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Toronto Argonauts to add Chris Schultz and Nick Volpe to franchise's all-time list
TORONTO - Former Toronto Argonauts Chris Schultz and Nick Volpe will be added to the CFL club's All-Time Argos list during a ceremony at BMO Field on Aug. 9. Both will be honoured posthumously when th...
Jun 17, 2025
Eby to ask prime minister to declare India's Bishnoi gang a terrorist group
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he will ask Prime Minister Mark Carney that the Lawrence Bishnoi gang be declared a terrorist organization in Canada. Police have said members of the...
Jun 17, 2025
Los Angeles mayor lifts downtown curfew she imposed during protests against immigration raids
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass lifted a curfew in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday that was first imposed in response to clashes with police and vandalism amid protests against Preside...
Jun 17, 2025
Jays starter Francis goes on injured list, reliever Swanson designated for assignment
TORONTO - Toronto Blue Jays starter Bowden Francis has been placed on the 15-day injured list due to a right shoulder impingement. The move, announced by the team a few hours before Tuesday's series o...
Jun 17, 2025
Green, Demski and Riders offensive line all earn CFL honour roll awards
TORONTO - Defensive back Adrian Green, receiver Nic Demski and the Saskatchewan Roughriders offensive line all earned CFL honour roll awards Tuesday. Green, of the Calgary Stampeders, posted a grade o...
Jun 17, 2025
Argentine tribunal allows ex-President Fernández to serve corruption sentence at home
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - A federal court on Tuesday granted former Argentine President Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner's request to serve a six-year prison sentence for corruption at her home in B...
Jun 17, 2025
UK lawmakers vote to decriminalize abortion amid concern about the prosecution of women
LONDON (AP) - British lawmakers voted Tuesday to decriminalize abortion in England and Wales after a lawmaker argued that it was cruel to prosecute women for ending a pregnancy. The House of Commons a...
Jun 17, 2025
Captain Sophie de Goede rejoins Canada rugby team after yearlong injury layoff
Captain Sophie de Goede, who tore her anterior cruciate ligament a year ago, will rejoin the Canada women's rugby team ahead of the team's upcoming tour to South Africa. Despite the injury, the 25-yea...
Jun 17, 2025
Canadians Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov win first-round matches in Halle
Canadians Flix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov had winning starts Tuesday at the Terra Wortmann Open grass-court tennis tournament. Montreal's Auger-Aliassime fired 17 aces in a 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-1...
Jun 17, 2025
Canadian men open 2026 Olympic hockey tournament against Czechs, women versus Finland
ZURICH - The Canadian men's hockey team will open the Olympic Games against Czechia and the women against Finland. The International Ice Hockey Federation released the hockey schedules for the Winter ...
Jun 17, 2025