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Maple Leafs sign restricted free agent Connor Brown to three-year extension
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs signed restricted free agent Connor Brown to a three-year contract extension on Saturday. The deal carries an average annual value of $2.1 million per season. Brown, ...
Aug 26, 2017
Kayla Sanchez, Faith Knelson win silver medals at FINA world junior championships
INDIANAPOLIS - Kayla Sanchez and Faith Knelson each won silver medals on Saturday at the FINA world junior championships. Sanchez came second in the 200-metre individual medley in two minutes 12.64 se...
Aug 26, 2017
Jets sign faceoff specialist Matt Hendricks to one-year contract
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets signed forward Matt Hendricks to a one-year contract on Saturday. The deal is worth $700,000. Hendricks, 36, spent the last four seasons with the Oilers and scored four go...
Aug 26, 2017
Washington state halts salmon farm permits after fish escape
SEATTLE - Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has directed the Department of Ecology to put on hold any new permits for net pens after thousands of Atlantic salmon escaped into Puget Sound earlier this month f...
Aug 26, 2017
Mayweather dominates McGregor in late rounds to go 50-0
LAS VEGAS - Floyd Mayweather Jr. put on a show in the last fight of his spectacular career. Conor McGregor didn’t do so badly, either. Mayweather figured out a 50th opponent Saturday night, lett...
Aug 26, 2017
Henderson fires course record 63 to get into contention at CP Women's Open
OTTAWA - Brooke Henderson said that it would take a miracle for her to get into contention at the CP Women’s Open after barely making the cut. She got that miracle on Saturday. Henderson fired a...
Aug 26, 2017
Harris reaches 3,000 passing yards in Redblacks 31-24 win over Lions
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks were starting to resemble the team that won the Grey Cup last November on Saturday. Then they almost let the game get away. The Redblacks led the B.C. Lions 31-3 at the s...
Aug 26, 2017
Man in scooter dies following railway crossing accident in Quebec
SAINT-JEAN-PORT-JOLI, Que. - A man riding a mobility scooter has died following a collision with a freight train northwest of Quebec City. Quebec provincial police say the crash occurred Saturday afte...
Aug 26, 2017
Police and Calgary Pride will work together after uniform debate spurs meeting
Calgary Pride organizers say a meeting with police and other officials was productive but never was intended to reverse a decision to bar officers from marching in their uniforms in this year’s ...
Aug 26, 2017
Broch Larsen, Martin take over lead in CP Women's Open; Henderson tied for 6th
OTTAWA - It’s going to be Mighty Mouse versus the Danish Dynamo, finesse against power, in the final pairing in the fourth round of the CP Women’s Open. Denmark’s Nicole Broch Larsen...
Aug 26, 2017