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

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

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

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.
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Pankaj Mishra wins Canadian award for international non-fiction writer

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

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

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

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.
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Feds were warned about setting 'significant precedent' with Ukraine visa program

Feds were warned about setting 'significant precedent' with Ukraine visa program

OTTAWA — Federal immigration officials warned the government it risked undermining the temporary immigration system with the design of the emergency visa program for war-displaced Ukrainians, newly released court documents show.
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S&P/TSX composite index dragged lower Tuesday by energy, U.S. markets also down

S&P/TSX composite index dragged lower Tuesday by energy, U.S. markets also down

TORONTO — Losses in the energy sector led Canada's main stock index lower on Tuesday, while U.S. stock markets were also down.
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LCBO stores reopen across Ontario after two-week strike by workers

LCBO stores reopen across Ontario after two-week strike by workers

TORONTO — Customers were able to return to hundreds of Ontario's liquor stores as they reopened Tuesday following a two-week strike, but tensions between the union representing workers and the government dragged on.
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