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TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have added some much-needed pop to their lineup by agreeing to terms with designated hitter Justin Turner on a one-year contract worth US$13 million, the Major League Baseball team announced Tuesday.

CALGARY — A trial for a man accused of sexually assaulting seven women in Calgary has been put on hold after the accused fired his lawyers. Defence lawyers Kim Arial and Andre Ouellette have been released from the case.

VANCOUVER — The B.C. government says it's spending tens of millions of dollars to boost nuclear medicine amid forecasts that cancer diagnoses in the province will rise almost 50 per cent in the next decade.

REGINA — A Saskatchewan Party legislature member has resigned from caucus while police investigate complaints against him.

VERNON, B.C. — Mounties in the North Okanagan say they are investigating the death of a two-year-old child. Police say they were called Monday afternoon to help ambulance staff who responded after the child had been hit by a vehicle.

MONTREAL — NHL players don’t typically bring their "A" game to all-star weekend. It’s a chance to relax, have fun and take part in some light competition.

Canadian Premier League sides York United FC and Atletico Ottawa have bolstered their rosters by signing Canadian internationals Frank Sturing and Kris Twardek, respectively.

Authorities have dismantled a drug-smuggling operation they say involved large quantities of narcotics coming into Los Angeles from Mexico before being distributed in the U.S. and brought into Canada by long-haul truckers.

OTTAWA — An Ontario court's order to retry a "Freedom Convoy" protester could have implications for the ongoing trial of the protest's two key organizers, an Ottawa criminologist said Tuesday.

QUEBEC — A senior leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec is speaking out after allegations of sexual assault emerged against him as part of a class-action lawsuit.