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TORONTO — The number of charges in the Toronto sexual-assault case against Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard have been reduced from 11 to six.

CALGARY — Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton has named Joe Cecchini, Kevin Boyer and Micaela Widmer as its newest coaches for the national skeleton program. Cecchini will take on the dual role of head coach and technical lead.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Progressive Conservatives are promising to phase out the province's payroll tax over eight years if re-elected Oct.

TORONTO — A timeline of key developments in the Toronto Transit Commission wireless network access saga: Dec.

Ottawa Senators head coach D.J. Smith has a new assistant on his staff. Ben Sexton has been promoted from American Hockey League affiliate Belleville Senators to join Smith's staff.

LUNENBURG, N.S. — The Nova Scotia government has purchased a motel to house health-care workers recruited to work on the province’s South Shore.

TORONTO — Ontario's new minister of municipal affairs and housing suggests the province may not move forward with a review of six regions with both upper- and lower-tier municipal governments.

CALGARY — Crescent Point Energy Corp. says it plans to spend $1.05 billion to $1.15 billion on development capital expenditures next year.

LAVAL-SUR-LE-LAC, Que. — Defenceman Mike Matheson has been named an assistant captain of the Montreal Canadiens, the team announced Monday. The club said the decision was made by the Canadiens' management team.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Voters began applying Monday for mail-in ballots ahead of the Oct.