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TORONTO — Back-to-school prep for Toronto mom Valerie Tih involves homework she’s assigned to herself — a crash course in artificial intelligence tools that she expects her sons may encounter this school year.

HALIFAX — RCMP in Cape Breton are reporting a fatal all-terrain vehicle crash that claimed the life of a 59-year-old man over the weekend. Police say the crash occurred Saturday on MacIntyre Mountain Road in Glenora, N.S.

TORONTO — A man is dead after an early morning shooting at a major intersection in downtown Toronto. Toronto police say officers responded to a shooting in the area of Spadina Avenue and College Street just before 5 a.m. Monday.

YELLOWKNIFE — Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane was a social worker before entering politics, so when the territory ordered everyone in its capital to leave last week due to encroaching wildfires, she said she checked to make sure homel

Montreal police are investigating separate violent incidents last night that left one person dead and two people injured. Police say they responded to a call about gunshots a little after midnight in the St-Michel borough.

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. says it should be allowed to add cellular service for its own customers in the Toronto subway network without waiting for an ongoing dispute with its rival carriers to be resolved.

TORONTO — Phil Lind, who helped build Rogers Communications Inc. as an executive and board member, died Sunday on his 80th birthday.

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VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps came in to their match against the San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday preaching the importance of home wins to guarantee their goal of reaching the playoffs.

REGINA — Despite having their hands full with quarterback Vernon Adams Jr., the Saskatchewan Roughriders are heading into a bye week on a positive note. The Riders survived a furious fourth quarter rally by the B.C. Lions, spearheaded by Adams Jr.