Former Canadian world champion pole vaulter Shawn Barber has died. He was 29 years old.

Barber died Wednesday night, his agent Paul Doyle told The Canadian Press.

The specific cause of death was not disclosed, but Barber had been dealing with an ongoing illness.

In an Instagram post from his management page, Doyle described Barber as “a friend that will never be forgotten,” before adding, “He will be greatly missed.”

“Gone way too soon,” said North Macedonia long jumper Andreas Trajkovski under

The Canadian Premier League will kick off its sixth season April 13 with Atletico Ottawa, champion Forge FC, and Pacific FC all hosting games.

Ottawa will entertain York United FC at TD Place to kick off the Opening Day tripleheader. Forge will then host 2023 regular-season winner Cavalry FC at Tim Hortons Field in a rematch of last year’s championship game, followed by Pacific welcoming the Halifax Wanderers to Starlight Stadium in Langford, B.C.

Vancouver FC rounds out opening weekend play when it

Drug manufacturer Teva Canada Ltd. is recalling one lot of a children’s pain and fever relief medicine because it contains too much acetaminophen and poses a risk of overdose.

A says routine product testing found a higher-than-acceptable amount of acetaminophen in the affected lot of Pediatrix Acetaminophen Oral Solution.

It says bottles of the medicine with the lot number MC0079 and an expiry date of August 2025 contain approximately 185 mg of acetaminophen per 5 ml, compared to the approved and

On the surface, it may seem obvious why “Transplant” became one of Canada’s most successful TV dramas. The medical procedural embraced the basics of prime-time crowd-pleasers: good-looking doctors in life-or-death situations, smoky workplace romances, complex hospital jargon.

But show creator Joseph Kay ensured there was always more to the CTV series than proven formulas, says its star, Hamza Haq.

“It was a stroke of genius by Joseph: give people something palatable, like a medical

Two people have been charged, including a 16-year-old, in a series of smash-and-grab style robberies targeting jewellery stores in Mississauga and Brampton, Peel Regional Police said.

Officers were first called to the Dixie Road and South Service Road area in Mississauga on Jan. 12 for reports of a robbery.

It’s alleged that at around 1:30 p.m., four suspects rushed into the store with their faces covered, carrying hammers. Police said the suspects smashed

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge overseeing the 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump on Thursday to hold special counsel Jack Smith’s team in contempt for actions prosecutors took after the judge put the case on hold. But the judge said no further “substantive” court filings should be submitted without permission.

The former president’s lawyers had accused prosecutors of “outrageous conduct” for turning over to the defense thousands of pages of evidence and filing a motion after the judge Trump appeals his presidential immunity

MIAMI (AP) — A month before their fellow major leaguers will report for spring training, Aroldis Chapman, Yuli Gurriel and several other Cuban big leaguers assembled on an intimate field in Miami this week and slipped on gear with reminders of home. Joined by aspiring baseball prospects and grizzled retirees, they donned blue hats adorned with tiny Cuban flags and a rallying cry just above the red brim:

“Patria y Vida,” they read. “Homeland and Life.”

The breakaway group of players mostly born in and defected

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles off the U.S. Atlantic coast.

While researchers have known since the 1960s that some coral were present off the Atlantic, the reef’s size remained a mystery until new underwater mapping technology made it possible to construct 3D images of the ocean floor.

The largest yet known deep coral reef “has been right under our noses, waiting to be discovered,” said Derek Sowers

NEW YORK (AP) — More than a half a million beds sold at retailers like Walmart and Wayfair are under recall because they can break during use, which has resulted in dozens of injuries.

The recall impacts several different models and sizes of upholstered low profile standard and platform beds from Home Design, Inc. The Silver Lake, Indiana-based furniture wholesaler says it has received 128 reports of these beds “breaking, sagging or collapsing” when used, including 36 unspecified injuries to date.

Both Home