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Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Toronto Argonauts both look to snap their losing ways

Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Toronto Argonauts both look to snap their losing ways

TORONTO — Home field hasn't been an advantage this season, but there's something about hosting the Winnipeg Blue Bombers that agrees with Derek Parish and the Toronto Argonauts. Winnipeg (3-2) visits Toronto (1-5) on Saturday night.
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More lease deals reached for Hudson's Bay locations

More lease deals reached for Hudson's Bay locations

TORONTO — Hudson's Bay has reached deals to sell the leases of six store locations as legal wrangling continues on work to close a deal to sell up to 25 leases to B.C. billionaire Ruby Liu. Legal filings show clothing retailer YM Inc.
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Supreme Court affirms murder conviction of man who argued he was unfit for trial

Supreme Court affirms murder conviction of man who argued he was unfit for trial

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the murder conviction of a man who argued he was unfit to stand trial because he experienced auditory hallucinations and schizophrenic delusions throughout the proceedings.
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CFL issues Amos a maximum fine for hit on Ottawa quarterback Dru Brown

CFL issues Amos a maximum fine for hit on Ottawa quarterback Dru Brown

TORONTO — The CFL issued a maximum fine against DaShaun Amos of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday for his hit last week on Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Dru Brown. The exact amount of the fine wasn't disclosed.
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Hockey players' acquittal reverberates in southwestern Ontario city after ruling

Hockey players' acquittal reverberates in southwestern Ontario city after ruling

LONDON — The acquittal of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team who were accused of sexual assault continued to reverberate Friday in the southwestern Ontario city where the trial — and the encounter that gave rise to it — took pla
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'He was the catalyst': Toronto referee remembers Hulk Hogan, the man behind the myth

'He was the catalyst': Toronto referee remembers Hulk Hogan, the man behind the myth

TORONTO — Even as Hulkamania was catching fire around the world, former WWE referee Jimmy Korderas says Hulk Hogan always treated him like “one of the boys.
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Law experts, observers raise questions as Ontario adds virtual courtroom restrictions

Law experts, observers raise questions as Ontario adds virtual courtroom restrictions

Ontario's lower courts are introducing restrictions on who can attend proceedings virtually after what they describe as an escalation of interruptions, a move that law experts and observers say raises questions about transparency.
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CN train derailment halts some passenger trains in southwestern Ontario: Via Rail

CN train derailment halts some passenger trains in southwestern Ontario: Via Rail

An investigation is underway after a Canadian National Railway Co. train derailed in southwestern Ontario this morning, halting passenger train service.
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Police investigating drowning of three-year-old child at provincial park

Police investigating drowning of three-year-old child at provincial park

Ontario Provincial Police say they are investigating after a three-year-old child drowned at a provincial park on Thursday. Police say officers were sent to Sandbanks Provincial Park at around 5:30 p.m.
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NHLPA pushes back after NHL says five players acquitted of sexual assault ineligible

NHLPA pushes back after NHL says five players acquitted of sexual assault ineligible

The five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team were acquitted in the high-profile London, Ont., sexual assault trial Thursday, but the jury is still out on whether or not they’ll be able to resume their NHL careers.
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