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With two quarterbacks injured, the Montreal Alouettes have brought back American QB Dominique Davis, who signed a one-season contract with the club on Tuesday.

Toronto police have laid nearly a dozen charges against a former Durham Regional Police recruit accused of “misrepresenting himself as a police officer” to underage victims who he allegedly brought to a bar and bought alcohol for before sexually assaulting them, investigators say.

A six-year-old child is in hospital with serious injuries following a collision in Milton.