• The Canadian Press

    Captain Emma Wright leads Canadian women's water polo team into Paris

    MONTREAL — Team captain Emma Wright will lead Canada's women's water polo team at the upcoming Paris Olympics. Water Polo Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee announced the team's roster Thursday. Canada qualified for Paris following the 2024 World Aquatics Championships. The Canadians appeared to have failed in their quest to qualify after losing 18-12 to Italy in their final game in Doha, Qatar but were entered into the tournament when South Africa forfeited its allocated spot. Canada's w

  • The Weather Network

    Blazing wildfires in northern California cause mass evacuations

    On July 2, a fire broke out in Butte County, Calif., that has since grown to about 1,443 hectares in size.

  • The Canadian Press

    Vatican chief of staff testifies in UK finance trial, points finger at deputy who escaped unscathed

    ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ chief of staff became one of the highest-ranking Holy See officials to testify in a foreign court Thursday, giving a British tribunal a detailed explanation of the negotiations at the heart of the Vatican’s so-called “trial of the century” and pointing a finger at his onetime deputy who escaped the scandal unscathed.