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WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets shored up their blue-line depth Monday, signing defenceman Nathan Beaulieu to a one-year contract worth US$1 million. The 26-year-old was acquired in a trade with the Buff...

NEW ORLEANS - The Essence Festival, which draws thousands to New Orleans during the fourth of July week, is celebrating 25 years of bringing African American women of all ages together for thought-pro...

DALLAS - Former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent is being held on charges that include assaulting a public servant after authorities say officers found him intoxicated outside a Dallas-area fast food ...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have made their first move in free agency, confirming the long-rumoured signing of defenceman Tyler Myers. The 29-year-old has agreed to a five-year contract worth an...

TORONTO - Jason Spezza is coming home. The veteran centre signed a one-year contract worth US$700,000 with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday as NHL free agency opened. Spezza, 36, has recorded 332 goa...

OTTAWA - Marnie McBean is ready to inject some confidence into Canada's Olympic team. McBean was named Canada's chef de mission for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games on Monday as part of the Canad...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have signed Keith Kinkaid as a backup goaltender to Carey Price. The deal, finalized on Canada Day, is for one year and US$1.75 million. Kinkaid, who turns 30 on...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - The bodies of a man and his young daughter who drowned trying to cross the Rio Grande into Texas are being laid to rest in their native El Salvador. About 50 people are car...

SPIELBERG, Austria - Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc won the pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday, while Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton drew a three-place grid penalty and will start in fift...

WIMBLEDON, United Kingdom - Brayden Schnur of Pickering, Ont., made the men's singles draw at Wimbledon on Saturday as the lucky loser. Schnur will play Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus on Tuesday in the gr...