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Investigators: No sign of engine failure for Bryant copter
LOS ANGELES - Wreckage from the helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others did not show any sign of engine failure, the National Transportation Safety Board said Fri...
Feb 07, 2020
NHL Notebook: With Ovechkin set to hit 700 goals, Gretzky record looks in reach
Alex Ovechkin was having a quiet night. Through two periods of action Tuesday, he'd registered a solitary shot attempt that sailed wide, two hits and one giveaway. That was it. Then, as he's...
Feb 07, 2020
Police agencies must lean on technology & younger officers going forward
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Members of Lethbridge Police Service (LPS), Taber Police Service, and Blood Tribe Police Service have presented their vision of the future of policing.They spoke to a group of Crimina...
Feb 07, 2020 Lethbridge Police station. (Lethbridge News Now)
Canadian special forces treading carefully in Iraq amid 'sensitive' relations
OTTAWA - Canadian special-forces soldiers are treading carefully in Iraq following an Iranian missile attack against their main base last month and what their commander describes as a sensitive a...
Feb 07, 2020
Former Maple Leaf and Canada's Sports Hall of Famer Brian Glennie dies at 73
TORONTO - Former NHL defenceman Brian Glennie, who spent most of his 10-year career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, has died. He was 73. Glennie, who was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame ...
Feb 07, 2020
Winfrey says King not doing well after social media backlash
NEW YORK - Oprah Winfrey says her friend Gayle King is facing death threats following a social media backlash caused by an interview with retired WNBA star Lisa Leslie that concerned the late Kobe Bry...
Feb 07, 2020
Probe: No outward engine failure in Bryant helicopter crash
LOS ANGELES - Wreckage from the helicopter that crashed last month and killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others did not show any outward evidence of engine failure, the National Transportatio...
Feb 07, 2020
Former CFL head coaches Trestman, Jones both part of XFL's resurrection
Marc Trestman heads into the start of the XFL season looking for answers. The eight-team XFL begins its reincarnation Saturday with two games (D.C. Defenders vs. Seattle Dragons, LA Wildcats vs.&...
Feb 07, 2020
Toronto Arrows have familiar look as Major League Rugby season starts
Major League Rugby kicks off its third season this weekend with three new teams and some big-name additions in South Africa's Tendai (The Beast) Mtawarira and former All Blacks Ma'a Nonu and Rene Rang...
Feb 07, 2020
Iraqi officials: At least 8 shot dead in southern Iraq
BAGHDAD - At least eight anti-government protesters were shot dead and 52 were wounded in clashes with followers of a radical Shiite cleric in southern Iraq on Wednesday, Iraqi medical officials and a...
Feb 07, 2020