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Olynyk to miss a week with bruised knee; Boucher leaves Canada camp
TORONTO - Kelly Olynyk's slip and fall Wednesday night could have been dire news for both Canada's men's basketball team and the Miami Heat. The 28-year-old Heat centre suffered only a ...
Aug 10, 2019
Canada's Auger-Aliassime bounced from Rogers Cup by Russia's Karen Khachanov
MONTREAL - Felix Auger-Aliassime will look back fondly on his first hometown Rogers Cup. The roar of an adoring the crowd, the wind in his sails - quite literally at certain points - and the...
Aug 10, 2019
El Paso crowd decries racism week after mass shooting
EL PASO, Texas - More than 100 people marched through the Texas border city of El Paso on Saturday, denouncing racism and calling for stronger gun laws one week after 22 people were killed in a mass s...
Aug 10, 2019
Montreal pet stores lose bid to suspend rules limiting them to sell shelter animals
MONTREAL - A Quebec judge has rejected an application by Montreal pet store owners who sought to suspend a new city bylaw that bans the sale of cats, dogs and rabbits that don't come from sh...
Aug 10, 2019
Mayor in B.C. home town of murder suspects says the tragedy has spread worldwide
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - The mayor of a Vancouver Island town that was home for two deceased murder suspects expressed her sorrow Thursday for the nationwide tragedy that resulted in five deaths. Port Alb...
Aug 10, 2019
'It's going to take awhile:' Manitoba town still on edge, searching for answers
GILLAM, Man. - People in a northern Manitoba town are grappling with questions about how a massive manhunt for two murder suspects from British Columbia ended in the unforgiving terrain near their com...
Aug 10, 2019
Munk Debates calls on federal leaders to sign up for foreign policy debate
OTTAWA - A proposed leaders' debate on foreign policy already has one confirmed participant, with Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer quickly accepting an invitation to participate in the ...
Aug 10, 2019
Andreescu downs Bertens to advance to quarterfinals at Rogers Cup
TORONTO - Bianca Andreescu grew increasingly frustrated as her injured right shoulder forced her to sit out tournament after tournament for a large stretch of her breakout season. Turns out ...
Aug 10, 2019
California 'First Partner' puts focus on gender equality
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom was wrapping up a meeting with the president of El Salvador in April when his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, spoke up in fluent Spanish. What, she aske...
Aug 10, 2019
Canadian food supplies at risk if climate change not slowed, new UN report shows
OTTAWA - Canada will not be spared the impact of food shortages and price shocks if global warming is not kept below 2 degrees Celsius, a new report on land use and climate change suggests. ...
Aug 10, 2019