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Fourteen-year-old Pan Am champion De Fazio Ebert named to Olympic skateboard team
TORONTO - Fourteen-year-old Fay De Fazio Ebert has been named to Canada's skateboard team for the Paris Olympics. The roster, announced Wednesday by Canada Skateboard and the Canadian Olympic Committe...
Jun 26, 2024
The Supreme Court seems poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, a Bloomberg News report says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho when a pregnant patient's health is at serious risk, according to Bloomberg News, which said a copy of the opin...
Jun 26, 2024
Stakusic into third round of Wimbledon qualifying, Diallo and Galarneau eliminated
LONDON - Canada's Marina Stakusic is a win away from qualifying for her first Grand Slam main draw. The 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., moved on to the third round of women's qualifying at the All...
Jun 26, 2024
New Quebec language rules require store signs to be two-thirds in French
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has published new rules requiring French to take up most of the space on storefronts and outdoor commercial signs. The province wants French to be the dominant languag...
Jun 26, 2024
Former Honduran president sentenced for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into US
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernndez was sentenced Wednesday in New York for his conviction on charges that he enabled drug traffickers to use his military and national poli...
Jun 26, 2024
Hall of Famer Glen Sather retires after six decades, highlighted by building the Oilers' dynasty
NEW YORK (AP) - Hockey Hall of Famer Glen Sather, who built and coached the NHL's last great dynasty with the Edmonton Oilers in the 1980s and helped resurrect the New York Rangers in the early 2000s,...
Jun 26, 2024
NHL and Fanatics unveil new jerseys for the 2024-25 season
Fanatics and the NHL on Wednesday unveiled new on-ice player jerseys for the 2024-25 season, which officials say have been tested and refined well before making their debut in games this fall. It is t...
Jun 26, 2024
Szeryk, Rivers qualify for CPKC Women's Open after turning pro at B.C. Women's Open
As Ellie Szeryk lined up her final putt to seal the win at the B.C. Women's Open, she spied longtime friend Brooke Rivers lurking around the green with a bottle of water. Sure enough, when Szeryk made...
Jun 26, 2024
Alex Morgan left off the 18-player U.S. soccer roster headed to the Olympics
Veteran forward Alex Morgan won't be going to the Paris Olympics after surprisingly being left off the roster by U.S. national team coach Emma Hayes. Morgan, a three-time Olympian and two-time Women's...
Jun 26, 2024
Feds charge 5, including man acquitted at trial, for attempting to bribe Minnesota juror with $120K
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Five people were charged on Wednesday for trying to bribe a juror in one of the country's largest pandemic aid fraud cases with a bag of $120,000 in cash, the U.S. Attorney's Office...
Jun 26, 2024