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LOS ANGELES - The former president of ESPN said he resigned from the sports network after an extortion plot by someone who sold him cocaine. John Skipper told the Hollywood Reporter in an interview pu...

TORONTO - Fresh from its Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal win over Mexico’s Tigres, Toronto FC is pondering some injury question-marks and the prospect of playing on a “ga...

MONTREAL - Olympic figure skater Meagan Duhamel strode slowly from cage to cage Thursday, greeting some of Canada’s newest arrivals from South Korea at an emergency dog shelter in Montreal. R...

RED DEER - Toys “R” Us stores in Canada, including the one at Bower Place in Red Deer, will be unaffected by the closure of all the chain’s U.S. locations. The company confirmed the ...

LONDON - Well, that’s a relief. Queen Elizabeth II has given her formal consent to the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The British monarch has issued a declaration consenting “...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The mother of a Michigan teenager who was murdered in 2016 is hoping to give back to those who helped her by performing standup comedy at a fundraiser. Stacey Hilton told WOOD-TV...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos released veteran Canadian linebacker Cory Greenwood on Thursday. Greenwood, 32, of Kingston, Ont., signed with Edmonton last season as a free agent but suffered a seaso...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks shored up their secondary Thursday by signing American defensive back Josh Johnson to a one-year contract. Johnson appeared in eight games with the Jacksonville Jaguars i...

MONTREAL - Quebec’s anti-corruption unit has arrested five people in connection with an alleged kickback scheme involving municipal contracts in the Montreal-area community of Terrebonne. Those ...

SASKATOON - Two more people have overdosed in a Saskatchewan city where police have asked people to turn in their cocaine because of three drug deaths in less than a week. Saskatoon police fear cocain...