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A look at the 2026 Winter Olympic bids in Monday's vote
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - While the Winter Olympics still has issues attracting bidders, two candidates have stayed on Monday's ballot to pick the 2026 host. The contest is formally a choice between Mil...
Jun 21, 2019
Latest dead North Atlantic right whale off Canada's coast believed to be female
FREDERICTON - The latest dead North Atlantic right whale spotted in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is believed to be a large female. Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the whale was spotted northeast of the I...
Jun 21, 2019
NBA-champion Raptors take Miami C Hernandez with 59th pick
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors selected centre Dewan Hernandez from the University of Miami with the 59th pick in Thursday's NBA draft. The 6-foot-11 Hernandez sat out this season because of his dealin...
Jun 21, 2019
Dubas says Leafs won't necessarily match an offer sheet signed by Toronto's RFAs
VANCOUVER - Kyle Dubas says if Mitch Marner - or the Maple Leafs' other restricted free agents, for that matter - signs an offer sheet with another team, Toronto might let the player wa...
Jun 21, 2019
US home sales climbed 2.5% in May amid lower mortgage rates
WASHINGTON - U.S. home sales jumped 2.5% in May, as lower mortgage rates appeared to help buyers overcome affordability challenges. The National Association of Realtors said Friday that existing homes...
Jun 21, 2019
Montreal street to be renamed Atateken after Amherst's fall from grace
MONTREAL - A Montreal street named after the British general Jeffery Amherst is being renamed Atateken Street in honour of the local Indigenous population. Mayor Valerie Plante, Ghislain Pic...
Jun 21, 2019
California launches anti-illegal pot campaign
LOS ANGELES - Marijuana shoppers are going to be getting a message from California regulators: Go legal. Aiming to slow illegal pot sales that are undercutting the nation's largest licensed market, Ca...
Jun 21, 2019
Turkey's Erdogan claims ex-Egyptian president was killed
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed that former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi didn't die of natural causes, but that he was killed. During a speech in Istanbul, Erd...
Jun 21, 2019
Score a goal, shake a leg. Canada's World Cup soccer women have the music in them
PARIS - Safe to say, members of the Canadian women's soccer team have the music in them. From grooving to Shania Twain's "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" on the team bus to flossing during an...
Jun 21, 2019
4 charged in downing of Malaysian airliner over Ukraine
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands - International prosecutors announced murder charges Wednesday against four men - three of them Russians with military or intelligence backgrounds - in the missile attack that ...
Jun 21, 2019
