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Toronto Raptors name staff for new head coach Darko Rajakovic
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors named eight assistants to new head coach Darko Rajakovic's staff on Tuesday. Pat Delany, Jama Mahlalela, James Wade and assistant coach Jim Sann will be on Toronto's fron...
Jul 04, 2023

Jones and Homan earn early berths at 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
OTTAWA - Two more rinks are joining the 18-team field at the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Curling Canada says that Team Jennifer Jones and Team Rachel Homan will play at the national women's cu...
Jul 04, 2023

Senators sign defenceman Travis Hamonic to two-year, $2.2M contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Travis Hamonic on a two-year, US$2.2-million contract. Hamonic had six goals and 15 assists in 75 games with the Senators last season. The 32-year-o...
Jul 04, 2023

Waiting game continues for several Canadian players at rainy Wimbledon
LONDON - Several Canadian tennis players will have to wait at least another day before playing their first-round matches at Wimbledon. Wet weather has hampered early play at the Grand Slam competition...
Jul 04, 2023

Akwesasne police say body found near island in St-Lawrence River
MONTREAL - Police in Akwesasne Mohawk Territory say a body has been found near a small island in the St. Lawrence River. The body was located about 10 kilometres northeast from Snye, Akwesasne, where ...
Jul 04, 2023

The community of La Ronge is invited to help to design their future ParticiPARK, July 8
With support from the Public Health Agency of Canada, ParticipACTION and Bienenstock Natural Playgrounds are working with equity-deserving communities across the country to design parks, catered to th...
Jul 04, 2023

Dundurn tricera-tops dinosaur costume world record
In Saskatchewan, people wore something different than red and white to celebrate Canada Day this year.Instead, more than a thousand wore inflatable dinosaur costumes.On July 1, the town of Dundurn, Sa...
Jul 04, 2023

John Gruden named head coach of American Hockey League's Toronto Marlies
TORONTO - John Gruden is the new head coach of the Toronto Marlies. He succeeds Greg Moore in the position. Moore and assistants A.J. MacLean and John Snowden were let go in May after the Marlies were...
Jul 04, 2023

Search stretches into third day for two people missing after Quebec landslide
SAGUENAY, Que. - The search for two people swept away by a landslide in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region is stretching into a third day. Rescue teams resumed looking today for a man and woman in t...
Jul 04, 2023

Happy with a safe pair of hands as the war drags on, NATO again extends Stoltenberg's mandate
BRUSSELS (AP) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will stay in office for another year, the 31-nation military alliance decided on Tuesday. Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian prime minister, has be...
Jul 04, 2023