Amidst the picturesque Olympic slopes of Tofane beneath the rugged Dolomite peaks, a flurry of activity unfolds in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Construction noise fills the air as gravel is excavated, tractors maneuver through muddy roads, and workers bustle around near the event area, just days before the Winter Olympics kick off. In Cortina d’Ampezzo, last-minute preparations are evident as the curling tournament is set to commence on Wednesday and the women’s downhill training scheduled for Thursday. The rush to complete facilities showcases the challenges faced by organizers, with some projects still unfinished while others have been successfully concluded. Despite pressures from the International Olympic Committee to relocate events...

Jeffrey Epstein, despite being inadmissible due to a previous guilty plea, was able to travel to Canada in 2014, according to recently released documents. These papers, part of a massive data dump by the U.S. Department of Justice, shed light on Epstein's visit to Vancouver. Epstein's criminal history, including a guilty plea in 2008 for soliciting prostitution from a minor, should have prevented his entry into Canada. A letter from the Canadian consulate in Los Angeles in 2018 confirmed his inadmissibility and rejected his application for a special permit to visit the country.While the letter stated that permits could be granted under exceptional circumstances, Epstein managed...

Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived in Beijing, marking the initial visit by a Canadian prime minister to China in the past eight years....

After many years of absence, there is growing optimism that the wolverine could be staging a comeback in Labrador. Considered endangered in eastern Canada,...