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Canada's Summer McIntosh wins Olympic swim gold in 400-metre medley
Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh is the Olympic champion in the women's 400-metre individual medley.The 17-year-old from Toronto became the first Canadian woman to take gold in the race that combines ...
Jul 29, 2024
Wild sign NHL rookie of the year runner-up Brock Faber to 8-year, $68 million contract extension
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin saw more than enough potential in Brock Faber's rookie season to sign the defenseman to an eight-year, $68 million contract extension ...
Jul 29, 2024
Two dead in crash of 'homebuilt amphibious' plane near Merritt, B.C.
MERRITT, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Police say two people are dead after an amateur-built plane crashed north of the Merritt, B.C. airport, about 270 kilometres northeast of Vancouver. Merritt RCMP say emerge...
Jul 29, 2024
Bears great Steve McMichael gets his Hall of Fame moment as he battles ALS
CHICAGO (AP) - Steve McMichael always had that big and boisterous persona and a willingness to say whatever was on his mind, so it's no stretch to think the Chicago Bears great's Pro Football Hall of ...
Jul 29, 2024
Canada urges Venezuela to detail election results, Freeland cites 'serious concerns'
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada has "serious concerns" about Sunday's election results in Venezuela. Opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez and incumbent Nicolas Maduro have b...
Jul 29, 2024
Longtime Canadian hockey executive Murray Costello dead at age 90
CALGARY - Longtime hockey executive Murray Costello has died. He was 90. Hockey Canada said in a statement Costello, who led both that organization and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association for two ...
Jul 29, 2024
Judo champ Christa Deguchi claims Canada's first gold of Paris Games
PARIS - It was a golden day for Canada on the judo mat. Christa Deguchi captured the country's first gold medal of the Paris Olympics with a victory over South Korea's Huh Mimi in the under-57 kilogra...
Jul 29, 2024
Hall of Famer Julius Peppers drew motivation from working hot summers in North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Julius Peppers remembers the long, grueling dawn-until-dusk summer days he spent working in the cotton and cucumbers fields of North Carolina's Nash County and dealing with the ...
Jul 29, 2024
World Cup bidders give FIFA their detailed plans in Paris to host the tournaments in 2030 and 2034
PARIS (AP) - On the sidelines of the Paris Olympics, FIFA has been doing business with its future hosts of the men's World Cup including Saudi Arabia. FIFA said on Monday it received in Paris the form...
Jul 29, 2024
Bloodied children flee a stabbing attack in England. 8 people are hurt and a 17-year-old is arrested
LONDON (AP) - At least eight people, some of them children, were injured in a stabbing attack in northwest England on Monday, emergency services said. Police said they detained 17-year-old male suspec...
Jul 29, 2024