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CTV News - Toronto Friday, August 2, 2024 10:58 PM
     A segment of fans in Yankee Stadium's right field bleachers chanted "U-S-A! U-S-A!" during the playing of "O Canada" on Friday night before the game between New York and the Toronto Blue Jays.

Saturday, August 3, 2024 5:00 AM
     Canada's defending-champion women's eight rowing team has won a silver medal at the Paris Olympics.

Saturday, August 3, 2024 4:45 AM
     Damian Warner of London, Ont., has moved from fourth place into the lead in men's decathlon after today's 110-metre hurdles event at the Paris Olympics.

Friday, August 2, 2024 11:54 PM
     The Winnipeg Sea Bears season is over following an 84-82 loss to the Calgary Surge in the CEBL Western Conference Play-In Game.

Friday, August 2, 2024 11:05 PM
     The Montreal Alouettes showed the Tiger-Cats why they are the defending champions after beating Hamilton 33-16 at Tim Hortons Field.

Friday, August 2, 2024 10:09 PM
     Edmonton is starting to host more major sporting events, including FIFA matches and WNBA games. Now the city is hoping to add another big event to that list, the 2030 Gay Games.

Friday, August 2, 2024 10:02 PM
     The incident happened on July 4, as a privately-owned Cessna was flying from Langley to Pitt Meadows, according to an incident report.

Toronto Sun Saturday, August 3, 2024 2:00 AM
     SUNshine Girl Jessy likes drawing and playing pool. The hazel-eyed Taurus is an auto enthusiast who enjoys getting her hands dirty working on cars. Her dream car? A Mustang GT. Her other loves are her dog, Wilson, and cat, Nick. These photos were taken in February 2020. (Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun)

Toronto Sun Saturday, August 3, 2024 2:00 AM
     Tim Dolighan cartoon for Aug. 3, 2024.

Toronto Sun Friday, August 2, 2024 11:52 PM
     LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A jury has found two men not guilty of conspiring to kill police at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta. But Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert have been convicted of mischief and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. Olienick has also been convicted of possessing a pipe bomb. The two […]

Toronto Sun Friday, August 2, 2024 11:48 PM
     On a rain-delayed night featuring three of baseball's legitimate heavyweights, it was Joey Loperfido who was able to punch above his weight. It's no knock on the newest Blue Jay, but even the native of South Jersey would acknowledge he's not in the same division as Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Aaron Judge and Juan Soto. At […]

Toronto Sun Friday, August 2, 2024 11:14 PM
     HAMILTON — Caleb Evans threw a touchdown pass and ran for another as the Montreal Alouettes defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 33-16 on Friday night. Evans cemented the win with a 39-yard TD pass to David Dallaire in the fourth quarter that put Montreal (7-1) ahead 27-8. Evans's strike came on his first play in place […]

Toronto Sun Friday, August 2, 2024 10:49 PM
     CINCINNATI — Blake Snell was one out away from pitching the first no-hit game in his illustrious career and had to get power-hitting Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz one more time. Cruz jumped on Snell's first pitch, a 97.8 mph fastball in the middle of zone, ripping it hard to the gap in right-centre […]

Toronto Sun Friday, August 2, 2024 10:02 PM
     Police in York Region are investigating Thursday's fatal shooting of a man in broad daylight outside a Markham home. Police say, at approximately 2:45 p.m., officers responded to a report of several shots fired outside a residence in the area of Cottsmore Cres. and Harvest Moon Dr. Responding officers found an adult male suffering from […]

CityNews Toronto Saturday, August 3, 2024 5:46 AM
     ZIETA, West Bank (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in the occupied West Bank killed five Palestinians, according to Israel's army and Palestinian media, as violence flares in the Israeli-occupied territory. The Israeli army said its forces struck a vehicle carrying five militants in a rural area northwest of the city of Tulkarem […]

CityNews Toronto Saturday, August 3, 2024 5:20 AM
     A Florida sheriff's deputy was killed and two other deputies were wounded while attempting to reach the first officer in what police called an ambush shooting inside a home. The three deputies were shot at a house in Eustis, Florida, on Friday night, Lake County Sheriff Peyton Grinnell said during a news conference at the […]

CityNews Toronto Saturday, August 3, 2024 5:10 AM
     MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Police in Somalia said Saturday that 32 people died and 63 others were wounded in an attack on a beach hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, the previous evening. Police spokesperson Maj. Abdifatah Adan Hassa, told journalists that one soldier was killed in the attack and that the rest were civilians. Another […]

CityNews Toronto Saturday, August 3, 2024 4:46 AM
     BERLIN (AP) — Twenty-two people were injured by an explosion in the paddock area of Germany's famous Nuerbergring racetrack, police said Saturday. Police said the accident, which they believe was caused by the explosion of a compressed air canister on Friday night, injured one person severely, three seriously and the others slightly, German news agency […]

CityNews Toronto Saturday, August 3, 2024 3:57 AM
     SOMA, Gambia (AP) — When Metta, a mother of six from rural Gambia, heard that lawmakers were considering reversing the country's ban on female genital cutting, a centuries-old practice she underwent as a child and now fiercely opposes, she was determined that her voice be heard. She packed her bag and boarded a bus to […]

CityNews Toronto Saturday, August 3, 2024 3:25 AM
     BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Holder of one-fifth of the world's fresh water, the Amazon is beginning the dry season with many of its rivers already at critically low levels, prompting governments to anticipate contingency measures to address issues ranging from disrupted navigation to increasing forest fires. "The Amazon Basin is facing one of the most […]

CityNews Toronto Saturday, August 3, 2024 12:38 AM
     LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan voters could play a major role in choosing who the next president will be — and they could also determine which major party controls Congress in 2025. Next week's party primaries over an open U.S. Senate seat and two congressional races in the battleground state will set the stage for […]

CityNews Toronto Saturday, August 3, 2024 12:26 AM
     LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A jury returned a verdict of not guilty late Friday for two men accused of conspiring to kill RCMP officers at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta. But Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert were both convicted on other charges of mischief and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. Olienick was […]

CityNews Toronto Saturday, August 3, 2024 12:07 AM
     ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump returns Saturday to Georgia, which he lost four years ago, to campaign in a state that both Democrats and Republicans see as up for grabs yet again. Trump's 5 p.m. EDT event alongside his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, comes just days after Vice President Kamala Harris […]

CityNews Toronto Saturday, August 3, 2024 12:05 AM
     President Vladimir Putin strode along the red carpet between two rows of rifle-toting honor guards and warmly greeted intelligence operatives freed in the biggest prisoner swap with the West since the Cold War. "The Motherland hasn't forgotten about you for a minute," Putin said, embracing each of them after they walked down the steps of […]

CityNews Toronto Saturday, August 3, 2024 12:05 AM
     Harris has secured enough Democratic delegate votes to become their party's nominee, chair says WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough votes from delegates to become her party's nominee for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison said Friday. The announcement was made before the online voting process ends on Monday, reflecting […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, August 2, 2024 11:14 PM
     SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un accused South Korea's "rubbish" media of tarnishing the North's image by allegedly exaggerating the death tolls from recent floods that hit the country's northwest region, and hinted that he would refuse Seoul's offer for aid. Kim made the comments Friday during a visit to […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, August 2, 2024 10:59 PM
     BEIJING (AP) — The death toll has risen to 38 from the partial collapse of a highway bridge that plunged two dozen vehicles into a rushing river two weeks ago, China's state broadcaster CCTV reported Friday evening, while a separate tunnel collapse and landslides in southwestern Sichuan province in the early morning Saturday have killed […]

G-Alt cp24.com Friday, August 2, 2024 8:00 PM
     CP24.com Journalist. Follow |Contact. Published Aug. 2, 2024 3:28 p.m. PDT. Share. A man in his 60s is in hospital after being rescued from an ...

Ottawa Citizen Saturday, August 3, 2024 5:00 AM
     Saturday, Aug. 3: Proposals to change up Bank Street south of the Queensway don't impress this reader. You can write to us too, at letters@ottawacitizen.com

Ottawa Sun Saturday, August 3, 2024 5:00 AM
     Here are today's Ottawa Sun letters to the editor.

Montreal Gazette Saturday, August 3, 2024 5:00 AM
     It won't eliminate reckless cycling, but it would certainly improve an untenable situation as bikes and cars constantly jockey for position in Montreal.

Calgary Herald Saturday, August 3, 2024 3:34 AM
     Billy Idol had only performed three songs Friday night at the Saddledome when he made mention of his grandkids. He apparently wanted to see them before setting out on his Canuck tour but couldn't because they all came down with the "(expletive) Coronavirus." It was a handy intro into Song No. 4, the only new […]

Calgary Herald Saturday, August 3, 2024 1:10 AM
     Two accused were convicted on other charges of mischief and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, while one of them was convicted of possessing a pipe bomb