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TORONTO - All-star third baseman Josh Donaldson is a step closer to rejoining the Blue Jays. The team said Thursday that Donaldson has flown back to Toronto after spending time rehabilitating his leg ...

MONTREAL - Drew Willy is glad to have another chance to show that he can be a successful starting quarterback in the Canadian Football League. The 31-year-old beat out four challengers in camp and wil...

SAGUENAY, Que. - Federal leaders converged on Quebec’s Saguenay region Thursday, hoping to sway voters four days before a byelection in the area. “What I’m seeing is people coming to...

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Add Fireball to the menu served up by Arkansas roads. Two tractor-trailers collided Thursday on Interstate 40 in central Arkansas, causing one to spill hundreds of mini-bottl...

The Ottawa Senators were one shot from playing for the Stanley Cup last May. Next to nothing has gone right since. On and off the ice, the Senators have been an unmitigated disaster in the wake of the...

The writ has been dropped for two provincial by-elections, including one for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake. The vote to choose a new MLA for the constituency will be held on Thursday, July 12. Advance voting ...

LAS VEGAS - Two suspected burglars were being sought Thursday after eluding officers following a break-in at the estate of longtime entertainer Wayne Newton, police in Las Vegas said. Officers respond...

Flanker Lucas Rumball will captain Canada and fly half Theo Sauder makes his first start Saturday when the national team takes on Russia at Ottawa’s Twin Elm Rugby Park. The 22-year-old Rumball ...

MONTREAL - While the roller derby of today might not quite provide the crazy and often violent entertainment the sport offered in the 1960s and ’70s, the 24 women’s leagues in Canada are a...

CALGARY - Riding around in the back of the Canadian men’s ski team van and reading The Economist directed the course of Scott Hutcheson’s life. He decided to go back to school - he’d...