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    Leylah Fernandez advances to Citi Open final with 3-set win over Elena Rybakina

    Leylah Fernandez is on to the finals of the Citi Open. Fernandez, from Laval, Que., beat the third-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3) in a three-hour and 12-minute marathon on Saturday afternoon. She’ll face the winner of the other semifinal between Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu and Anna Kalinskaya, who is from Russia, on Sunday. Fernandez was ranked 36th in the world heading into the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. She is scheduled to play in the National Bank Open in Montreal this coming week. The 22-year-old Fernandez is now into her first final since she…

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    Carney’s ministers say Hong Kong’s new arrest warrants for exiles a threat to Canadians’ security

    Two ministers in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government are condemning Hong Kong police’s new arrest warrants for 19 overseas-based activists and their offer of rewards for information leading to their capture. Officers have accused the activists of violating a national security law imposed by Beijing. In a joint statement Saturday afternoon, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said “the actions taken by Hong Kong threaten the sovereignty of Canada and security of the people in this country.” “This attempt by Hong Kong authorities to conduct transnational repression abroad, including by issuing threats, intimidation or coercion against Canadians or…

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    Bouchard to open final tournament against Colombia’s Arango at National Bank Open in Montreal

    Eugenie Bouchard’s final tennis tournament will begin against Colombia’s Emiliana Arango at the National Bank Open. Bouchard, who reached No. 5 in the WTA rankings in a breakout 2014 season, announced she will retire at the end of her hometown event. The 31-year-old from Westmount, Que., made it to the Wimbledon women’s final in 2014, losing to Petra Kvitova in straight sets. She became the first Canadian woman in the open era to reach a Grand Slam singles final. Bouchard received a main-draw wild card to the WTA 1000 tournament in Montreal, which began play with qualifying Saturday. This year’s…

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    Canadian high diver Simone Leathead wins silver medal at aquatics worlds

    Canada’s Simone Leathead captured the first world championship medal of her career on Saturday in Singapore, winning silver in the women’s 20 metre high dive. The Montreal native moved from fourth place into second on her final dive, an inward three somersaults ½ twist pike, which scored 90 points. WATCH | Leathead captures silver medal in Singapore: Montreal’s Simone Leathead wins world championship silver in the 20m high dive Simone Leathead of Montreal finishes second in the women’s 20-metre high dive event at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. “Today took a little turn because of the weather, but I’m super happy with…

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    Federal government to stop funding hotel rooms for asylum seekers, IRCC says

    Asylum seekers staying in federally-funded hotels will soon have to check out as Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) says that funding will end in September.  A spokesperson for IRCC told CBC News via email that as of Thursday, the federal government was housing 485 asylum seekers in five hotels in Ontario and Quebec, noting it has spent approximately $1.1 billion on temporary hotel housing for asylum seekers since 2020.  “This measure was never meant to be permanent, and IRCC is funded to continue hotel operations only until September 30, 2025,” the email said. Ottawa has provided funding for asylum seekers to…

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    Trudeau radically overhauled the Senate — will Carney keep his reforms?

    Former prime minister Justin Trudeau upended 150 years of Canadian parliamentary tradition when he dumped Liberal senators, named Independents to the upper house and generally stripped the place of partisan elements. The experiment produced mixed reviews, with some old-guard senators — those who were there well before Trudeau — arguing the Senate is now irrelevant, slower, less organized and more expensive. Some of Trudeau’s appointees say the reforms have helped the Red Chamber turn the page on the near-death experience of the expenses scandal, which they maintain was fuelled by the worst partisan impulses. Defenders of the new regime say partisans are pining…

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    Can Mark Carney move fast and not break things?

    Content Skip to Main ContentAccessibility Help Menu When search suggestions are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Search Search Sign In Quick Links News Sports Radio Music Listen Live TV Watch news Top Stories Local Climate World Canada Politics Indigenous Business The National Health Entertainment Science CBC News Investigates Go Public About CBC News Being Black in Canada More Can Mark Carney move fast and not break things? | CBC News Loaded Politics Source link

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    Nick Kurtz of Athletics becomes 1st MLB rookie to hit 4 home runs in a game

    Nick Kurtz of the Athletics became the first rookie in Major League Baseball history to hit four home runs in a game and matched the MLB record with 19 total bases against the Astros on Friday night in Houston. Kurtz went deep in the second, sixth, eighth and ninth innings. He also doubled and singled on his 6-for-6 night to equal Shawn Green, who had four homers, six hits and 19 total bases for the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 23, 2002 at Milwaukee. “It’s hard to think about this day being kind of real, it still feels like a dream,”…