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TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts have signed all-star linebacker Wynton McManis to a contract extension, the CFL team announced Friday.

TORONTO — Padma Ranjan used to pass a blood donation centre on her bus ride to work in Vancouver and wish she could donate. Her family had been regular blood donors when she was growing up in Malaysia. She moved to the U.K.

NORTH BAY, Ont. — The Sudbury Wolves defeated the North Bay Battalion during the shootout. David Goyette, Kocha Delic, Quentin Musty and Dalibor Dvorský all scored once for Sudbury. Wolves netminder Jakub Vondras kicked out 26 of 30 shots.

TORONTO — The CBC and Toronto International Film Festival have announced a new award in honour of late Canadian filmmaker Charles Officer.

FORT HOPE, Ont. — A northwestern Ontario First Nation says two teens have been arrested in connection with a fire that destroyed the community's only school.

TORONTO — Ontario's information and privacy commissioner says she feels "a sense of urgency" to act on artificial intelligence as her list of concerns with the technology mounts.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (21,101.54, up 75.76 points): Royal Bank of Canada. (TSX:RY). Finance. Unchanged, at $132.34 on 10.2 million shares.

TORONTO — A recently announced cap on international student visas is already creating havoc, Ontario's colleges say, and could have major implications for the province's ability to fill key jobs.

TORONTO — Strength in energy and utilities helped Canada's main stock index post a modest gain Thursday, while U.S. markets also moved higher following a stronger-than-expected GDP report. The U.S. economy grew 3.

TORONTO — This is not the Toronto Raptors team that Jakob Poeltl re-signed with in the off-season. He's OK with that.