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Leclerc takes Austrian GP pole, Hamilton 5th after penalty
SPIELBERG, Austria - Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc won the pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday, while Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton drew a three-place grid penalty and will start in fift...
Jul 01, 2019
Canada's Schnur makes Wimbledon as lucky loser after Coric withdraws
WIMBLEDON, United Kingdom - Brayden Schnur of Pickering, Ont., made the men's singles draw at Wimbledon on Saturday as the lucky loser. Schnur will play Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus on Tuesday in the gr...
Jul 01, 2019
Garbage-hauling ship arrives in Canada after journey from Philippines
VANCOUVER - An infamous load of Canadian trash that had been rotting in the Philippines for more than five years has come full circle, arriving by ship at a port south of Vancouver on Saturday mo...
Jul 01, 2019
Canadian Marie-Soleil Beaudoin to referee World Cup semifinal in Lyon
TORONTO - Canadian Marie-Soleil Beaudoin has been appointed to referee Wednesday's Women's World Cup semifinal between the Netherlands and Sweden in Lyon, France. The 36-year-old from Halifax, by...
Jul 01, 2019
Felix Auger-Aliassime beats Vasek Pospisil in all-Canadian Wimbledon match
WIMBLEDON, England - Felix Auger-Aliassime overcame a slow start to beat fellow Canadian Vasek Pospisil 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 in a first-round match at Wimbledon on Monday. It was the first career G...
Jul 01, 2019
Montreal Canadiens deal winger Andrew Shaw back to Chicago Blackhawks
MONTREAL - Andrew Shaw is heading back to the Windy City. The Chicago Blackhawks reacquired the winger from the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday in exchange for second- and seventh-round picks in the 2020...
Jul 01, 2019
Maple Leafs trade Zaitsev, Brown to Senators for Ceci in six-player deal
TORONTO - The Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs have swapped underperforming defencemen. The provincial rivals completed a deal that had been rumoured for nearly 48 hours on Monda...
Jul 01, 2019
'It would be terrible if nothing changed,' says Danforth victim's father
TORONTO - When Ken Price read the final police report on the man who shot his daughter during a rampage through Toronto's Greektown, it galvanized his resolve to tackle o...
Jul 01, 2019
High house costs have some Canadians thinking tiny, but not all cities on board
MONTREAL - Amelia Jasper-Laurin dreams of living in a community of tiny house owners, where like-minded neighbours all pitch in to share chores and property maintenance. Karina Jacobsen, an ...
Jul 01, 2019
Iran says it has broken stockpile limit set by nuclear deal
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran acknowledged Monday it had broken the limit set on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by the 2015 nuclear deal, marking its first major departure from the unraveling agreement a...
Jul 01, 2019