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Cause of crash that killed NY couple at Niagara Falls border crossing still a mystery 8 months later

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A police investigation into the crash and explosion that killed two people in a high-powered luxury car at a Niagara Falls border crossing last year has concluded with the crash's cause still a mystery, authorities said.

Jul 24, 2024 10:41 AM Read more >

Ontario considering expanding pharmacists' powers to treat more common ailments

TORONTO — Ontario is looking to expand the responsibilities of pharmacists to allow them to treat more illnesses.

Jul 24, 2024 10:17 AM Read more >

K'naan Warsame's debut film to premiere at Toronto film festival's discovery program

TORONTO — Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan Warsame's directorial debut "Mother Mother" is among the films set to have world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival's discovery program.

Jul 24, 2024 10:02 AM Read more >

Naomi Osaka, Rebecca Marino, Marina Stakusic receive NBO Toronto wild cards

TORONTO — Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka will enter the National Bank Open women's main draw as a wild card. The 26-year-old former world No. 1 returned to tennis in January after taking a break for the birth of her first child.

Jul 24, 2024 9:06 AM Read more >

Rogers CEO predicts 'heightened' wireless churn across sector to persist

TORONTO — The chief executive of Rogers Communications Inc. says it will likely take the better part of a year before Canada's telecommunications sector sees a calming of the competitive intensity prompting many wireless customers to change carriers.

Jul 24, 2024 8:52 AM Read more >

Toronto police say two dead, two seriously injured in overnight shooting

TORONTO — Toronto police say they're investigating a shooting that left two people dead and two others seriously injured early Wednesday morning. Police say it happened just after 2:30 a.m.

Jul 24, 2024 5:32 AM Read more >

Pankaj Mishra wins Canadian award for international non-fiction writer

TORONTO — Indian writer Pankaj Mishra has won a prestigious Canadian award of $75,000 for an international non-fiction author. The Writers' Trust of Canada says Mishra is the second-ever recipient of the Weston International Award.

Jul 23, 2024 9:07 PM Read more >

Lowe's two-run homer lifts Rays over Blue Jays 4-2 as Berrios walks six

TORONTO — Jose Berrios' search to find the form he exhibited earlier in the season has lingered longer than he would like.

Jul 23, 2024 8:10 PM Read more >

Wildfires threaten communities in the West as Oregon fire closes interstate, creates its own weather

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Firefighters in the West are scrambling as wildfires threaten communities in Oregon, California and Washington, with at least one Oregon fire so large that it is creating its own weather.

Jul 23, 2024 7:56 PM Read more >

Rays SS Taylor Walls says gesture wasn't meant as Trump endorsement and he likely won't do it again

TORONTO (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Taylor Walls said Tuesday that his Donald Trump-inspired celebration of a hit Sunday was not intended as an endorsement of the Republican presidential candidate and added he was unlikely to do it again.

Jul 23, 2024 4:45 PM Read more >