The Niagara Falls, Ont., native threw for 218 yards and a touchdown and ran for a game-high 109 yards as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats nipped the Toronto Argonauts 24-23 on Saturday night.

It was Ford's first start for the Tiger-Cats and followed a week where poor air quality relegated them to mostly indoor walk-through practices.

"When you have a week like this when you don't get a lot of practise, having legs definitely helps," said Ford. "It's tough to get to those third and fourth reads when you don't practise.

"Those are the kind of things you want to practise and be able to see through against a defence … It was obviously nice to go out there and get the win, but I definitely want practice next week."

Ford finished 21-of-27 passing and his athleticism helped Hamilton (3-3) convert 15-of-23 second-down chances. The Ticats earned their first win in three games but more importantly their first since starter Bo Levi Mitchell (ankle) was hurt in a 14-13 home loss to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on July 5.

Hamilton won despite finishing with a makeshift offensive line as tackles Trevor Reid and Quinton Barrow were hurt. That forced guards Brandon Revenberg and Nate Dumoulin-Duguay to kick outside, centre Liam Dobson and tight end Max Mang to go to guard and backup centre Kris Kolankowski to replace Dobson.

Still, Hamilton needed a little divine intervention for the win. Veteran Toronto kicker Lirim Hajrullahu missed a 31-yard field goal on the game's final play after the Argos (2-4) drove 58 yards on seven plays.

"It's not a fair game," said Hamilton head coach Scott Milanovich. "But every now and then you get what you deserve and I felt like that's what happened tonight at the end."

Hajrullahu also missed a convert that allowed Hamilton to cling to its 24-23 advantage. And last week, he missed a 40-yard field goal attempt that was returned 129 yards for the touchdown in a 30-21 road loss to Winnipeg.

But that certainly didn't take away from Ford's strong performance as he anchored Hamilton's 157-yard rushing attack.

"There's a couple of throws (Ford) is going to want to have back, but I thought, all in all, the young man played amazingly well," Milanovich said. "He gave us a shot in the arm.

"He made some really good throws, obviously made some good runs. It's pretty big, we needed that, we needed to kind of get a little belief back and I thought we did that."

Hamilton looked poised to go ahead 27-23 but kicker Marc Liegghio missed from 49 yards out. Nick Arbuckle's one-yard TD run at 7:25 of the fourth pulled Toronto to within 24-23, capping a 10-play, 97-yard march that included unnecessary roughness and pass interference calls against Hamilton.

Chad Kelly's five-yard TD strike to David Ungerer III 46 seconds into the fourth cut Hamilton's lead to 24-17. Kelly completed 25-of-35 passes for 322 yards with a touchdown and interception, while Tyler Kahmann registered six catches for a game-high 104 yards.

"It's always tough losing a game but it never comes down to one play, it never does," said Toronto head coach Mike Miller. "The reality is it's a team game.

"You feel for (Hajrullahu), he's a great teammate and a guy who's invested in our program. I know it's very disappointing and hurts deep but unfortunately that's part of the game, too."

The game began on time despite both teams being sent to their dressing rooms during warm-ups due to poor air quality caused by wildfires in northwestern Ontario. Under the CFL's air-quality policy, if the Air Quality Health Index reaches eight or higher as per metrics provided by Environment Canada, teams will be sent off the field.

Both teams returned to the field at around 7:05 p.m. ET, and kickoff commenced on schedule. High air-quality readings in southern Ontario also forced Toronto indoors for its practices last week in Guelph, Ont.

Kenny Lawler, Ante Litre and Jake Dolegala had Hamilton's touchdowns. Liegghio booted the converts and a field goal.

Arbuckle had two TDs for Toronto. Hajrullahu added two converts and a field goal.

Liegghio connected from 11 yards out at 13:33 of the third to give Hamilton a 24-10 lead. Hajrullahu's 12-yard boot pulled Toronto to within 21-10 at 8:50 following Dymere Miller's 71-yard kickoff return.

Dolegala staked Hamilton to a 21-7 lead with a one-yard scoring run at 6:11. It was set up by Jamal Peters' interception and return to the Toronto 31-yard line.

Litre's one-yard TD run at 14:41 of the second gave Hamilton a 14-7 halftime lead. Ford keyed the 14-play, 100-yard march by completing six-of-seven passes for 42 yards and rushing three times for 21 yards.

Ford's 25-yard TD strike to Lawler at 10:12 of the first made it 7-7, ending an impressive eight-play, 70-yard drive on Hamilton's first possession. Arbuckle's one-yard touchdown run at 5:39 capped Toronto's opening 10-play, 64-yard march that was aided by a Ticats roughing-the-passer penalty on a second-down sack.

UP NEXT

Argonauts: Visit the B.C. Lions on Saturday, July 25.

Tiger-Cats: Visit the Montreal Alouettes on Sunday, July 26.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 18, 2026.

Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press

The 16-year-old Lin, from Langley, B.C., is the second straight Canadian winner. Aphrodite Deng won last year in Georgia.

“I’ve always wanted to be on the big stage and inspire some people and work hard and see it pay off," Lin said. "To be able to do that today is amazing. Still haven’t processed it yet, but it’s pretty cool."

“ … I remember seeing when Aphrodite won last year, I was really stoked for her, and I was really happy that Canada had its first U.S. Girls’, I think, and coming in this week, of course, I knew I wanted to do it again,” added Lin.

“For it to actually be the first time that two Canadians have won back-to-back in a USGA Championship is pretty cool. I’m glad I get to be a part of that."

The 17-year-old Zalsman is set to play for Wake Forest in 2027.

“I’ve played so much golf the past two weeks,” Zalsman said. “I’m just really proud of myself for making it this far and my body, honestly, just sticking with me.”

Deng skipped her title defence to play in the Evian Championship last week in France.

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The Tempo's bench boss has been suspended by the WNBA for one game without pay for an "inappropriate" comment she made about Atlanta star Angel Reese after the Dream beat the host Tempo 111-92 on Friday.

Brondello will miss Monday's game when the Tempo host the Las Vegas Aces.

During the Dream's victory in Toronto, the Tempo's Nyara Sabally fouled Reese after an offensive rebound.

As the call was being reviewed, Brondello yelled at the referees. Microphones picked her up saying, "Angel, she's a protected species!"

Brondello issued a written apology on Saturday for her choice of words.

"Angel, I'm sorry. Last night, in the emotion of the moment after Nyara's injury, I used a phrase that I shouldn't have used, and I take full responsibility for that. My frustration was with the officiating, but my words unfairly put the focus on you," Brondello wrote.

"I also understand that my words carried an impact beyond what I intended, particularly for Black women in our league, and I'm deeply sorry for that. I've spent my career competing with, coaching and learning from incredible Black women.

"I regret that my words caused hurt to a community I respect so deeply. I have a lot of respect for you as both a player and a person, and I sincerely apologize to you, your teammates, and the Dream organization for my comment."

While announcing the suspension the WNBA said it "expects all coaches and team personnel to uphold the highest standards of professionalism and respect that are fundamental to our league."

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 18, 2026.

The Canadian Press

Nearly 40,000 people gathering in one area can make widespread communication difficult, but Batoche Resistance Radio is set up to help solve that problem and relay important news and information to festivalgoers. 

“The wifi can get really busy here, and when you have 40,000 people here, you can’t get to your phone and stuff like that, then to gather information and we have a lot of campers here and it’s really important,” said host Claire Letendre, who is also the advisor to the vice-president at Métis Nation-Saskatchewan. 

“If there’s severe weather coming, we can notify them right away because they’re tuning in. Then we do elder interviews, we broadcast them from this main stage so people at home can listen to it too by a live stream.” 

The broadcast can be heard on 106.1 FM. While Letendre said it is meant for the festival grounds, it can also be heard in surrounding areas. It is the second year Batoche Resistance Radio has been on the air. 

Letendre isn’t new to hosting a live show. She previously hosted a TV show in Saskatoon called The Loading Zone in the 1990s before running a production company and later starting to work with the Métis Nation and Saskatchewan Tribal Council. 

The biggest difference between the show at last years festival and this is the location, and how many people can access it in person. 

(Image Credit: Logan Lehmann/paNOW staff)

“Last year we were in the lodge, but we were kind of tucked away and nobody really knew we were there. But now where we are, we’re getting a lot of foot traffic. We have posters now that are up everywhere for people to finally see.” 

“You can give a shout out. E-mail us and we’ll shout out for you if there’s a birthday or anything. We’ve been getting them constantly, so that’s our feedback. We know it’s working, so that we’re getting that interaction from people that aren’t on the site.” 

They don’t livestream the show at every hour of the day, but they do stream the important components of the festival. 

“When they do have fiddle competitions and stuff like that, we will broadcast it over the FM station. A lot of our older people need to be in their air-conditioned campers, but they still want to hear what’s going on. So, it really benefits them.” 

They also run live interviews around the grounds with their co-host, ‘J-Bird’ who is around the ground talking to as many people around the festival as possible. 

For Letendre, Back to Batoche is much more important than just the show. 

“I’ve been coming to Batoche for a very long time. My fourth great uncle founded Batoche, Xavier Letendre,” she said, mentioning her favourite part of the event is the culture. 

“I came from that era from the 70s and 80s where we weren’t allowed to talk about that and I didn’t even know we were Métis.” 

“My very first real school, we went, we went to Batoche. It was our first trip. I said, ‘Why is my last name everywhere here?’ That’s how I found out. After that, we started learning. My dad started talking about it and I just wanted to learn more about it.” 

Letendre said back then, research came from libraries with no such thing as internet to research which is why she got into media production. 

“I can start teaching people our culture because it was hard to find and now if we can share it and get our people back you know it’s really good for us.” 

She mentioned one other part of the festival that she considers to be one of her favourites. 

“They feed the elders and they have a lodge there for them to cool down and take a break and then they feed them breakfast, lunch, and supper. I love it.” 

Letendre will continue to bring Batoche Resistance Radio to the airwaves through the weekend until July 19, when the 56th annual Back to Batoche festival comes to a close. 

-with files from Logan Lehmann/paNOW 

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Saskatchewan Parks has partnered with several outfits to promote new ways for visitors to the province’s many parks this summer.

“Spending time in nature is an excellent way to recharge the mind and body,” said Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Alana Ross in a news release.

“These new partnerships allow us to expand our park offerings, enhancing the visitor experience and helping people further enjoy the solace and natural beauty of our provincial parks.”

For those seeking wellness and relaxation, there are a number of new activity offerings, including outdoor yoga, a sauna and cold water wellness and Pilates.

Thrill seekers can now try out canoe polo, obstacle courses and slides, and adventure-based fitness experiences.

For those who like to learn while in the great outdoors, there are guided nature tours, astronomy programs and photography workshops also available, in addition to other traditional summer activities regularly enjoyed in Saskatchewan parks throughout the summer.

It was the highest-scoring World Cup game since Hungary beat El Salvador 10-1 in 1982, and the 10 goals were the most in a third-place match.

Saka had goals in the 37th minute and in first-half stoppage time, then added his third on a penalty in the 87th for his second career hat trick with England. The Three Lions also got goals from Declan Rice and Ezri Konsa to build a 4-0 halftime lead, and they hung on during a wild second half to secure their second-best finish in the World Cup. England won its only title in 1966.

England's Jude Bellingham capped the scoring in the eighth minute of second-half stoppage time, his seventh goal of the tournament.

Mbappé reached 22 career goals, one more than Messi. The star striker finished this World Cup with 10 goals, two ahead of Messi in the race for the Golden Boot, which is awarded to the tournament’s top scorer.

Messi will get one last shot at the scoring title when he and defending champion Argentina face Spain on Sunday in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Dembélé also scored for France.

Both teams had said they’d rather be playing in Sunday's final. France had enough offensive firepower to potentially win the tournament, but Les Bleus lost to Spain in the semifinals and squandered their chance at reaching a third straight World Cup final. England blew a 1-0 lead against Argentina and lost 2-1 when Messi assisted on two late goals.

Still, a sellout crowd of 64,478 showed up to watch the seventh and final match of this World Cup at Hard Rock Stadium.

Plenty of supporters were cheering for both teams, but many were there simply for the atmosphere of the low-stakes match.

“I love English football,” said Gaston Esquivel, a native of Mexico City who came to support England. “I’ve followed the Premier League since I was a kid. I am a Manchester United fan. I like their style, I like their game.”

Thomas Viel, who travelled from Paris to follow France throughout the tournament, was hoping to see a hat trick by Mbappé. He nearly got his wish.

France trailed 4-0 when Mbappé flicked a shot past goalkeeper Dean Henderson in the 48th minute. Then he beat Henderson again with a left-footed strike from about 14 yards in the 66th.

“I think Messi will not score a hat trick (on Sunday),” Viel said.

It was also the final match for France coach Didier Deschamps, who has said he will step down after 14 years. Deschamps embraced players and waved toward the crowd as he exited the pitch.

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Alanis Thames, The Associated Press

Alexander set a league record for consecutive pass attempts without an interception with 336 dating back to July 2025, and surpassed Darian Durant's mark of 323.

"Great coaching, great play calls, great execution, great protection," was Alexander's summation of his record. "Just knowing what you're supposed to do every single day, day in and day out."

Despite a suspect left hamstring, the Alouettes quarterback completed 25 of 32 passes for 402 yards and three touchdowns, and threw for more than 300 yards for a sixth straight game to start this season.

Montreal (5-1) downed Calgary a second straight game after beating the Stampeders 37-30 at home a week earlier.

Saturday's game at McMahon Stadium, played in a sweltering 33 degrees Celsius, followed a similar script with the Alouettes starting fast for a big lead. The Stampeders chipped away for a chance to win, only to falter within reach of the end zone on the second-last play of the game again.

In Montreal, it was a Vernon Adams Jr., pass to Erik Brooks from the Alouettes' 15-yard line that was knocked down. On Saturday, Brooks couldn't hang on to an Adams throw and turned the ball over on Montreal's nine-yard line to seal the win for the visitors.

Calgary (2-4) has lost three games in the final minute and another in overtime this season.

Travis Theis and Dustin Crum rushed for touchdowns and Cole Spieker, Tyler Snead and Kaseem Ferdinand caught touchdown passes for Montreal, which extended its unbeaten steak against the Stampeders to eight (7-0-1) dating back to 2022. The teams tied 19-19 in September, 2024.

Theis finished with 123 rushing yards and Snead totalled 113 passing yards.

"Just competitive across the board," Alexander said. "It sounds dumb and simple, but we just feel like we're kind of built for those tough moments.

"There is no moment too big for this team, and we're going to have each other's back regardless."

Montreal's Jose Maltos Diaz contributed eight kicking points in the win, including a 35-yard field goal. He was wide on a convert attempt with just over a minute remaining in the game, however, to open the door for Calgary to win with a converted touchdown.

Dedrick Mills scored a pair of rushing touchdowns and ran for a two-point convert, while Brooks and Jalen Philpot caught touchdown passes for the Stampeders in front of an announced 19,228 at McMahon Stadium.

Jude McAtamney kicked six points and Mills compiled 130 rushing yards.

Adams was 23-for-37 in passing for 271 yards and three touchdown passes. Like Alexander, he has yet to throw an interception this season and owns a pick-free streak of 243 pass attempts dating back to last October.

But Alexander and the Alouettes sprinted to a quick 15-point lead in the first quarter and were up 22-0 early in the second. Calgary's only points of the first half were a McAtamney field goal in the last minute.

"Good fight at the end, but it's just getting old from me, not being able to put points up early to help the defence out, just too many two-and-outs," Adams said. "Everybody's going to look in the mirror, but I'm my biggest critic.

"I've got to just start faster. I don't know what that is, my routine, whatever it is, I need to get it right and help this team out and stop letting the organization down. All this hero stuff at the end, it doesn't have to be like that."

The Stampeders scored their first touchdown of the game on their first possession of the second half. Calgary went on to outscore the Alouettes 22-10 and knot the score 32-32 with three minutes to play.

After a Diaz Maltos' field goal made it a two-touchdown game, Adams threw to an all-alone Philpot in the end zone with five minutes remaining in the game.

Calgary's defence then made a pivotal stop on a Theis attempted short-yardage plunge for a first down, and Montreal turned the ball over on their own 15-yard line.

Mills' second touchdown of the game and a McAtamney convert tied the contest, but the Alouettes pulled ahead again on Alexander's 27-yard throw to an undefended Ferdinand with just over a minute to play.

The 27-year-old Alexander soldiered through a pair of sacks and escaped pressure to get a 40-yard running pass away in Saturday's first half despite the hamstring issue.

"He did a great job hydrating all week because when you're dehydrated at times, muscles tend to have issues, but he was hydrated great," Alouettes head coach Jason Maas said. "We put a lot of work into our strength and conditioning with him this week to where he could get his hamstring back and feeling good.

"Today he had no issues and I don't expect there to be any more issues. But I'll say this, it takes a lot of work for him throughout the week, because there's massages, there's treatment, there's everything he needs to do to be ready, and he's a pro about it."

UP NEXT

Alouettes: Host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday, July 26.

Stampeders: Visit the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 18, 2026.

Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press

The brothers were taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service on a sealed warrant, agency spokesperson Brady McCarron told The Associated Press, placing the United States at the center of an international legal saga that has stretched from Romania to Britain.

British prosecutors announced Saturday that they were seeking the brothers’ extradition on charges alleging they raped and trafficked women between 2010 and 2017.

The dual U.S. and British citizens moved to Romania in 2016. They were arrested there in 2022, accused of participating in schemes to lure women for sexual exploitation. They denied those allegations and the Romanian case hasn't gone forward because of legal and procedural problems.

Last year, they were allowed to leave Romania and flew to Florida on a private jet.

The brothers are expected to appear in Miami’s federal court early next week, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke to on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive law enforcement operations.

The pending charges in the United Kingdom accused the brothers of abusing women in an area north of London, where they grew up. Their lawyers had said they denied the allegations.

Joseph McBride, an attorney representing the Tate brothers, said in a phone interview Saturday evening that he has not been able to speak with his clients but called the new charges out of the U.K. “filth and slander” intended to derail defamation lawsuits filed by the brothers in the U.S.

“They’re pulling out all the stops to make sure these guys never get their day in court,” McBride said.

“We are confident that once a competent judge sees the facts, and once the Department of Justice confronts this egregious abuse of its own authority, Andrew and Tristan Tate will walk free. America does not do Britain’s political dirty work."

Andrew Tate, 39, first reached a mainstream audience as a contestant on the U.K. reality television show “Big Brother” in 2016. He was removed from the show when a video surfaced that appeared to show Tate assaulting a woman. He and his brother Tristan Tate, 38, are vocal supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Andrew Tate has amassed over 10 million followers on X but has been banned from platforms like YouTube, TikTok and Instagram for violating hate speech guidelines. His most widely condemned rhetoric includes comments that women who are sexually assaulted should bear some responsibility for their attacks, graphic descriptions of how he might attack women and criticisms of people who seek treatment for mental illness.

The Tate brothers have consistently denied allegations of abuse and human trafficking, claiming that violent and misogynistic statements have been taken out of context or were intended as jokes.

In a statement Saturday, the U.K.'s Crown Prosecution Services said that in addition to the charges publicly announced against the brothers in 2025, involving alleged crimes against three women, it was bringing a total of 38 new charges related to "four further victims.”

Both brothers are accused of rape and human trafficking. Andrew Tate faces an additional charge of profiting from prostitution, and 19 charges “for offences relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography,” according to U.K. authorities.

“There is no place for male violence against women and girls, and we will continue to work tirelessly to support victims and investigate all reports made to us,” said Karena Thomas, an assistant chief constable of the Bedfordshire Police, which investigated the case.

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AP writer Savannah Peters in Santa Fe, New Mexico contributed.

Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press

The company made the announcement in a social media post after lettuce served at five Taco Bell restaurants in American states -- Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia -- was identified as a source of the outbreak.

Data from the the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests nearly 7,000 people have become sick since May.

The Public Health Agency of Canada says it's not investigating any cyclospora outbreaks but there is typically an increase in infections in the spring and summer linked to imported fruits and vegetables.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has said it's in touch with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Cyclosporiasis is a gastrointestinal illness that can cause watery diarrhea for six to seven weeks.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 18, 2026.

The Canadian Press

Mbappé finished this World Cup with 10 goals, two more than Messi in the race for the Golden Boot, which is awarded to the tournament's top scorer. Should he remain ahead of Messi after Argentina plays Spain in Sunday's final, he would become the first player to win the Golden Boot twice.

France trailed England 4-0 when Mbappé flicked a shot past goalkeeper Dean Henderson in the 48th minute. Then he beat Henderson again with a left-footed strike from about 14 yards in the 66th minute to pass Messi's career mark of 21 goals.

France pulled within 4-3 on Mbappé's second goal. Les Bleus missed out on a chance at playing in their third straight World Cup final when they lost to Spain in the semifinals.

Mbappé scored eight goals to win the Golden Boot four years ago in Qatar, where France lost to Messi and Argentina in a penalty shootout in the final.

Mbappé started the match, and his quest for the Golden Boot appeared to be going nowhere when France trailed 4-0 at halftime. England stars Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham were not in their squad's starting lineup, although Bellingham entered as a substitute and scored late in second-half stoppage time. He finished the tournament with seven goals, one more than Kane.

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Alanis Thames, The Associated Press