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CFL fines Roughriders OL Trevor Reid, Elks defensive back Bynum
TORONTO - The CFL handed out a pair of fines on Friday. Saskatchewan Roughriders offensive lineman Trevor Reid was handed a fine for making unnecessary contact with Ottawa Redblacks defensive lineman ...
Aug 16, 2024
Seiya Suzuki hits a game-ending single as the Chicago Cubs top the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5
CHICAGO (AP) - Seiya Suzuki hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Friday. Ian Happ began the 10th on second as the automatic runner. Chad ...
Aug 16, 2024
Palestinian health officials say first case of polio confirmed in Gaza, in a 10-month-old child
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - The Palestinian health ministry said it recorded the first case of polio in an unvaccinated 10-month old-child in the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah. It's the first case in year...
Aug 16, 2024
Trainer Attard will have four horses to keep an eye on during $1-million King's Plate
TORONTO - He's always in it to win it but Kevin Attard would gladly settle for a four-horse dead heat Saturday in the $1-million King's Plate. The veteran trainer will send four horses postward for th...
Aug 16, 2024
Edmonton Elks' Leake relishing his return to running back position
HAMILTON - Javon Leake is back in his happy place. After spending much of his first two CFL seasons primarily as a kick returner, Leake is back taking handoffs. In the Edmonton Elks' last two games --...
Aug 16, 2024
Two climbers injured by rockfall on 'well-known' route in Squamish, B.C.
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Police in Squamish, B.C., say two climbers sustained "significant injuries" and had to be rescued from a route on the Stawamus Chief mountain on Thursday. Squamish RCMP say the climbe...
Aug 16, 2024
Auger-Aliassime earns straight-sets win over Ruud to advance at Cincinnati Open
CINCINNATI - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is off to the third round at the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament after defeating Norway's Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-1 on Friday. Auger-Aliassime fired 14 aces to...
Aug 16, 2024
Canada cricket team back in action with a new captain and search for a new coach
After making its debut at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup this summer, Canada is back in action in ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 play in the Netherlands under new leadership and with a search for a new c...
Aug 16, 2024
Jury convicts white Florida woman in fatal shooting of her Black neighbor during ongoing dispute
A white Florida woman was convicted Friday of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black neighbor amid an ongoing dispute about children playing loudly outside her home. An all-white jury in Ocala,...
Aug 16, 2024
Yukon minister says there's still 'hope' for gold mining to continue at disaster site
WHITEHORSE - Yukon Justice Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee says the territory's government is still hopeful that mining can eventually restart at the site of the Eagle Gold mine disaster after its owner wa...
Aug 16, 2024