Driver charged after wheel detaches, smashes windshield of another car on Hwy. 401 – Toronto

Wheel off: Passenger vehicle traveling EB on #Hwy401/Victoria Park. Wheel seperated and struck another vehicle on the WB side of the highway. The three occupants in the vehicle, (pictured) suffered only minor injuries. The other driver charged with detached part. #TorontoOPP^ks pic.twitter.com/6MmOHcVRhx — OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) March 11, 2024 Source link

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Carleton women successfully defend national basketball title with narrow win over Saskatchewan

The Carleton Ravens have defended their U Sports women’s basketball title. The second-seeded Ravens won a 70-67 thriller over the University of Saskatchewan Huskies in Sunday’s championship game at Edmonton’s Saville Centre. Husky Logan Reider’s last-ditch three-point effort to tie the game hit the backboard and rimmed out. The Ravens scoring-by-committee effort outdid a heroic…

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Brittany Hudak, Mark Arendz claim team sprint bronze, Canada’s 7th medal at Para biathlon worlds

Brittany Hudak and Mark Arendz claimed Canada’s seventh medal of the Para Biathlon World Championships with team sprint bronze on the final day of competition in Prince George, B.C. The Canadian duo clocked a time of 22 minutes 44.4 seconds in Sunday’s final as Arendz collected his fourth medal in four events at the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club. Ukraine…

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Tortorella suspended 2 games, fined for refusing to leave Flyers bench after game misconduct

Hockey Philadelphia Flyers head coach John Tortorella was suspended for two games and fined $50,000 US by the NHL on Sunday for unprofessional conduct directed at the officials by refusing to leave the bench area after a game misconduct. ‘Unprofessional conduct’ directed at officials will cost Philadelphia coach $50,000 US The Associated Press · Posted:…

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Stricter drug testing before Paris Olympics ordered for specific track and field athletes

Track and field athletes from Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal will be tested more often ahead of this year’s Paris Olympics because of substandard anti-doping programs at home, the sport’s investigators said Monday. Each country failed to heed warnings after the 2022 World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Ore., to improve no-notice testing ahead of…

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Absences pile up for Raptors with Canada’s Chris Boucher sidelined by knee injury

Injuries continue to pile up for the Toronto Raptors. Immanuel Quickley, Gary Trent Jr., and Chris Boucher will all miss Monday’s game against defending champion Denver. Boucher, a reserve forward from Montreal, has a right knee contusion. The Raptors said Monday that Boucher sustained a partial tear to the medial collateral ligament in his right…

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MPs to study controversial prison transfer of killer Luka Magnotta

A parliamentary committee voted Monday to look into why convicted first-degree murderer Luka Magnotta was quietly transferred from a maximum to a medium-security prison. During an emergency debate, the standing committee on public safety and national security passed an amended motion to hold one meeting on Magnotta’s transfer. The committee is now calling for four witnesses to appear before…

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