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Canada’s Syla Swords eyes Olympic chance after closing impressive high school career
Following the recent end of an impressive high school career, the goal for Syla Swords has shifted to making the Canadian women’s basketball team heading to Paris. Swords, from Sudbury, Ont., is a five-star recruit who committed to Michigan for the fall as the Wolverines’ highest-ever ranked prospect at No. 11. After falling in the ... Read More »
Why you might have heard Paul Simon’s ‘The Sound of Silence’ at Spanish Mass
(RNS) – One song has stuck with Julio Cuellar Gonzales for practically his entire life. Among his first memories of church in the 1970s in Villa Serrano, a town in the Bolivian region of Chuquisaca, Cuellar remembers singing a specific version of the Our Father. At the time, Cuellar thought it was written by a ... Read More »
Alberta to pilot new social studies curriculum in the fall after facing blowback
EDMONTON – Alberta’s government says a new draft social studies curriculum for elementary schools is ready to be tested in classrooms this fall. But the union representing teachers says the curriculum is a fail and the rollout needs to be delayed. The United Conservative Party government first tried three years ago to update the province’s ... Read More »
B.C. asks Health Canada to make drug use in public illegal again
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government is asking Health Canada to “urgently change” the province’s decriminalization policy to stop drug use in public. Premier David Eby says in a statement the change would make illicit drug use illegal in all public spaces, including inside hospitals, on transit and in parks. The U-turn by the provincial ... Read More »
PEN America cancels World Voices Festival amid criticism of its response to Israel-Hamas war
NEW YORK (AP) – PEN America has canceled its annual World Voices Festival, as the literary and free expression organization continues to face widespread unhappiness with its response to the Israel-Hamas war. Earlier this week, PEN called off its awards ceremony after nearly half of the finalists withdrew from contention. The festival, which brings in ... Read More »
Canadian women’s rugby team opens Pacific Four Series against U.S. in California
The Canada women’s rugby team sees its first action of 2024 on Sunday when it opens the Pacific Four Series against the ninth-ranked United States in Carson, Calif. The game is the first for the fourth-ranked Canadians since November, when they finished runner-up to No. 1 England at the WXV tournament. Canada has won eight ... Read More »
S&P/TSX composite rises, Nasdaq leads Wall St. rally after tech earnings
TORONTO – Gains in base metal stocks helped lift Canada’s main stock index on Friday while U.S. markets also rose, led by tech stocks as the Nasdaq gained two per cent. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 83.86 points at 21,969.24. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 153.86 points at 38,239.66. ... Read More »
CP NewsAlert: B.C. asks Health Canada to make drug use in public illegal again
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government is asking Health Canada to “urgently change” the province’s decriminalization policy to stop drug use in public. Premier David Eby says in a statement the change would make illicit drug use illegal in all public spaces, including inside hospitals, on transit and in parks. The U-turn by the provincial ... Read More »
Stock market today: Alphabet and Microsoft push Wall Street to its first winning week in a month
NEW YORK (AP) – Alphabet and Microsoft led the U.S. stock market to its first winning week in the last four and its biggest weekly gain since November. The S&P 500 rose 1% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 2%. Google’s parent company jumped after breezing past analysts’ ... Read More »
Spence has two goals and assist, Canada thumps Czechia 6-0 at U18 hockey worlds
VANTAA, Finland – Malcolm Spence had two goals and an assist as Canada thumped Czechia 6-0 in a penalty-filled affair Friday at the world men’s under-18 hockey championship. Tij Iginla also had two goals and Carter George made 26 saves for the shutout Gavin McKenna had a goal and two assists and Carson Wetsch also ... Read More »
Mexican film wins top prize at Moscow International Film Festival while major studios boycott Russia
MOSCOW (AP) – A Mexican film has won the top prize Friday at the Moscow International Film Festival, which took place as major Western studios boycott the Russian market and as Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds into its third year. “Shame,” a film by director Miguel Salgado and co-produced by Mexico and Qatar, was the ... Read More »
