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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
B.C. man sentenced to four years for manslaughter in girlfriend's shooting death
VANCOUVER - A man who told police he was "joking around" with his girlfriend when he fatally shot her in the head has been sentenced to four years in prison for manslaughter with an additional six mon...
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
Days before school year begins, more than 5,700 teaching positions unfilled in Quebec
MONTREAL - Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville says there are still 5,704 teaching positions to be filled in the province's schools, weeks before the new school year begins. But Drainville sa...
Aug 16, 2024
Broke and broken: Report says Canada's public transit in critical funding state
OTTAWA - A new analysis warns that Canada's major cities are struggling to keep their transit systems running, and says public transit is heading for a "downward spiral" unless major new streams of op...
Aug 16, 2024
Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu presented Olympic bronze medal first awarded to American Jordan Chiles
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu received her Olympic bronze medal during a ceremony in the capital Bucharest on Friday that marked the conclusion of a swirl of controversy after...
Aug 16, 2024