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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.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Smoky conditions help B.C.

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.

YELLOWKNIFE — Firefighters trying to keep wildfires at bay from the city of Yellowknife took stock of the flames Sunday after cool, damp weather over the weekend gave them a break from the fire burning 15 kilometres from the capital.

Canada's women's rugby sevens team is going to next summer's Olympic Games in Paris, but the men's team will have to continue trying to qualify.

British Columbia remains under a state of emergency after thousands of people were evacuated from their homes because of nearby wildfires, including the blazes on either side of Lake Okanagan in the Interior.

Toronto FC's nosedive continued Sunday in a 3-2 Major League Soccer loss to CF Montreal that showed some good but a lot more bad.

A state of emergency remains in place today across British Columbia as threatening wildfires force thousands of residents to evacuate from homes in the Okanagan in the southern Interior and elsewhere in the province.