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Cyrus and Hemsworth split after less than year of marriage
LOS ANGELES - Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth have separated after less than a year of marriage. A representative for the singer said Saturday the pair decided a break was best while they focus on "the...
Aug 10, 2019
Toronto FC settles for home tie against Orlando
TORONTO - Patrick Mullins scored the equalizer in the 77th minute as Toronto FC played to a 1-1 draw with Orlando City SC at BMO Field on Saturday. TFC (9-10-6) had a chance to move into the top seven...
Aug 10, 2019
Monfils to face Nadal in Rogers Cup semi after three-set win over Bautista Agut
MONTREAL - The semifinals are finally set at the men's Rogers Cup tennis tournament. Sixteenth-seed Gael Monfils of France will face top seed Rafael Nadal in the final four after a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2) w...
Aug 10, 2019
Wolfpack extend winning streak to 18 games with 56-6 rout of York
TORONTO - Gareth O'Brien had three tries and added five conversions as the Toronto Wolfpack routed the visiting York City Knights 56-6 in rugby league action Saturday. Josh McCrone and Andy Ackers had...
Aug 10, 2019
Guerrero's propels victory over one of the best teams in baseball
TORONTO - A two-run triple from Blue Jays rookie Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the seventh inning propelled Toronto past one of the best teams in baseball, the New York Yankees, for a 5-4 win on Saturday. ...
Aug 10, 2019
Inuk woman bikes across Canada to raise awareness about Indigenous suicides
MONTREAL - Hannah Tooktoo, an Inuk mother from Nunavik, Que., descended from her bike Thursday, 55 days after pedalling across the country to raise awareness to the suicides that are ravagin...
Aug 10, 2019
No injuries in Crescent Heights fire
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A fire suspected to have been started by a child caused damage to a Northlands townhouse complex but no injuries early Friday morning.City police and firefighters responded to the s...
Aug 10, 2019 Photo courtesy MHPS
Watson, Team Canada earn silver in 4x400 metre relay at Pan-Am Games
LIMA, PERU - Sage Watson will be returning home to Canada with two medals around her neck, capping off her 2019 Pan-Am Games with a silver medal.Watson represented the anchor leg of Team Canada's wome...
Aug 10, 2019 Photo courtesy of Vincent Ethier / Team Canada
Canadian 'so grateful' to be back in B.C. after eight-month detention in Syria
VANCOUVER - A Canadian man says he wrote a diary on the walls of his cell in Syria every day to keep his mind busy as he wondered whether anyone knew where he was. Kristian Baxter of Nanaimo...
Aug 10, 2019
Retired senior Mountie says answers could still come in B.C. homicides
Investigators should be able to provide some answers about three homicides in northern British Columbia even though two suspects in the case are believed to be dead, says a former RCMP assis...
Aug 10, 2019