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Military's second-in-command to resign, links decision with Mark Norman case
OTTAWA - The Canadian military's second-in-command has announced his surprise resignation - and is reportedly linking the decision to an aborted attempt to reinstate Vice-Admiral Mark Norman into the ...
Jul 11, 2019
AP source: Russell Westbrook going to Rockets for Chris Paul
LAS VEGAS - Russell Westbrook and James Harden are together again, and Chris Paul is leaving Houston to make that reunion happen. A person with knowledge of the situation says the Oklahoma City Thunde...
Jul 11, 2019
AP source: Russell Westbrook going to Rockets for Chris Paul
LAS VEGAS - A person with knowledge of the situation says the Oklahoma City Thunder have traded Russell Westbrook to the Houston Rockets for Chris Paul, a shake up of top point guards and a move that ...
Jul 11, 2019
Tribute paid to 19 farm and ranch families at Calgary Stampede
CALGARY -- Farmers and ranchers, their livestock and horses, have been the backbone of the Calgary Stampede for more than a hundred years. With that in mind, it's understandable that the families who ...
Jul 11, 2019 The Bishop Family - Lethbridge County
Minassian lawyer seeks publication ban on client's statement to police
TORONTO - The lawyer for a man accused of killing ten people by driving a van down a busy Toronto sidewalk has asked a judge to prevent the publication of his client's statement to police. Boris Byten...
Jul 11, 2019
Outrage over killing of black teen over rap music complaint
PHOENIX - Hundreds of people including a presidential candidate spoke out on Twitter this week after a 17-year-old black youth was killed at suburban convenience store, allegedly by a white man charge...
Jul 11, 2019
Bombardier to lay off half the 1,100 workers at Thunder Bay, Ont. railway plant
Bombardier Inc. is laying off half of the 1,100 workers at its Thunder Bay, Ont., railway car plant, according to a federal government source. Two major contracts in Ontario - for the Toront...
Jul 11, 2019
While he's never won in Toronto, Hinchcliffe the headliner at his hometown race
TORONTO - When it was James Hinchcliffe's turn to speak among the panel of IndyCar drivers at Thursday's opening news conference, emcee Michael Young jokingly skipped right past the Canadian. "James H...
Jul 11, 2019
Crews rush 46 to hospital after carbon monoxide leak at Winnipeg hotel
WINNIPEG - Sergiy Bolshakov was watching TV in his Winnipeg hotel room when a firefighter knocked on the door and told him the building was being evacuated because of an emergency. The Toronto man qui...
Jul 11, 2019
Canadian lightweight John (The Bull) Makdessi added to UFC 241 card
TORONTO - Veteran Canadian lightweight John (The Bull) Makdessi will face American Devonte (King Kage) Smith next month at UFC 241 in Anaheim. It will be 17th UFC fight for Makdessi, who has won 10 an...
Jul 11, 2019