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Smith scores 10 in second Global T20 Canada match
TORONTO - Former Australia captain Steve Smith was out for 10 in his second match at the Global T20 Canada on Saturday. Smith, unable to play for Australia while serving a 12-month ban for ball-tamper...
Jun 30, 2018
Canadians Heather Bansley, Brandie Wilkerson to play for beach volleyball gold
WARSAW, Poland - Canada’s Heather Bansley and Brandie Wilkerson will play for gold Sunday in the Warsaw four-star event on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. The fourth-seeded Canadians opene...
Jun 30, 2018
Ontario government announces prescription drug benefit changes to OHIP+
TORONTO - Ontario’s government will no longer offer free prescriptions to kids and young adults with private coverage, the province’s new health minister announced Saturday. In a news rele...
Jun 30, 2018
'Human thing to do:' transit rider who jumped on subway tracks to save fallen man
TORONTO - A Toronto transit rider heralded as a hero after rescuing a man who fell onto the subway tracks said he couldn’t have done it without the help of two strangers who jumped in with him. ...
Jun 30, 2018
Taking over Stanley Cup champion is no easy task for a coach
For Colin Campbell, going from Mike Keenan’s top assistant to head coach of the New York Rangers wasn’t a big move. “I just had to move 10 feet to another office,” Campbell sai...
Jun 30, 2018
AP source: Red Wings agree to terms with Green on new deal
Mike Green is staying with the Detroit Red Wings on a $10.75 million, two-year contract. A person with direct knowledge of the move told The Associated Press that the Red Wings agreed to terms with th...
Jun 30, 2018
Rallies across Canada protest separation of children from families in the U.S.
TORONTO - From Vancouver to Halifax, crowds of people rallied in cities across Canada on Saturday to protest a policy that separated families who were caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Although ...
Jun 30, 2018
Canadian golfer Jaclyn Lee outsted in semifinals at British Open Amateur
SOUTHPORT, England - Canadian golfer Jaclyn Lee was eliminated in Saturday’s semifinals of the Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship. The 21-year-old from Calgary lost 4 and 3 to Germa...
Jun 30, 2018
Drake's 'Scorpion' stings streaming competition
NEW YORK - Drake’s “Scorpion” has set a record for most one-day streams for an album on Apple Music. The streaming platform says the album has logged more than 170 million streams wo...
Jun 30, 2018
Blue Jays relieve Tepera lands on 10-day DL with elbow inflammation
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays placed right-handed reliever Ryan Tepera on the 10-day disabled list Saturday with elbow inflammation in his throwing arm. The move, announced before Toronto’s af...
Jun 30, 2018