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Canada's Denis Shapovalov and Bianca Andreescu advance at Wimbledon
LONDON - Canada's Denis Shapovalov defeated Gregoire Barrere of France 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7) in second-round men's singles play Thursday at Wimbledon. Shapovalov, the No. 26 seed from Richmond Hill, Ont.,...
Jul 6, 2023
Day six of B.C. port strike as management calls for binding arbitration
VANCOUVER - The organization that represents employers at roughly 30 strikebound ports in British Columbia says binding arbitration could end the six-day-old dispute. More than 7,000 members of the In...
Jul 6, 2023
The death toll from a South Africa gas leak blamed on illegal gold processing has risen to 17
BOKSBURG, South Africa (AP) - The death toll from a toxic gas leak that authorities blamed on an illegal gold processing operation in South Africa rose to 17, including three children, as police remov...
Jul 6, 2023
Missing 2-year-old girl is found dead in Detroit, after her disappearance sparked massive search
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A missing 2-year-old girl was found dead in Detroit on Wednesday, authorities announced, three days after her disappearance sparked a massive search. Wynter Cole Smith's body was...
Jul 6, 2023
Prepping the body for the bucking; more rodeo athletes buckle down
CALGARY - Coy Robbins once thought running long distances was good training for riding a bull. When he attended a spring training camp organized by the Canadian Pro Rodeo Sport Medicine Team, the 24-y...
Jul 6, 2023
In the news today: Canada melts under heat wave, 10 years since Lac-Mégantic disaster
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Extreme heat warnings remain across Canada... Southern parts of Ontario and Que...
Jul 6, 2023
Wagner chief Prigozhin is in Russia, president of Belarus says
MINSK, Belarus (AP) - The president of Belarus says Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is in St. Petersburg and his Wagner troops have remained at the camps they stayed in before an attempted m...
Jul 6, 2023
Work just beginning for the point man of new women's professional hockey league
A league name and logo, cities where teams will be located and a game schedule top Stan Kasten's to-do list. The Los Angeles Dodgers' president, whose boss and Dodgers owner Mark Walter is the financi...
Jul 6, 2023
Warnings remain from coast to coast as parts of Canada swelter under heat wave
TORONTO - Several parts of Canada continue to swelter under intense heat, prompting weather alerts. Southern parts of Ontario and Quebec are entering the third day of a multi-day heat event that Envir...
Jul 6, 2023
Canada, U.S., Mexico gather in Cancun to talk North American trade irritants
WASHINGTON - North America's trading partners are in Cancun for two days of meetings to take stock of the last three years under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. International Trade Minister Mary Ng ...
Jul 6, 2023