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Preliminary hearing in September for Quebec man accused of killing three with truck
AMQUI, Que. - A Quebec man accused of killing three people with his truck will have a preliminary hearing in September. Steeve Gagnon appeared today in Quebec court where a judge set a preliminary inq...
Jun 21, 2023

Police say fiery collision on major GTA highway leaves 2 dead, shuts down traffic
TORONTO - Ontario Provincial Police say a multi-vehicle collision has left two people dead and sparked a massive fireball on Highway 401, at Brock Road in Pickering, east of Toronto. OPP Sgt. Kerry Sc...
Jun 21, 2023

Zach Benson's winding road primed for next stop — the NHL draft
Zach Benson has always been searching for the next game. That's sometimes been a challenge. Owners of a company that supplies midway rides and other attractions for carnivals, his parents would pack u...
Jun 21, 2023

Brandon Belt returns from Blue Jays' 10-day injured list after hamstring inflammation
MIAMI - Brandon Belt has been reinstated from the 10-day injured list by the Toronto Blue Jays. The 35-year-old infielder missed time with a left hamstring inflammation and will be active for Wednesda...
Jun 21, 2023

Canada's Rebecca Marino wins first-round match at Rothesay Classic
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom - Canada's Rebecca Marino outlasted China's Xiyu Wang 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-3 in first-round play Wednesday at the Rothesay Classic. Marino, the world No. 90 from Vancouver, neede...
Jun 21, 2023

Faint hope as noise detected in search for sub near Titanic wreck, time running out
HALIFAX - There is a glimmer of hope in the search for a submersible missing near the wreck of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean south of Newfoundland after an underwater noise was detected overnight....
Jun 21, 2023

Insufficient prototype testing could put Titanic sub passengers in extreme danger, a lawsuit says
SEATTLE (AP) - The company whose submersible vanished in the North Atlantic on a tourist dive to the wreck of the Titanic was repeatedly warned that there might be catastrophic safety problems posed b...
Jun 21, 2023

Canada's Bianca Andreescu loses first-round match at Wimbledon warm-up tournament
BERLIN - Canada's Bianca Andreescu dropped a 7-6 (0), 7-5 decision to Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic in first-round play at the Bett1Open on Wednesday. Each player held serve through the op...
Jun 21, 2023

Two missing RCAF members found dead after helicopter crash near Petawawa
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says two Royal Canadian Air Force members who had been missing since a Chinook helicopter crashed in eastern Ontario have been found dead. The pair were fou...
Jun 21, 2023

China calls Biden comments calling leader Xi a dictator 'extremely absurd and irresponsible'
BEIJING (AP) - China has called comments by President Joe Biden describing Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a dictator "extremely absurd and irresponsible." The new clash of words comes just over a day af...
Jun 21, 2023