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Transit trips up among seniors since Montreal introduced free fare program, city says
Montreal says public transit trips were up between 15 and 20 per cent among people age 65 and over in the six months after it made the service free for local seniors. The program, which took effect on...
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Unbeaten Leverkusen pulls off another escape; injuries hit Bayern, Dortmund before Champions League
BERLIN (AP) - Bayer Neverlosing. Bayer Leverkusen escaped again with another stoppage-time goal to preserve its German record unbeaten season by drawing with Stuttgart 2-2 on Saturday. Robert Andrich ...
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Canada's Sarah Mitton second in Diamond League shot put
SUZHOU, China - Canada's Sarah Mitton finished second in shot put in Diamond League track and field behind reigning world champion Chase Jackson of the United States on Saturday. Mitton of Brooklyn, N...
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New York Giants take Canadian Johnson in fourth round of NFL draft
DETROIT - Theo Johnson's NFL career will begin with the New York Giants. New York selected the Penn State tight end with the seventh pick of the fourth round, No. 107 overall, in the NFL draft Saturda...
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Residents begin going through the rubble after tornadoes hammer parts of Midwest U.S.
Residents began sifting through the rubble Saturday after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisio...
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Canada's Leylah Fernandez out of Madrid Open in third-round loss to Jabeur
MADRID - Canadian tennis player Leylah Fernandez was ousted Saturday in the third round of the Madrid Open in a three-set loss to Tunisia's Ons Jabeur. The eight-seeded Jabeur outlasted the 21-year-ol...
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Leafs winger William Nylander on course to suit up in Game 4 against Bruins
TORONTO - William Nylander is poised to join the Stanley Cup chase. Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe says the team is preparing as if the star winger will suit up for Game 4 of Toronto's first-rou...
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Sweden's Wranaa siblings win world mixed doubles curling championship
STERSUND, Sweden - Swedish brother and sister Rasmus and Isabella Wranaa won the world mixed doubles curling championship Saturday with an 8-4 doubling of Estonia. The Swedes scored two in the second ...
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Workplace safety officials investigating truck driver death at Port of Montreal
Montreal's port authority says a man has died after an apparent accident at one of its wharves. Port of Montreal spokesperson Rene Larouche says the authority was notified of an accident involving a t...
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Woman dies after head-on collision on highway west of Montreal
LACHUTE, Que. - Quebec provincial police say a 51-year-old woman has died after a head-on collision in the town of Lachute, roughly 50 kilometres west of Montreal, early this morning. Police spokesper...
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