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60 years of road salt has destroyed Ottawa's Alexandra Bridge: officials
OTTAWA - Federal officials say six decades of road salt has spelled the end for a 123-year old interprovincial bridge in Ottawa. The Alexandra Bridge has to be taken down because of rust, officials fr...
Jul 10, 2024
Lorenzo Musetti reaches his first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon and will face Novak Djokovic
LONDON (AP) - Lorenzo Musetti reached his first Grand Slam semifinal by eliminating Taylor Fritz 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 at Wimbledon on Wednesday and will take on Novak Djokovic next. The 25th-se...
Jul 10, 2024
Rays shortstop Wander Franco is formally charged with sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was formally charged Tuesday with sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl in the Dominican Republic. Prosecutors charged Fra...
Jul 10, 2024
Lorenzo Musetti reaches his first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon and will face Novak Djokovic
LONDON (AP) - Lorenzo Musetti reached his first Grand Slam semifinal by eliminating Taylor Fritz 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 at Wimbledon on Wednesday and will take on Novak Djokovic next. The 25th-se...
Jul 10, 2024
Rays shortstop Wander Franco is formally charged with sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was formally charged Tuesday with sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl in the Dominican Republic. Prosecutors charged Fra...
Jul 10, 2024
Gilgeous-Alexander, Murray headline Canada's Olympic men's basketball team
TORONTO - Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray headline a Canadian men's basketball team heavy with NBA experience that will compete at this summer'...
Jul 10, 2024
Head-on crash kills family of three, including infant, in Agassiz, B.C.
AGASSIZ, BRITISH COLUMBIA - RCMP say a family of three, including a baby, has been killed in a head-on crash with a tractor trailer in Agassiz, B.C. Police say it happened early Tuesday morning on Lou...
Jul 10, 2024
Local family used swastikas to accuse Quebec municipality of racism
MONTREAL - A small Quebec community has been locked in a drawn-out battle for the last two years with a local family that accuses it of being "the most racist city in the world." Last month, a Quebec ...
Jul 10, 2024
More auto insurers could exit Alberta without system reforms; DBRS
CALGARY, AB - A major global credit rating agency says Alberta must come up with a ``clear long-term solution'' to its auto insurance woes or additional insurers will depart the province.DBRS Mornings...
Jul 10, 2024
MS-13 leader pleads guilty in case involving 8 murders, including deaths of 2 girls on Long Island
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - A leader of an MS-13 gang clique in New York pleaded guilty Wednesday to racketeering and firearms charges in a case involving eight murders, including the 2016 killings of ...
Jul 10, 2024