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Elysian Field, Paramount Prince in 17-horse King's Plate field
TORONTO - Oaks winner Elysian Field and Plate Trial champion Paramount Prince will highlight the 17-horse field for the $1-million King's Plate. The King's Plate, North America's oldest continually ru...
Aug 16, 2023
Olympic champion Warner out to prove a point by winning elusive world decathlon title
Damian Warner is returning to the world championship stage with a point to prove. The reigning Olympic champion from London, Ontario, sustained a hamstring injury while leading after four events in th...
Aug 16, 2023
Two decades later, record wildfires in Kelowna, B.C. are dwarfed by current season
KELOWNA, B.C. - It's been about five years since Jesse Zeman began a summer ritual of boxing up keepsakes and personal effects to ship to relatives because he worried his home in Kelowna, B.C., would ...
Aug 16, 2023
Some abortion drug restrictions are upheld by an appeals court in a case bound for the Supreme Court
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New restrictions on access to a drug used in the most common form of abortion would be imposed under a federal appeals court ruling issued Wednesday, but the Supreme Court will have...
Aug 16, 2023
Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, one year on: 'It's restoring the American dream'
WASHINGTON - The White House is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act - and making it the centre of President Joe Biden's re-election hopes. Democrats bill the $1.2-trill...
Aug 16, 2023
Veteran defensive lineman Dylan Wynn returns to Ticats lineup to face Elks
HAMILTON - It's been a long road back for Dylan Wynn. The veteran defensive lineman has been sidelined since Sept. 17 with a knee injury. But the six-foot-two, 283-pound Wynn will finally make his 202...
Aug 16, 2023
Kansas prosecutor says material seized in police raid of weekly newspaper should be returned
MARION, Kansas (AP) - The prosecutor in Marion County, Kansas, said Wednesday that police should return all seized material to a weekly newspaper that was raided by officers in a case that has drawn n...
Aug 16, 2023
China leaves Canada off list of countries approved for group tours
OTTAWA - China has lifted a pandemic ban on group tours to several countries, including the United States and Australia, but tourists are still be barred from group visits to Canada. The change announ...
Aug 16, 2023
Hockey Canada releases plan to promote equity, diversity and inclusion
CALGARY - An audit to address gaps in pay equity, a reworked recruitment strategy and ensuring Indigenous representation in event bids are among the deliverables in a diversity and inclusion report re...
Aug 16, 2023
A former fundraiser for Rep. George Santos has been charged with wire fraud and identity theft
NEW YORK (AP) - A former fundraiser for U.S. Rep. George Santos was indicted Wednesday on federal charges that he impersonated a high-ranking congressional aide while soliciting contributions for the ...
Aug 16, 2023