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TORONTO — Karolina Pliskova stepped onto the court, shook off some nerves, and began her run as World No. 1 on a positive note.

TORONTO — Karolina Pliskova began her run as world No. 1 on a positive note, beating Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the third round of the Rogers Cup.

TORONTO — A scan showed no new damage to CC Sabathia's arthritic right knee, but the status of the New York Yankees left-hander for Sunday night's start against Boston remains unclear.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal is allowing an appeal of a lower-court ruling in a dispute between the Canadian government and the Merchant Law Group.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Peel regional police say one of their officers is facing fraud charges in relation to employee benefits claims. The police force west of Toronto says Const.

VANCOUVER — A group opposed to abortion has lost a Charter of Rights challenge to have its ads displayed on the outside of Metro Vancouver buses after a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled they could cause harm to women and children. The South Coast B.C.

WASHINGTON — He promised unpredictability and he's delivering.

GRANBY, Que. — A Quebec blogger who swindled a man with cystic fibrosis of $125,000 has been sentenced to 18 months house arrest. In June 2014, a judge found Patrick Vaillancourt guilty of defrauding Louis-Philippe Pesant in 2007.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays transferred shortstop Troy Tulowitzki to the 60-day disabled list Wednesday, likely ending his season.

TORONTO — Investors flocked to gold Wednesday against the backdrop of rising tensions between the U.S. and North Korea, offsetting some of the broad-based declines on the commodity-heavy Toronto stock index.