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Big Smoked: Unsettled and disappointing time across Toronto's pro sports scene
TORONTO - Hey Toronto sports fans: don't let the disappointment, underperformance and unsettling times with your city's professional teams get you down. At least the Grey Cup champion Argonauts will s...
May 23, 2023
Honey Badgers' core returns to defend Canadian Elite Basketball League championship
The Honey Badgers group chat never slowed down. Even as the various players went their separate ways after winning the Canadian Elite Basketball League championship to play in other leagues, the texts...
May 23, 2023
Canadian women look to get through CONCACAF qualifier and make FIFA U-20 World Cup
After outscoring the opposition 40-1 in four games at a qualifying tournament in April, Canada opens play Wednesday against Jamaica at the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship in the Dominican Republic....
May 23, 2023
Canada's Carol Zhao advances to second round of French Open qualifying
PARIS - Canada's Carol Zhao advanced to the second round of the French Open women's qualifying tournament with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 win over Poland's Katarzyna Kawa on Tuesday. Zhao, from Richmond Hill, On...
May 23, 2023
CF Montreal and Forge FC clash with spot in Canadian Championship final on the line
MONTREAL - Familiar foes are set to clash in the Canadian Championship semifinal. Major League Soccer's CF Montreal and the Canadian Premier League's Forge FC will face off in the final four of the na...
May 23, 2023
Toddler shot by stray bullet at Utah day care while playing outside
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) - A 2-year-old boy shot in the head by a stray bullet while playing outside at day care in Utah is in stable condition, the facility's owner and authorities said Tuesday. Spani...
May 23, 2023
Canada's Leylah Fernandez through to second round at Morocco Open
RABAT, Morocco - Canada's Leylah Fernandez advanced to the second round of the Morocco Open tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Spain's Angela Fita Boluda on Tuesday. Fernandez, from Laval, Que...
May 23, 2023
Federal government pledges $5M to Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver has received about $5 million in new federal funding ahead of its opening on July 1. Federal International Trade and Economic Development Minister ...
May 23, 2023
Pathologist in B.C. murder trial says he's not certain where teenage girl was killed
VANCOUVER - The forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy on the body of a 13-year-old girl found dead in a Burnaby, B.C., park says he can't be certain she was killed there. Dr. Jason Morin told...
May 23, 2023
More than half of N.W.T. wildfires so far this season caused by humans: officials
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. - Officials in the Northwest Territories say more than half of the wildfires in the territory this year were started by people. A total of 15 wildfires have burned 161 square kilomet...
May 23, 2023