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Teoscar Hernandez leads Toronto Blue Jays to win over New York Yankees
TORONTO - Teoscar Hernandez hit two home runs and Sean Reid-Foley was solid through five innings as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees 8-2 on Friday. Randal Grichuk and Danny Jansen a...
Aug 09, 2019

Nigeria rebounds to beat Canada in pre-FIBA World Cup friendly
WINNIPEG - The Canadian national basketball men's team couldn't quite erase a 10-point deficit late in the fourth quarter, losing 90-81 to Nigeria in exhibition play on Friday nigh...
Aug 09, 2019

Drew Moor, Toronto FC take opening leg against Ottawa Fury
OTTAWA - Toronto FC is certainly in control heading back home for their Canadian Championship semifinal. Drew Moor and Tsubasa Endoh scored as Toronto FC went on the road Wednesday and took the openin...
Aug 09, 2019

Canada beats Nigeria 96-87 in Nick Nurse's Canadian team coaching debut
TORONTO - Nick Nurse is already leaving his stamp on Canada's national men's basketball team just one game into his tenure as head coach. Less than two months after guiding the Toronto Raptors to thei...
Aug 09, 2019

Williams beats Osaka 6-3, 6-4 in first meeting after controversial US Open final
TORONTO - The rematch between Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka didn't last long. Williams handled Osaka 6-3, 6-4, on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup. It was the first time they played eac...
Aug 09, 2019

New Michael Moore-backed doc tackles alternative energy
LOS ANGELES - What if alternative energy isn't all it's cracked up to be? That's the provocative question explored in the documentary "Planet of the Humans," which is backed and promoted by filmmaker ...
Aug 09, 2019

Northern youth returns with silver medal from Toronto hockey tournament
Nicholas Charles of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band is back home after an intense hockey tournament called King of the Rings in Toronto. In all, more than 250 teams from around the world competed at the ...
Aug 09, 2019 The Sunchild Law Eagles consist of youth from several communities. (submitted photo/Eleanore Sunchild)

Hanus earns another Pan Am swimming medal for Canada with silver
LIMA, Peru - Danielle Hanus had a bounce-back performace on her second day in the pool at the Pan Am Games. Hanus won a silver medal on Wednesday in the women's 100-metre butterfly, a day after&n...
Aug 09, 2019

Meadow Lake resident recalls spotting B.C. murder suspects, informing RCMP
As coroners in Manitoba perform autopsies on two bodies believed to be that of Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky, the resident who spotted them in Meadow Lake is now reflecting on the interaction.RCMP ...
Aug 09, 2019 Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky were both wanted on Canada-wide warrants. (supplied/RCMP)

Walmart pulls violent game displays but will still sell guns
NEW YORK - Walmart has ordered workers to remove video game signs and displays that depict violence from stores nationwide after 22 people died in a shooting at one of its Texas stores, but the big bo...
Aug 09, 2019