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Canada's Rebecca Marino falls in opening match at National Bank Open
TORONTO - Canada's Rebecca Marino lost 6-3, 6-7 (5), 4-6 to China's Zheng Qinwen in the opening round of the National Bank Open on Tuesday. The Vancouver native entered the tournament coming off a qua...
Aug 09, 2022
Stable weather allows fire crews to focus on containment of B.C. wildfires
Crews battling the wildfire that has forced the evacuation of more than 500 properties in British Columbia's southern Okanagan are taking advantage of calm winds and stable conditions to bolster fire ...
Aug 09, 2022
Delivering new services 'complicated,' Freeland says of planned dental care program
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is working hard to meet its end-of-year deadline to deliver dental-care coverage to kids, but acknowledges that providing new servi...
Aug 09, 2022
Canada's Pospisil drops opener to Paul, Shapovalov to resume rain-suspended match
MONTREAL - Canada's Vasek Pospisil was eliminated from singles play at the National Bank Open on Tuesday after dropping a 6-4, 6-4 decision to American Tommy Paul. Pospisil, a native of Vernon, B.C., ...
Aug 09, 2022
Meaghan Mikkelson has unfinished business with Canadian women's hockey team
CALGARY - Meaghan Mikkelson wasn't done playing hockey. After three Olympic Games and two gold medals, the 37-year-old defender could have moved on from the Canadian women's team with her head held hi...
Aug 09, 2022
Insigne pulls out of MLS all-star skills challenge due to family medical situation
TORONTO - A medical issue involving Italian star Lorenzo Insigne's family promoted Toronto FC to delay its flight out of Nashville on the weekend. Toronto coach Bob Bradley said Insigne "was made awar...
Aug 09, 2022
Senegalese diplomat arrested by Quebec police owed former landlord more than $45,000
MONTREAL - The detention and alleged beating by Quebec police of a Senegalese diplomat last week came as a bailiff was attempting to seize property at her residence to pay for a judgment against her. ...
Aug 09, 2022
Nurse, LeBlanc among group that will study, advise on women's pro sport in Canada
Kia Nurse and Karina LeBlanc are among a star-studded group of Canadian women tasked with helping determine the course for professional women's sport in Canada. Canadian Women and Sport announced a co...
Aug 09, 2022
Russia's Medvedev focusing on the positives after being forced to skip Wimbledon
MONTREAL - There's a blank space in the nationality column beside Daniil Medvedev's name on the drawsheet at the National Bank Open. The Russian flag is also missing from the Moscow native's bio on th...
Aug 09, 2022
House ethics committee begins second day of hearings into RCMP use of spyware
The director of the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab says spyware is "like a wiretap on steroids," and it requires more oversight and a much higher threshold for use than traditional wiretaps.Ron D...
Aug 09, 2022