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[published_date] The Fortis Canada Games Complex is located on Lambe's Lane in St. John's. (Darryl Murphy/CBC)Local athletes will have the chance to test out the facilities they will soon compete in during the 2025 Canada Games in St. John's. Friday marked the grand opening of the Fortis Canada Games Complex on Lambe's Lane near Memorial…

[published_date] As well as Jannik Sinner is playing at Wimbledon, he doesn't appear to need much in the way of help. Still, he got some Saturday when his opponent, Pedro Martinez, was dealing with a problematic shoulder and often put in first serves at so-so speeds. The No. 1-ranked Sinner has dropped a total of…

[published_date] The latest data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shows an uptick in the amount of fentanyl seized near the American northern border with Canada — but the quantities intercepted remain a tiny fraction of what's coming from Mexico. The figures show U.S. border guards hauled in a relatively miniscule amount of the…

[published_date] A Canadian who duped journalists in an elaborate AI music hoax says he apologizes to anyone hurt by his experiment but that it's been "too fascinating" to turn away from. A man using the pseudonym Andrew Frelon posed as the spokesperson for a band called The Velvet Sundown — which he later said he had no involvement with —…

[published_date] Florence Symonds and Alysha Corrigan scored two tries apiece to help Canada to a 50-20 win over South Africa in women's rugby play Saturday. Despite the comfortable victory margin, it did not all go the second-ranked Canadians' way. The second half saw the 12th-ranked Springboks score 17 points and Canada lose several players to…

[published_date] A group of NDP organizers and former MPs are asking supporters to redirect donations from the central party to local riding associations, saying hundreds of ridings cannot get rebates on campaign expenses due to the New Democrats' dismal 2025 federal election performance. "This election, Canadians showed that the NDP feels out of reach as…

[published_date] Canada's Camryn Rogers won the women's hammer throw with a season-best 78.88-metre throw at the Diamond League's Prefontaine Classic on Saturday in Eugene, Oregon. The Richmond, B.C., native, who is the reigning world and Olympic champion achieved the mark on the fourth of her six attempts. Americans Brooke Andersen (76.95) and DeAnna Price (75.35)…

[published_date] Edmonton-born forward Tyler Duguid made his debut for fourth-ranked France in a 31-27 loss to the second-ranked All Blacks on Saturday in Dunedin, New Zealand. The 24-year-old Duguid, who represented Canada at the under-20 level, qualifies for France via residency after moving to Europe to pursue his rugby career as a teenager with RC…

[published_date] Several homes on a First Nation in northeastern Manitoba have been destroyed by wildfire that has forced nearly 200 people to evacuate from the community. At least seven homes in Tataskweyak Cree Nation were destroyed Friday after a fire ignited and was quickly spread by heavy winds, the community's chief and council said in…

[published_date] Canadian Food Inspection Agency lab tests have confirmed the presence of the highly damaging mollusc disease dermo in oysters from P.E.I.'s Egmont Bay.  "This is the first confirmed case of dermo in P.E.I.," the agency said in a news release issued Friday evening. "Dermo does not pose a risk to human health or food safety, but it…

[published_date] This is a First Person column by Vien Huynh-Lee, who lives in Ottawa, and is part of a Canada Day series exploring what Canada means to people across this country. For more information about First Person stories, see the FAQ. One of the first gifts I received when I arrived in Canada was a…

[published_date] The union representing Ontario's wildland firefighters says they're working long hours that are contributing to "fatigue," and is calling for a funding increase to address a lack of resources. "Historically Ontario's had about 180 four-person fire crews," said Noah Freedman, a wildfire crew leader in northwestern Ontario and vice-president of Local 703 of the Ontario…