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IndyCar driver Devlin DeFrancesco raising funds for Toronto's Sunnybrook hospital
Devlin DeFrancesco will finally be returning to Toronto as an IndyCar driver next month, and he plans to give back to the local doctors and nurses who saved his life as a baby. The 22-year-old DeFranc...
Jun 22, 2022
Sports minister freezing Hockey Canada's government funding
Hockey Canada's federal funding is being frozen in the wake of the national sport body's handling of an alleged sexual assault and out-of-court settlement. Pascale St-Onge, Canada's minister for sport...
Jun 22, 2022
Canadian teen McIntosh wins 200 butterfly gold at world aquatic championships
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Canada's Summer McIntosh has won gold in the women's 200-metre butterfly competition at the world aquatics championships. The 15-year-old from Toronto finished first with a time of...
Jun 22, 2022
Almost 100,000 mail ballots in federal election not counted, most arrived late
OTTAWA - A report published today by Elections Canada says almost 100,000 mail-in ballots were not counted in the federal election, most because they arrived after the deadline. The body that administ...
Jun 22, 2022
Quebec judge dismisses defamation suit against comedian Mike Ward regarding joke
MONTREAL - A Quebec comedian who won a high-profile Supreme Court of Canada human rights case last year has logged another legal victory against one of his accusers. A Quebec court judge has dismissed...
Jun 22, 2022
Blair 'very, very confident' he didn't interfere in RCMP mass shooting investigation
OTTAWA - Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki never promised him the Mounties would release details on the guns used in the mass shooting in Nova Scotia to su...
Jun 22, 2022
Ravens linebacker Jaylon Ferguson dies at age 26
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Jaylon Ferguson has died at age 26. Ferguson, nicknamed "Sack Daddy," played three NFL seasons, all with Baltimore. He set the career sacks record in the college Football B...
Jun 22, 2022
Congress alleges 'shadow' probe by Commanders owner Snyder
Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder conducted a "shadow investigation" that sought to discredit former employees making accusations of workplace sexual harassment, hired private investigators to in...
Jun 22, 2022
Congress alleges 'shadow' probe by Commanders owner Snyder
Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder conducted a "shadow investigation" that sought to discredit former employees making accusations of workplace sexual harassment, hired private investigators to in...
Jun 22, 2022
Canada's Shapovalov loses opening match in straight sets at Mallorca
SOL DE MALLORCA, Spain - Canada's Denis Shapovalov's losing streak continued Wednesday as he dropped a 6-4, 6-1 decision to Benjamin Bonzi of France at the Mallorca Championships. It was the opening m...
Jun 22, 2022