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Adarius Pickett, Ottawa Redblacks off to solid start to 2024 campaign
The Ottawa Redlbacks are on a nice roll but for linebacker Adarius Pickett, there's no bad time for a week off to rest, recover and reload. Ottawa (6-2) has won three straight games and improved to 4-...
Jul 30, 2024

Diamondbacks agree to add slugger Josh Bell from the Marlins, AP source says
PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to add slugger Josh Bell in a deal with the Miami Marlins on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the deal, fortifying their lineup ahead of...
Jul 30, 2024

Bills: Anderson expected to be released from the hospital after treatment for heat-related illness
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) - Buffalo Bills backup offensive lineman Alec Anderson is expected to be released from the hospital following a brief stay in which he was treated for heat-related illness symptom...
Jul 30, 2024

Investigation finds at least 973 Native American children died in US government boarding schools
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - At least 973 Native American children died in the U.S. government's abusive boarding school system, according to the results of an investigation released Tuesday by officials wh...
Jul 30, 2024

Als teammates Dequoy, Alexander earn top individual awards in CFL weekly honour roll
TORONTO - The Alouettes dominated the CFL's weekly honour roll. Montreal safety Marc-Antoine Dequoy grabbed the top defensive nod, while quarterback Davis Alexander was recognized on the offensive sid...
Jul 30, 2024

Donald Trump says Kamala Harris, who is married to a Jewish man, 'doesn't like Jewish people'
NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Donald Trump in an interview on Tuesday claimed Vice President Kamala Harris, who is married to a Jewish man, "doesn't like Jewish people" and seemed to agree with a r...
Jul 30, 2024

Israel says it has struck Beirut, targeting the commander accused in deaths of 12 youth in Golan
BEIRUT (AP) - Israel's military said Tuesday it carried out a strike on Beirut targeting the militant commander allegedly behind the deaths of 12 children and teens in a rocket attack on the Israeli-c...
Jul 30, 2024

Conservative MP Karen Vecchio not seeking re-election, will finish out term
OTTAWA - Ontario Conservative MP Karen Vecchio says she will not be seeking re-election. Vecchio made the announcement on 94.1 myFM, a radio station in St. Thomas, Ont. She says she believes every pol...
Jul 30, 2024

64-year-old woman dead in Montreal apartment is city's 21st homicide victim in 2024
MONTREAL - Montreal police say a woman found dead inside an apartment in the Lachine borough was the victim of a homicide. The death of the 64-year-old is the 21st murder of the year on the territory ...
Jul 30, 2024

B.C. toxic drug deaths down 9% in 2024, but six people continue to die each day
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Coroners Service says the number of people who have died this year from toxic drug poisoning is down from 2023, but an average of six people are still dying every day fro...
Jul 30, 2024

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