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Toronto FC stages dramatic second-half rally to tie New York FC 2-2
TORONTO - Second-half goals by Richie Laryea and Alejandro Pozuelo lifted Toronto FC into a wild 2-2 tie with New York City FC in MLS play Saturday. Toronto had looked down and out after a dominant fi...
Aug 07, 2021

White Rock Lake wildfire pushes toward Okanagan Lake in B.C. Interior: Fire service
VERNON, B.C. - British Columbia's wildfire service says an aggressive fire that's forced thousands out of their homes around a stretch of now-closed Highway 97 in the southern Interior has grown to an...
Aug 07, 2021

Flat Lake wildfire: 100 Mile House lifts evacuation alert, Cariboo Regional District downgrades evacuation order
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The District of 100 Mile House lifted its evacuation alert related to the 60,739-hectare Flat Lake wildfire Saturday (Aug. 7) afternoon.In addition, the Cariboo Regional Distric...
Aug 07, 2021

DeChambeau lets clubs do most of talking at TOC Southwind
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Bryson DeChambeau let his clubs do most of the talking Saturday at TPC Southwind. DeChambeau shot a 7-under 63 on Saturday to pull within two strokes of leader Harris English in ...
Aug 07, 2021

Decathlon champion Warner named Canada's flag-bearer for Tokyo closing ceremony
TOKYO - Olympic decathlon champion Damian Warner has been named Canada's flag-bearer for the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. Warner won Canada's first ever decathlon gold medal with a stellar ...
Aug 07, 2021

Blue Jays beat Red Sox after a walk-off home run in first game of doubleheader
TORONTO - A patient Blue Jays lineup found a way to outlast a solid pitching performance from Canadian Nick Pivetta in the opening game of their doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday. Wi...
Aug 07, 2021

Man in Williams Lake arrested after being spotted passed out on a stolen ATV
WILLIAMS LAKE - A man in Williams Lake was arrested on Aug. 4 after reportedly being spotted passed out on a stolen ATV with a loaded handgun in his waist band.Williams Lake RCMP said Dean Otis Mecham...
Aug 07, 2021

Lynyrd Skynyrd pulls out of Pro Football Hall of Fame show
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - Lynyrd Skynyrd has pulled out of the Pro Football Hall of Fame concert after guitarist Rickey Medlocke tested positive for COVID-19. The country rock band was set to co-headline th...
Aug 07, 2021

Indigenous festival back in Montreal, a year after being delayed due to COVID-19
MONTREAL - The Montreal First Peoples' Festival is back until Aug. 11 at the Place des Festivals and other locations in the city, a year after most Indigenous events such as powwows were put off due t...
Aug 07, 2021

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole announces first promise in Quebec
MONTREAL - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he wants to financially support the creation of a Quebec research and development centre on food self-sufficiency in Sainte-Hyacinthe, southeast of Mon...
Aug 07, 2021