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Canada's Ben LeSage returns to test rugby after exiting World Cup with broken hand
The last time Ben LeSage played for Canada, he broke his hand. And kept playing. It happened four minutes into Canada's opening match at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, a 48-7 loss to Italy on Sept. 26 in F...
Jul 02, 2021
Some Lytton, B.C., residents still unaccounted for after wildfire evacuation
LYTTON, B.C. - The search continued Friday for multiple residents of a village in British Columbia's Interior that was decimated by a wildfire this week. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth hasn't s...
Jul 02, 2021
Can't enter Canada now? Don't try on Monday, border agency warns would-be travellers
WASHINGTON - The agency that guards Canada's borders is putting would-be travellers on notice: if you're not eligible to enter the country now, you won't be on Monday. That's the clear message from th...
Jul 02, 2021
Scorching Canada Day heat breaks multiple records across Sask.
Unrelenting hot weather is rewriting daily record temperatures across Saskatchewan.According to Environment Canada, 26 communities set new daily maximum temperature records on Canada Day as a heat dom...
Jul 02, 2021
Canada Day protest over residential schools sees monarch statues toppled in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - Statues of two queens on the grounds of the Manitoba legislature were toppled during a rally over the deaths of Indigenous children at residential schools. The statues of Queen Victoria and...
Jul 02, 2021
Mayor: 2 more dead found at collapsed Florida condo building
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - The bodies of two more people have been found at the site of a partially collapsed oceanfront condominium building in the Miami area, raising the death toll to 20 people with 128...
Jul 02, 2021
Toronto FC draws 'line in the sand,' changes training in bid to end losing streak
After a woeful start to the MLS season, Toronto FC has drawn "a line in the sand" going into Saturday's game at D.C. United, according to fullback Kemar Lawrence. "We took a hard look at ourselves thi...
Jul 02, 2021
Quebec police investigate killing of man allegedly linked to organized crime
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police are looking for a suspect in the Canada Day slaying of a man in the First Nations territory of Kanesatake, west of Montreal. Police identified the victim as Arsne M...
Jul 02, 2021
Nova Scotia mass killing: investigation launched into release of 911 recordings
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia RCMP have called in the Ontario Provincial Police to investigate the unauthorized release of 911 calls recorded the night a lone gunman started a killing rampage that led to ...
Jul 02, 2021
Elsa strengthens into season's 1st hurricane in Caribbean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Elsa strengthened into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season on Friday as it battered the eastern Caribbean, where officials closed schools, businesses and airports, ...
Jul 02, 2021