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'Keep doubting me': Argos QB Dukes looks to bounce back against undefeated Alouettes
MONTREAL - Cameron Dukes is used to proving his skeptics wrong. After a couple subpar outings, the Toronto Argonauts quarterback is eager to do it again when his team visits the undefeated Montreal Al...
Jul 10, 2024
Arkansas election officials reject petitions submitted for an abortion-rights ballot measure
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas election officials on Wednesday rejected petitions submitted for an abortion-rights ballot measure that organizers hoped to put before voters this fall in a predomina...
Jul 10, 2024
Fisher protest interrupts environment ministers' press conference
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The union representing inshore fishers and fish plant workers Newfoundland and Labrador interrupted a press conference of the country's environment ministers in St. John's today. Th...
Jul 10, 2024
AFN calls for independent inquiry into killings of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg
MONTREAL - The Assembly of First Nations passed a resolution today calling for an independent inquiry into the killings of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg. Chiefs supported the bid by Betsy Kennedy ...
Jul 10, 2024
Dabrowski, Routliffe advance to Wimbledon women's doubles semifinals
LONDON - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand moved closer to another Grand Slam title Wednesday with a 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-4 win over Barbora Krejcikova and Laura Siegemu...
Jul 10, 2024
Jay Herdman, son of John Herdman, to play for New Zealand at Paris Olympics
Jay Herdman, son of Toronto FC coach John Herdman, has been named to New Zealand's Olympic soccer team for the Paris games. The 19-year-old Herdman captains the Whitecaps FC 2, Vancouver's entry in th...
Jul 10, 2024
60 years of road salt has destroyed Ottawa's Alexandra Bridge: officials
OTTAWA - Federal officials say six decades of road salt has spelled the end for a 123-year old interprovincial bridge in Ottawa. The Alexandra Bridge has to be taken down because of rust, officials fr...
Jul 10, 2024
Active wildfires tick up in central B.C., risk of lightning coming to the north
The number of active wildfires in British Columbia has jumped by more than two dozen to about 130 amid a heat wave, creating prime conditions for fire. There are two wildfires of note, meaning they ar...
Jul 10, 2024
Lorenzo Musetti reaches his first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon and will face Novak Djokovic
LONDON (AP) - Lorenzo Musetti reached his first Grand Slam semifinal by eliminating Taylor Fritz 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 at Wimbledon on Wednesday and will take on Novak Djokovic next. The 25th-se...
Jul 10, 2024
Rays shortstop Wander Franco is formally charged with sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was formally charged Tuesday with sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl in the Dominican Republic. Prosecutors charged Fra...
Jul 10, 2024
