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A year later, ceremony commemorates victims of the Danforth shooting
TORONTO - The names of the two people killed in a public shooting in Toronto's Greektown last year were read aloud in a ceremony meant to honour their memory Sunday afternoon. Those gathered...
Jul 21, 2019
Toronto FC playmaker Alejandro Pozuelo questionable to play Houston
Toronto FC will likely be without Alejandro Pozuelo when it hosts Houston on Saturday, with the Spanish playmaker still nursing a sore ankle. Pozuelo, after scoring his team-leading ninth goal of...
Jul 21, 2019
Lowry wins British Open in celebrated return to Emerald Isle
PORTRUSH, Ireland - The long-awaited return of the British Open to Northern Ireland ended with Shane Lowry keeping the silver claret jug on the Emerald Isle. Even as the rain stopped, the tears began ...
Jul 21, 2019
Ontario attorney general invokes PM in spat over refugee legal aid
OTTAWA - Ontario's attorney general is taking his fight for more federal money for refugee legal aid to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Doug Downey, who took over as Ontario's attorney genera...
Jul 21, 2019
Stop CBSA policy requiring bulletproof vests in immigrant detention: advocates
OTTAWA - A group of doctors, lawyers, legal scholars and human-rights organizations is calling on the federal government to halt the rollout of a new policy that will see border officers outfitted in ...
Jul 21, 2019
NewsAlert: Shane Lowry wins British Open by 6 strokes for first major title
PORTRUSH, Ireland - Shane Lowry wins British Open by 6 strokes for first major title. The Associated Press
Jul 21, 2019
O'Regan to visit Attawapiskat at request of chief: minister's office
OTTAWA - The office of Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan says he will be visiting Attawapiskat First Nation at the request of the community's chief. The northern Ontario reserve declared a s...
Jul 21, 2019
The bug: 29 former MPs among declared candidates for fall election
OTTAWA - Among those vying for seats in the federal election this fall are dozens of candidates who have already held the job. There are 29 former MPs among the currently nominated candidates for the ...
Jul 21, 2019
Aces go to semis after pitcher’s duel
The Prince Albert Aces suffered their first loss of the Under-16 A Girls Softball Provincials, but only by the narrowest of margins against the Saskatoon Phantoms. The Phantoms squeaked by with a 1-0 ...
Jul 21, 2019 Aces pitcher Erin Kirkland was solid on the mound, but didn't get any run support in the Aces' first loss of the provincials, to the Phantoms. Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff
Canada joins global pact to stop illegal fishing trade, plans more inspections
OTTAWA - Foreign vessels arriving in Canadian ports can expect more monitoring by officials hunting for contraband fish now that Canada is part of an international agreement to com...
Jul 21, 2019
