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Hot shooting night lifts Raptors to 132-120 victory over Charlotte Hornets
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors finally rediscovered their long-range shooting - and it led to a victory on Tuesday. Pascal Siakam scored 28 points while O.G. Anunoby matched his career-high of six thre...
Jan 10, 2023
Texas executes ex-officer who hired 2 people to kill wife
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A former suburban Houston police officer was executed Tuesday for hiring two people to kill his estranged wife nearly 30 years ago amid a contentious divorce and custody battl...
Jan 10, 2023
Biden 'surprised' government records at old office
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he was "surprised' when he was informed that government records were found by his attorneys at a former office space in Washington, after the to...
Jan 10, 2023
Cardinal Pell, whose convictions were overturned, dies at 81
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Cardinal George Pell, who was the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of child sex abuse before his convictions were later overturned, has died in Rome at age 81. Va...
Jan 10, 2023
Streets Alive Mission temporarily suspends 24-hour warming center, looking for new location
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A warm stretch of weather sweeping across Southern Alberta means the 24-hour warming shelter at Streets Alive Mission will be temporarily suspended. With a lull in extreme cold temper...
Jan 10, 2023
Pentagon drops COVID-19 vaccine mandate for troops
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon formally dropped its COVID-19 vaccination mandate Tuesday, but a new memo signed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also gives commanders some discretion in how or whethe...
Jan 10, 2023
Alberta premier won't commit to sovereignty act to rebut feds' 'just transition' plan
EDMONTON, AB - Premier Danielle Smith won't commit to using Alberta's controversial sovereignty act to rebut looming federal "just transition'' legislation, which she calls an existential threat to he...
Jan 10, 2023
Alberta premier won't commit to sovereignty act to rebut feds' 'just transition' plan
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith won't commit to using Alberta's controversial sovereignty act to rebut looming federal "just transition" legislation, which she calls an existential threat to her pro...
Jan 10, 2023
Dozens of rescuers scrambled to save officers in deadly B.C. avalanche: official
NELSON, B.C. - A group of nearby skiers came to the aid of two Nelson, B.C., police officers swept up in a deadly avalanche Monday, while dozens of trained search and rescue volunteers scrambled to ge...
Jan 10, 2023
Canadian defensive back signs contract with NFL's Green Bay Packers
Canadian defensive back Tyrell Ford has signed a deal with the NFL's Green Bay Packers. Ford, 24, spent last season with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who made the native of Niagara Falls, Ont., their fi...
Jan 10, 2023