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Aaron Sanchez strikes out 11 but Blue Jays fall to White Sox 5-1
TORONTO - One bad inning has become a recurring storyline in Aaron Sanchez's season. Sanchez struck out 11 batters but gave up five runs on two homers in the fourth inning as the Chicago White So...
May 14, 2019
Toronto FC's Jozy Altidore says competition is fierce with tennis star fiancee
TORONTO - Put a star soccer striker and world-ranked tennis player together and what have you got? One competitive couple, when it comes to Toronto FC's Jozy Altidore and world No. 8 Sloane Steph...
May 14, 2019
UK's May to make new push on her Brexit deal next month
LONDON - The British prime minister's office says Theresa May will try again next month to secure Parliament's backing for a deal to leave the European Union. Downing Street said Tuesday that May inte...
May 14, 2019
Brooke Henderson looks to contend for more titles during busy period
DUNROBIN, Ont. - While Brooke Henderson is enjoying some time off at home, she's ready for a busy stretch. The Canadian golf star, who put on a clinic for youngsters at the Kevin Haime Kids to the Cou...
May 14, 2019
Mark Norman gets House of Commons apology for impact of failed prosecution
OTTAWA - The House of Commons is apologizing to Vice-Admiral Mark Norman for what he had to endure while facing criminal breach-of-trust charges. Conservative MP Lisa Raitt got unanimous consent for t...
May 14, 2019
Toronto Raptors can fill void in quiet playoffs for Canadian sports teams
Kawhi Leonard's buzzer-beating series winner on Sunday gave the Toronto Raptors a prime spot on sports radio and television highlight shows across the continent that night and the ...
May 14, 2019
Famed UFO researcher Stanton Friedman dead after half century of lectures
FREDERICTON - Stanton T. Friedman, nuclear physicist, lecturer and world-renowned devotee of extraterrestrial existence, has died at the age of 84. The famed UFO researcher died Monday at To...
May 14, 2019
Montreal's tam-tams could be 40 years old, but origin remains contested
MONTREAL - Every Sunday afternoon from spring through fall, hundreds of people gather on the slopes of Mount Royal for the tam-tams, a loosely organized weekly festival of drumming, dancing, and ...
May 14, 2019
Eastern Ontario communities reeling as Ottawa River hits historic high
OTTAWA - Lynne Lavictoire wants to go home. The only way she can get anywhere near it is by boat. For the time being, she's set up at a hotel where she is praying her home in La Passe, Ont. ...
May 14, 2019
Liberals push Tories to show climate-policy hand with climate-change motion
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is pushing Parliament to declare that Canada is in a "climate change emergency." Her new motion, which is to be debated Thursday, asks MPs to ...
May 14, 2019