Swim star Penny Oleksiak of Toronto has been notified of an apparent anti-doping rule violation by the International Testing Agency. According to the ITA, Oleksiak committed three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period between October 2024 and June 2025. The three-time Olympian has been made aware of the case and has accepted a voluntary…
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When Hans Deslauriers isn’t tattooing clients in his studio twice a week, he’s painting to help scratch his creative itch and pay his bills while dealing with a major slump in clients. It wasn’t always this way for the Montrealer who’s been tattooing professionally for over a decade. “I used to do six days a week of tattooing, but if I…
Health officials are adding Saskatchewan and British Columbia to the list of provinces where salami and cacciatore products connected to a salmonella outbreak were distributed. The Public Health Agency of Canada says 87 people have now gotten sick after eating contaminated lunch meat, with nine of those people landing in the hospital. The Canadian Food…
Israeli troops opened fire on Saturday toward crowds of Palestinians seeking food from distribution hubs run by a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group in southern Gaza, killing at least 32 people, according to witnesses and hospital officials. The shootings occurred near hubs operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which launched operations in May. The United…
Paula Callejas, a Montreal native, was trying to expand her swimsuit business in Florida after taking time off to take care of her ailing father in Canada before his death. Instead of celebrating the fashion line, the Canadian was taken into United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention. The 45-year-old’s family said their finances are…
A spokesperson for the Tomorrowland music festival says a Canadian woman has died after attending the large gathering in Belgium. Debby Wilmsen said in an emailed statement that a 35-year-old Canadian woman fell ill at the festival on Friday. She said the woman was given first aid and then taken to Antwerp University Hospital, but festival organizers were told…
A boat carrying tourists capsized during a sudden thunderstorm in Vietnam on Saturday afternoon during a sightseeing excursion, killing as many as 34 people, state media reported. The Wonder Sea boat was carrying 48 passengers and five crew members — all of them Vietnamese — during the tour of Ha Long Bay, a popular destination…
A vehicle rammed into people waiting to enter a nightclub along a busy boulevard in Los Angeles early Saturday, leaving at least 20 injured. People were transported to local hospitals and trauma centres, according to Capt. Adam Van Gerpen, public information officer for the Los Angeles City Fire Department. The precise number hurt varies, with different media…
After a scary moment in B.C. on Tuesday, when a man allegedly hijacked a small Cessna 172 plane in Victoria and flew to Vancouver International Airport (YVR) airspace, U.S. fighter jets raced to the scene. Wait — U.S. fighter jets? Why weren’t they Canadian? The answer lies in a decision-making process involving multiple defence agencies…