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'Resilience' is catchphrase for Canada's Tokyo Olympic track and field team
TORONTO - The world No. 1-ranked decathlete Damian Warner trained in an unheated hockey arena all winter that was so cold some days he couldn't feel his feet. Melissa Bishop-Nriagu worked out in her h...
Jul 03, 2021

Lytton, B.C., wildfire grows as others force evacuations in another region
LYTTON, B.C. - The B.C. Wildfire Service says the wildfire burning near Lytton, B.C., has grown since Friday night as another blaze forced more than 100 homes to be evacuated. The fire burning near Ly...
Jul 03, 2021

Fans say seeing Habs at home in final a once in a lifetime experience
MONTREAL - Even with the arena at a fraction of its capacity and despite their team trailing for more than 58 minutes, the fans at Montreal's Bell Centre were never quiet on Friday night. For some of ...
Jul 03, 2021

Elsa falls back to tropical storm while racing toward Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Hurricane Elsa fell back to tropical storm force as it raced toward Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday, but it still threatened to unleash flooding and landslide...
Jul 03, 2021

9 people in custody after hourslong armed standoff on I-95
WAKEFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Massachusetts state police said nine suspects have been taken into custody following an hourslong standoff that prompted the partial closure of Interstate 95. Police said the s...
Jul 03, 2021

Fire official: Demolition to collapsed condo to start Sunday
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below. NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A top Miami-Dade fire official has told family members of people missing...
Jul 03, 2021

The Latest: Kerber turns match around to win at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - The Latest on Wimbledon (all times local): 2:10 p.m. Former Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber turned her third-round match around completely after a rain delay to beat Alia...
Jul 03, 2021

Fans say seeing Habs at home in final a once in a lifetime experience
MONTREAL - Even with the arena at a fraction of its capacity and despite their team trailing for more than 58 minutes, the fans at Montreal's Bell Centre were never quiet on Friday night. For some of ...
Jul 03, 2021

Fans say seeing Habs at home in final a once in a lifetime experience
MONTREAL - Even with the arena at a fraction of its capacity and despite their team trailing for more than 58 minutes, the fans at Montreal's Bell Centre were never quiet on Friday night. For some of ...
Jul 03, 2021

Confidential national security docs left on human rights lawyer's Halifax porch
OTTAWA - A human rights lawyer says documents that the Canadian government argues contain confidential matters of national security were shoved into his door frame, with no signature or password neede...
Jul 03, 2021