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TORONTO — Former semifinalist Vasek Pospisil is one of three Canadians to get a wild-card spot in the main draw of the 2023 men's National Bank Open. Tennis Canada on Monday announced the remaining participants for the tournament, which runs Aug.

TORONTO — Twin Hollywood strikes that have stalled U.S. film and TV production could raise demand for Canadian talent if the job action stretches beyond the summer, say industry observers.

A woman and a child from southern Ontario are dead and a boy is injured after a single all-terrain vehicle crash east of Parry Sound, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police say the crash took place just before 7 p.m. Sunday in Perry Township.

KITCHENER, Ont. — Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the province is starting three programs aimed at bolstering staffing in the health-care sector.

TORONTO (AP) — Novak Djokovic withdrew Sunday from the National Bank Open, opting for additional rest after his loss to Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final.

TORONTO — Trainer Mark Casse could have a formidable 1-2 punch in next month's $1-million King's Plate. Casse-trained horses won both the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks and $150,000 Plate Trial on Sunday.

TORONTO — World No. 2 Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the National Bank Open. Tennis Canada announced on Sunday that Djokovic had to pull out of the only Canadian stop on the ATP Tour schedule due to fatigue.

TORONTO — Right-handed pitching prospect Juaron Watts-Brown signed with the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. He was drafted by Toronto in the third round of this year's Major League Baseball draft.

TORONTO — A man died after a shooting in Toronto's Greektown early Sunday morning, just hours after a memorial marking the fifth anniversary of a mass shooting in the same neighbourhood.

TORONTO — Pulin Shah feels a sense of unease every time he passes the corner in his Toronto neighbourhood where a mother of two was killed by a stray bullet earlier this month.