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Hodges takes 5-shot lead onto 3M Open final round
BLAINE, Minn. (AP) - Chasing his first PGA Tour victory Lee Hodges shot a 5-under 66 on Saturday to stretch his lead to five strokes with a round left in the 3M Open. Hodges had a 20-under 193 total a...
Jul 29, 2023
Argos make it six straight by beating Riders 31-13
HALIFAX - For the second straight Touchdown Atlantic game, the Toronto Argonauts defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders, this time 31-13 in front of another sold-out Nova Scotia crowd. The Argos, 6-0 f...
Jul 29, 2023
Federal government struggling to get rid of millions of extra COVID-19 rapid tests
OTTAWA - The federal government is sitting on a stockpile of 39 million extra rapid tests for COVID-19 and is struggling to get rid of them without chucking them in the trash, an internal Health Canad...
Jul 29, 2023
'Perfectly excited': Canadian scientists await first look at bits from asteroid Bennu
A group of Canadian scientists is awaiting delivery of an outer space postcard from the past. On Sept. 24, seven years after it blasted off from its Florida launch pad, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is...
Jul 29, 2023
Riders’ ship sinks against Argos, lose Touchdown Atlantic game
The Saskatchewan Roughriders couldn't become the first team to knock off the Toronto Argonauts this CFL season.Saskatchewan lost 31-13 to the Argos on Saturday in Halifax, with the Green and White's o...
Jul 29, 2023
Kirk's two homers power Blue Jays past Angels 6-1; L.A.'s Ward injured in scary scene
TORONTO - Alejandro Kirk had two home runs, including a two-run shot, to power the Toronto Blue Jays past the Angels 6-1 on Saturday after a scary incident when Los Angeles left-fielder Taylor Ward wa...
Jul 29, 2023
Judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas is temporarily blocked from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing "harmful" materials to minors, a...
Jul 29, 2023
Firefighter killed while battling Donnie Creek wildfire in B.C.
A firefighter has been killed while fighting the massive Donnie Creek wildfire in northeastern British Columbia, marking the second such fatality in the province this month during this year's record f...
Jul 29, 2023
Source: Tiger-Cats QB Mitchell returning to six-game injured list with leg fracture
TORONTO - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will once again be without quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell for a significant period of time. According to a CFL source, Mitchell suffered a fracture in his lower right l...
Jul 29, 2023
Jimmy Graham is grateful to be back with the Saints and confident he can still play
METAIRIE, La. (AP) - Jimmy Graham offered a few reasons why - at age 36 and without having played football last year - he could become a playmaker again for the New Orleans Saints. "I'm feeling better...
Jul 29, 2023