An officer has been suspended in relation to an online video that appears to show him roughing up a man in a town west of Toronto, but the local police chief says he has no choice but to leave him on the payroll until the appropriate processes play out. Halton Regional Police Chief Stephen Tanner […]
OTTAWA — The federal deficit could be on track to hit $256 billion this fiscal year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Parliament’s budget watchdog says in a new estimate that doesn’t account for this week’s extension to a cornerstone benefit for workers. Budget officer Yves Giroux’s report said the deficit estimate is the combination of […]
VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s premier says there’s no excuse for “dehumanizing behaviour” after some emergency room staff were accused of playing a game to guess the blood-alcohol levels of Indigenous patients. “I am outraged by reports of ugly, anti-Indigenous, racist behaviour at multiple health-care facilities in B.C.,” John Horgan said in a statement Friday. “No […]
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was tossed out of the House of Commons chamber Wednesday after refusing to apologize for calling a Bloc Québécois MP a racist. The exchange happened after Singh asked the House for unanimous consent to support a motion to review the budget of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the […]
After London 2012, another player announced the end of the national team career. Vlado Nikolov decided to step away from the national team and focus only on his club (Galatasaray Istanbul). However, in the end he added a few words about this quite unpleasant situation that surrounded Bulgarian volleyball during this last […]
After Germany and Switzerland in 2013, Women’s European Championships will be held in two small, but very deserved countries. Venues of the event will be the state of the art facilities available in Rotterdam (venue of the finals), Apeldoorn, Almere and Antwerp. With a long tradition in Volleyball and a long-lasting experience in […]
Italian team won the second game with Asseco Resovia and now they are going to meet Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo on their way to Final Four. The first part of this game was partly dominated by Italians, with their great block and strong service. Resovia started to fight back at the end of […]
The first semifinal matches in Serie A1 behind us, the decisive ones still ahead. Cuneo had its chances, but it is Trento which will fight for the promotion on Sunday. Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Itas Diatec Trentino 2-3 (19-25, 29-27, 25-13, 20-25, 16-18)General score: 0-2 Osmany Juantorena said: “The result matters more […]
Bulgaria beat Poland twice this weekend getting Final 6 promotion. After a straight victory on Friday, Bulgaria, led by outstanding Tsvetan Sokolov and unstoppable Todor Aleksiev, claimed tie-break despite Poland was already losing 0-2. The second game of the day in pool A fall prey to being in reserve composition Brazil, which left no doubt […]
Serbia again shows good performance during World Grand Prix. Team achieves second win in Sapporo, beating “Nippon” 3-0. Serbia advanced on 3rd place in Final Six. SERBIA – JAPAN 3-0 (25-22 25-17 25-19)Line-ups and scores: Serbia: Ognjenovic (1), Mihajlovic (15), Rasic (16), Brakocevic (11), Molnar (3), Krsmanovic (7), Cebic (L) and Nikolic, Veljkovic (1)Japan: Miyashita, […]