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LOS ANGELES — Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam will miss Wednesday night's road game against the Los Angeles Clippers with back spasms, the team announced before tip-off. Siakam had yet to miss any of Toronto's 37 games this season.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Canadians Rebecca Marino and Katherine Sebov will meet in the Australian Open qualifying tournament after both advancing to the final round.

VANCOUVER — Hospitals in British Columbia are treating a record number of patients as the province's respiratory illness season nears its peak, with the health minister saying the situation is challenging but being managed.

OTTAWA — The Prime Minister's Office is denying allegations it misled the ethics commissioner, after the federal Conservatives called for an investigation into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's vacation in Jamaica.

REVELSTOKE, B.C. — Extreme cold and bitter winds are pushing in from the Arctic through Yukon, the Northwest Territories, B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan, bringing wind chill that feels as low as -55 in some regions.

TORONTO — The rest of Canada should follow British Columbia's lead in its new approach to cervical cancer screening, the Canadian Cancer Society and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the B.C.

OTTAWA — A new Statistics Canada study confirms that financial limitations are keeping people without private or employer-sponsored drug coverage from following through with their prescriptions.

TORONTO — Human-caused climate change is behind a decline in spring snowpack across parts of Southern Canada and the Northern Hemisphere, says a new study that offers widespread caution of how a warming planet could transform winter and affect water

VANCOUVER — The head of a national group of emergency room doctors says he's "disgusted" that provinces and territories have generally not planned for expected overcrowding in ERs, especially as respiratory season starts to peak in many areas. Dr.

TORONTO — Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment has settled on Keith Pelley, chief executive of golf's DP World Tour and former president of Rogers Media, as its new president and CEO, according to a source.