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In Buffalo, Biden condemns racism, mourns new victims
BUFFALO (AP) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned the poison of white supremacy and said the nation must "reject the lie" of the racist "replacement theory" espoused by the shooter who murdered ...
May 17, 2022
Toronto Maple Leafs-Tampa Bay Lightning series popular with sports bettors
TORONTO - The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. is expecting a drop-off in betting with the Toronto Maple Leafs being out of the NHL playoffs. The OLG announced Tuesday the Leafs-Tampa Bay opening-roun...
May 17, 2022
Republican Senate candidates promote 'replacement' theory
NEW YORK (AP) - A half-dozen mainstream Republican Senate candidates are drawing on the "great replacement" conspiracy theory once confined to the far-right fringes of U.S. politics to court voters th...
May 17, 2022
College football, Australian Open headline ESPN schedule
Three huge matchups to kick off the college football season, a new Australian Open agreement and two new "30 for 30" documentaries were announced Tuesday by ESPN as part of its presentation to adverti...
May 17, 2022
Jury deliberating for second day at Quebec City Halloween 2020 murder trial
QUEBEC - Jurors are deliberating for a second day at the murder trial for the man accused of stalking the streets of Old Quebec City on Halloween 2020 and using a sword to kill two people and injure f...
May 17, 2022
Putin's ex-wife not immune from Canadian sanctions, as well as his alleged girlfriend
OTTAWA - A spokesman for the foreign affairs minister says Canada has not ruled out imposing sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin's ex-wife Lyudmila Ocheretnaya. The Russian president's ex-wi...
May 17, 2022
Canada's new safe sport office to begin Phase 1 of operations on June 20
Canada's office for reporting abuse and harassment in sport will begin operations on June 20. Sport Canada and the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) announced the opening date of the f...
May 17, 2022
Regular travel and public health measures can't coexist: Canadian Airport Council
OTTAWA - The Canadian Airports Council is asking the federal government to do away with COVID-19 protocols at customs to clear up the chaos that international travellers experience when they arrive in...
May 17, 2022
Mitch Marner victim of carjacking in Toronto, Maple Leafs say
TORONTO - Maple Leafs winger Mitch Marner was the victim of a carjacking in Toronto, the hockey team said Tuesday as city police investigated. Marner was not hurt in the carjacking that took place in ...
May 17, 2022
N.B. police officer who fatally shot woman during wellness check testifies at inquest
FREDERICTON - The police officer who fatally shot a 26-year-old Indigenous woman during a wellness check in Edmundston, N.B., two years ago says he doesn't know why things escalated so quickly. Const....
May 17, 2022