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Phil Di Giuseppe leads Canucks past Flames 3-1 in pre-season play
VANCOUVER - Phil Di Giuseppe scored and added an assist as the Vancouver Canucks topped the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Friday in NHL pre-season action. Tyler Myers and Teddy Blueger had the other goals for...
Oct 06, 2023
Palestinian militants launch dozens of rockets into Israel. Millions of Israelis are told to shelter
JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip launched dozens of rockets toward Israel early Saturday, setting off air raid sirens across the country and raising the likelihood of a new rou...
Oct 06, 2023
Evander Kane's two-point game leads Oilers past Kraken 3-1 in pre-season play
EDMONTON - Evander Kane had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers closed out pre-season play with a 3-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Friday. Connor McDavid and Zach Hyman also scored and E...
Oct 06, 2023
McManis interception return TD leads Argos past Elks 35-12
TORONTO - Wynton McManis returned an interception 83 yards for a touchdown as Toronto defeated the Edmonton Elks 35-12 on Friday night in the Argonauts' 150th anniversary game. Toronto celebrated the ...
Oct 06, 2023
Ben Griffin has season-best 63 to lead Sanderson Farms in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Ben Griffin joined a crowded pack of contenders in the Sanderson Farms Championship and then moved past them Friday afternoon with a 30 on the back nine, sending him to a 9-under...
Oct 06, 2023
Four Olympians win at long-track speedskating Canadian championships
CALGARY - Ivanie Blondin, Connor Howe, Isabelle Weidemann and Ted-Jan Bloemen, all Olympians, won gold on Friday at the Canadian long-track speedskating championships. Blondin, from Ottawa, won the wo...
Oct 06, 2023
Man accused of killing 10 at Colorado supermarket in 2021 is ruled mentally competent to stand trial
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A judge ruled Friday that the man accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in a 2021 rampage is mentally competent to stand trial. The decision allows the prosecuti...
Oct 06, 2023
Woman who was returned from Syria prison camp faces terrorism charge
TORONTO - A 29-year-old woman who was among a group of women and children returned to Canada in April after years in a Syrian prison camp has been charged with a terrorism-related offence. RCMP say th...
Oct 06, 2023
Precious Achiuwa to miss Raptors' first pre-season game with left groin strain
BURNABY, B.C. - Forward Precious Achiuwa will miss the Toronto Raptors' first pre-season game due to injury. Achiuwa strained his left groin during a training camp workout. He will also miss tonight's...
Oct 06, 2023
Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice rejects GOP call to recuse on redistricting cases
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A newly elected liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, who has called Republican-drawn electoral districts "rigged," declined to recuse herself on Friday from a pair of redistri...
Oct 06, 2023