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NEW YORK (AP) - The Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest is back, and famed competitive eater Joey "Jaws" Chestnut is hoping for a comeback 17th win on Friday. The 41-year-old, from W...

OTTAWA - Military police say they have reopened an investigation into a Facebook group the Canadian Army's commanding officer describes as "abhorrent." Lt.-Gen. Michael Wright says he was made aware o...

WIMBLEDON - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe, of New Zealand, advanced to the third round of women's doubles at Wimbledon with a 6-3, 6-3 win Friday over Turkey's Zeynep Sonmez a...

Check your lottery tickets because two Albertans are about to become much richer.The Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC) says two LOTTO 6/49 tickets in the province have won on the Classic Draw ...

LONDON (AP) - Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has been charged with five counts of rape, British police said Friday. Partey has also been charged on one count of sexual assault, with the alleg...

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have signed free agent forward-centre Sandro Mamukelashvili, the team announced Friday. Financial terms were not disclosed. Mamukelashvili averaged 6.3 points and 3.1 reb...

MILAN (AP) - Canada forward Jonathan David arrived in Italy on Friday for medical tests ahead of an expected transfer to Juventus. With his five-year contract at Lille having expired, David can join t...

DEIR al-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The U.N. human rights office said Friday it has recorded 613 killings in Gaza near humanitarian convoys and at aid distribution points run by an Israeli-backed America...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Manitoba town to evacuate due to wildfire The northern Manitoba town of Lynn Lake has issued a mandatory evacu...

OTTAWA - A group of Canadian academics is calling on the federal government to speed up approvals of student visas for Palestinians after two students who were accepted at a Canadian university died b...