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Two female officials get historic assignment working CFL exhibition game
It might only be a CFL exhibition game, but it will be a historic first for Emily Clarke and Georgina Paull. The two will become the first female officials to work in a CFL game when the Calgary Stamp...
May 31, 2019
NBA fines Clippers for tampering after coach's comments about Kawhi Leonard
NEW YORK - The NBA has fined the Los Angeles Clippers US$50,000 for violating the league's anti-tampering rule after head coach Doc Rivers made comments about Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard on ...
May 31, 2019
Warriors' Draymond Green not about to rip Drake after heated exchange
TORONTO - One day after a verbal tussle with Drake at the NBA Finals, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was playing down the significance of his post-game encounter with the Toronto Raptors...
May 31, 2019
Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant expected to remain out for Game 2
TORONTO - Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr does not expect injured star forward Kevin Durant to play in Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors. "Kevin's not going to play Sunday," ...
May 31, 2019
'Unusual mortality event' declared as grey whales appear on West Coast beaches
VANCOUVER - The American federal agency dedicated to ocean science has declared an "unusual mortality event" as the bodies of dozens of grey whales wash up on West Coast beaches in Cana...
May 31, 2019
'We are all hyped:' Toronto's Cameroonian community cheers on Raptors' Siakam
TORONTO - There was little fanfare when the Toronto Raptors chose skinny, unheralded forward Pascal Siakam in the 2016 NBA draft, but Gervais Tchinda says the city's Cameroonian communi...
May 31, 2019
US officials to put off oil leases near sacred tribal land
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has agreed to put off oil and gas leasing for a year on land that Native Americans consider sacred surrounding Chaco Culture National Histor...
May 31, 2019
Rival fighter-jet makers warn procurement rule change for F-35 will hurt Canada
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government's plan to loosen federal procurement rules for the F-35 stealth fighter is sparking public warnings from other fighter-jet makers that it will ultimately hurt Canada. T...
May 31, 2019
Kutcher testifies he knocked on slain woman's door in 2001
LOS ANGELES - Ashton Kutcher testified at a Los Angeles murder trial Wednesday that he went to pick up a 22-year-old fashion-design student to go out for drinks one night 18 years ago and left when sh...
May 31, 2019
Defence lawyer says anti-Semitic attack at Winnipeg cafe was not a hoax
WINNIPEG - A lawyer for one of three family members accused of fabricating an anti-Semitic attack at their cafe says his client firmly denies any suggestion it was staged. "We...
May 31, 2019