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Raptors re-sign veteran guard-forward Garrett Temple
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have re-signed veteran guard-forward Garrett Temple. The team did not disclose the length of the contract or the financial terms of it. Temple was a free agent after spen...
Jul 06, 2024

No. 1 Iga Swiatek loses in Wimbledon's third round to Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan
LONDON (AP) - No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek again faltered at Wimbledon, losing in the third round to Yulia Putintseva 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 on Saturday. Swiatek is a five-time Grand Slam champion, including four ...
Jul 06, 2024

Jets sign forward Gustafsson, defenceman Stanley to two-year contract extensions
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have signed forward David Gustafsson and defenceman Logan Stanley to two-year contract extensions. Gustafsson had three goals and four assists across 39 regular-season gam...
Jul 06, 2024

Man in 60s dies after highway car crash in Centre-du-Québec
MONTREAL - A man in his sixties has died after a car crash on Friday afternoon in the Centre-du-Qubec region of the province. Provincial police say two drivers collided on Highway 55 in Sainte-Eulalie...
Jul 06, 2024

1 arrest, McGill University windows smashed in pro-Palestinian protest
MONTREAL - One person was arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest at McGill University on Friday night after Montreal police and city workers dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment at Victoria Squa...
Jul 06, 2024

Heat wave expected to hit Vancouver Island, interior B.C. in the coming days
VANCOUVER - Heat warnings are covering more than two dozen regions in British Columbia as temperatures could creep into the low 40s in the coming days. Environment Canada says the worst of the heat wa...
Jul 06, 2024

New UK Prime Minister Starmer says controversial Rwanda deportation plan is 'dead and buried'
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday that he is scrapping a controversial Conservative policy to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda. "The Rwanda scheme was dead and buried befo...
Jul 06, 2024

'Dead to me': Alberta transgender teen takes action after being deadnamed in yearbook
Remi Laboucane says memories of being bullied were finally fading, memories so awful he switched schools. He was graduating from high school this summer, ready for life's next chapter, when he opened ...
Jul 06, 2024

City of Montreal says painting a house as an ad for Koodo is against the rules
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal says the owner of a more than 100-year-old home has violated city rules by allowing it to be painted in neon colours as an ad for telecom company Koodo. A Toronto-based...
Jul 06, 2024

B.C. ship and dock foremen issue 72-hour strike notice to employer
VANCOUVER - A union representing ship and dock foremen in British Columbia has issued 72-hour strike notice against their employer. The BC Maritime Employers Association says ILWU Local 514 has served...
Jul 05, 2024