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Toronto Raptors sign Otto Porter Jr. multi-year contract
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have officially signed forward Otto Porter Jr. to a multi-year contract. The deal was first reported last week. The six-foot-eight Porter was a key piece of the Golden St...
Jul 06, 2022

Lions, Blue Bombers clash in battle of undefeated CFL clubs
It's been quite the start to the season for Canadian quarterback Nathan Rourke and the B.C. Lions. The Victoria-born Rourke has been stellar for the unbeaten Lions (3-0). The former Ohio University st...
Jul 06, 2022

Surging energy prices harmful to families, should drive green transition: Freeland
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is absolutely concerned with the struggles Canadians are facing as a result of inflation, but insists the current energy crisis is ...
Jul 06, 2022

New report details missed chances to stop Uvalde shooting
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A police officer armed with a rifle watched the gunman in the Uvalde elementary school massacre walk toward the campus but did not fire while waiting for permission from a supervi...
Jul 06, 2022

Iran media: Revolutionary Guard accuses diplomats of spying
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian media reported on Wednesday that the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has accused the deputy ambassador of the United Kingdom and other foreigners in the country ...
Jul 06, 2022

Soldier James Topp wore uniform while criticizing vaccine mandates to draw attention
OTTAWA - Warrant Officer James Topp says he doesn't believe people would have paid attention if he hadn't donned his uniform to publicly oppose the Canadian military's vaccine requirements. That decis...
Jul 06, 2022

Hampered Nadal gets past Fritz at Wimbledon; Kyrgios next
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Wincing from abdominal pain, unable to ply his customary relentless style of tennis, Rafael Nadal worried that he might need to stop playing in the Wimbledon quarterfinals ag...
Jul 06, 2022

No one hospitalized after a home fire in the County of Grande Prairie
The County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service responded to a structure fire around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, at a rural property on Range Road 34. Bart Johnson, Deputy Fire Chief of Operation...
Jul 06, 2022

Canadian curlers John Morris, Shannon Birchard partner in mixed doubles
John Morris and Shannon Birchard have joined forces in mixed doubles curling. Morris, who won Olympic mixed doubles gold with Kaitlyn Lawes in 2018 and also competed with Rachel Homan in Beijing in Fe...
Jul 06, 2022

First set of tickets for Pope's mass in Edmonton booked within minutes
EDMONTON - Thousands of tickets for the Pope's open-air mass at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium were all booked about 15 minutes after they were made available to the public for free. The July 26 mass...
Jul 06, 2022