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TORONTO — American Varvara Lepchenko downed top-seeded qualifier Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 7-5, 6-0 on Sunday to advance to the main draw of the Rogers Cup.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Restrictions meant to help stave off new wildfires in tinder-dry British Columbia appear to be working as people enjoy the long weekend, officials say.

HALIFAX — Sidney Crosby is welcoming the Stanley Cup to his native Nova Scotia for a third time. Phil Pritchard, the Cup's keeper, tweeted a photo Saturday night of Crosby hoisting the trophy above his head beside an airplane in Halifax.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Prosecutors and lawyers for Dennis Oland will be back in New Brunswick court Tuesday for a hearing to set a date for a new second-degree murder trial, but it's expected they'll ask for a month-long delay.

SAINT-JOSEPH-DE-BEAUCE, Canada — Environment Canada has confirmed a tornado touched down in Quebec's Beauce region on Saturday as a series of severe thunderstorms swept through the province.

MONTREAL — Several hundred people shouted "refugees welcome!" in Creole as they gathered outside Montreal's Olympic Stadium on Sunday to show support for the waves of asylum-seekers crossing the border from the United States.

WASHINGTON — Something strange has been happening lately in Washington when the most powerful man in town, the president of the United States, makes a headline-grabbing declaration on some new policy. The recent response has been: Nothing.

CALGARY — A woman's driving lesson in Calgary ended abruptly when the vehicle she was driving left a parking lot, crashed through a barrier and landed metres below onto a train platform.

A Canadian deported from Kenya on Saturday while working for an opposition party in the African country says he was initially given a "flimsy" excuse about a visa issue.

TORONTO — Argonauts quarterback Ricky Ray is day-to-day with a shoulder injury and could play Friday when Toronto visits the Montreal Alouettes.