covid is surging across the US, with levels of the virus on track to exceed last summer’s wave nationally and approaching the peak of last winter’s wave in the west, according to wastewater data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Yet vaccination and antiviral uptake, plagued by inequitable access, have remained … Read more
Kim Titchener knows first-hand how caring the Jasper community can be, and she’s hoping to give back as much as possible now that the town and its people are in need. Titchener plans to open her home to wildfire evacuees from the small mountain town after a fast-moving wildfire tore through the park Wednesday. “I’m … Read more
PARIS (AP) – The Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony got underway after a rough start to the Summer Games on Friday, with rainy skies over the Seine and suspected acts of sabotage targeting France’s flagship high-speed rail network. ZIZOU’S FLAME French soccer legend Zinedine Zidane kicked off the opening ceremony with the Olympic … Read more
Health Canada is warning some take-home naloxone kits come with bad instructions that should be ignored in favour of the correct guidance. The agency said Friday that naloxone kits by Canadian Hospital Specialties Ltd. may contain incorrect naloxone dosing information on the included “SAVE ME” instructional card, which could impact the efficacy of … Read more
The Ottawa Senators have announced that former assistant coach Bob Jones has died after a battle with ALS. He was 54. Jones was in his fourth season with the Senators when he was diagnosed. He went public with the diagnosis in January 2023. “After publicly disclosing his diagnosis … Jones became a vocal advocate for … Read more
