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World Victor Manuel Rocha, a former career U.S. diplomat, was sentenced Friday to 15 years in federal prison after admitting he worked for decades as a secret agent for communist Cuba. The plea agreement leaves many unanswered questions about a betrayal that stunned the U.S. foreign service. Victor Manuel RochaContinue Reading
Sports·THE BUZZER CBC Sports’ daily newsletter looks back at the original Canadian MLB team’s debut, which happened 55 years ago this week. Canada’s original MLB team debuted 55 years ago this weekJesse Campigotto · CBC Sports · Posted: Apr 12, 2024 4:42 PM EDT | Last Updated: April 12 BobContinue Reading
Soccer The Canadian Premier League kicks off its sixth season this weekend, still a work in progress but with a sense of stability in most quarters. Hamilton’s Forge FC seeking 3rd straight championship Neil Davidson · The Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 12, 2024 4:25 PM EDT | Last Updated:Continue Reading
Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob’s blog The Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched by NASA in 1977, is more than 24 billion kilometres from Earth. Now, a glitch is sending corrupted data back to the ground. Voyager 1’s system that sends data home is malfunctioning, preventing the computer from operating as it shouldContinue Reading
Arts·Q with Tom Power With the release of his new series, Fallout, the actor joins Q’s Tom Power to look back on his career, including his starring role as Paul Atreides in David Lynch’s adaptation of Dune. In a Q interview, the actor compares Lynch’s and Villeneuve’s adaptations of theContinue Reading
Hockey Rested bodies, but prepared minds, was the goal for the Canadian women’s hockey team Friday. The Canadians stayed off the ice, but engaged in intensive boardroom chalk talks ahead of Saturday’s world championship semifinal against the Czech Republic, as well as a Sunday game they want to be forContinue Reading
Entertainment Robert MacNeil, the Canadian-born journalist who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour in the 1970s and co-anchored the show with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, died on Friday. He was 93. Born in Montreal, raised in Halifax, MacNeil worked at CBC throughout the 1950sThe Associated Press ·Continue Reading
Ottawa’s Rachel Homan locked up top spot in the women’s standings and a berth in the semifinals while Jennifer Jones played the final game of her team career at the Grand Slam of Curling Players’ Championship on Friday. Rachel Homan secures top spot, berth in semifinals with 6-5 victory overContinue Reading
World Poland has a near-total abortion ban. Lawmakers have taken 1st steps to possibly lifting itPolish lawmakers voted Friday to move forward with several bills aimed at reforming the Catholic country’s abortion laws, including two that would lift the near-total ban on abortion that currently exists in the EU country. Currently, abortions areContinue Reading
Calgary Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Friday she has no problem with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s proposal to give municipalities a building bonus to incentivize housing construction — so long as he goes through her provincial government. ‘The policy that we have applies to no matter who is in theContinue Reading
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