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Canada's men win wheelchair basketball bronze at Parapans in Santiago, Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile — Patrick Anderson had a team-high 22 points as Canada's men's wheelchair basketball team beat Argentina 70-62 on Saturday to win bronze at the Parapan American Games. Anderson, from Fergus, Ont.

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Senecal, stout defence lead Carabins to 16-9 Vanier Cup win over UBC

KINGSTON, Ont. — Jonathan Senecal and a stout Montreal Carabins defence proved too much for the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds on Saturday afternoon.

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Canada's Valerie Grenier fifth at skiing World Cup in Killington, Vt.

KILLINGTON, Vt. — Valerie Grenier of St. Isidore, Ont., raced to fifth on Saturday at the FIS Ski World Cup women’s giant slalom in Killington, Vt. Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami won with a total time of one minute 53.05 seconds.

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Winnipeg revokes Peter Nygard's Key to the City following sexual assault convictions

Winnipeg has revoked what it calls its highest honour -- the Key to the City -- from Peter Nygard following the former fashion mogul's conviction on four counts of sexual assault. During a council meeting Thursday, St. Norbert-Seine River Coun.

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Montrealer vows to continue hunger strike for 'X' gender on Quebec health card

MONTREAL — Non-binary Montrealer Alexe Frédéric Migneault entered day six of a hunger strike on Saturday as part of a bid to pressure Quebec's public health insurance board to add a third gender option to its health cards.

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Alberta Energy Regulator reports runoff spill at Suncor's Fort Hills oilsands site

CALGARY — A spill of surface runoff from a containment pond at Suncor Energy’s Fort Hills oilsands site may have spanned more than a year, the Alberta Energy Regulator has announced. The regulator said that on Oct.

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Smith says she'll reveal details next week on threat to invoke sovereignty act

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she will reveal details next week on her threat to invoke her government's sovereignty act over federal clean energy regulations.

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COVID-19 outbreak aboard navy warship forces cancellation of Great Lakes tour

MONTREAL — An outbreak of COVID-19 aboard a Canadian warship has forced the Royal Canadian Navy to cancel the remainder of a tour of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway.

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Canada's Aubin-Mercier wins PFL lightweight title, US$1 million for 2nd year in a row

WASHINGTON — Olivier (The Canadian Gangster) Aubin-Mercier won a hard-fought decision over American (Cassius) Clay Collard on Saturday to claim the PFL lightweight title and the US$1 million that goes with it for the second year in a row.

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U Sports announces Regina, Quebec City to host 2025, '26 Vanier Cup games

KINGSTON, Ont. — The Vanier Cup will head to Saskatchewan for the first time. U Sports announced Saturday the '25 Vanier Cup will be played in Regina.

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