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Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse lands same job with Canada's men's team
TORONTO - With a potential deep playoff run cutting in on his summer, and with a new addition to his family on the way, Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse was on the fence when approached with...
Jun 26, 2019
France to try former IAAF boss Diack and his son
PARIS - Lamine Diack, once one of the most influential men in Olympic sport, has been ordered to stand trial in France for his alleged role in a system of corruption, extortion and doping coverups dur...
Jun 26, 2019
Mayors of Lethbridge, Medicine Hat discuss city growth
MEDICINE HAT -- As of Monday, Lethbridge's population officially surpassed 100,000 people, allowing the city to edge out Red Deer as the third largest city in Alberta."We're just showing consistent gr...
Jun 26, 2019 Medicine Hat Mayor Ted Clugson - Credit Bob Schneider
High rollers: Eldorado buys Caesars in deal valued at $17B
A casino juggernaut was formed Monday when Eldorado Resorts announced it is buying Caesars in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $17.3 billion. The acquisition will put about 60 casino-resorts in 16 stat...
Jun 26, 2019
China bans all Canadian meat before G20 as Trudeau turns to Trump on detainees
OTTAWA -- A report in a Quebec newspaper says China has suspended all Canadian meat exports in a dramatic escalation of its diplomatic dispute with Canada over the December arrest of Huawei executive ...
Jun 26, 2019 Unhappy cattle - The Canadian Press
Eric Trump says he was spit on at Chicago cocktail lounge
CHICAGO - President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump says the U.S. Secret Service took an employee of a Chicago cocktail lounge into custody after she spit on him. Eric Trump told Breitbart News in a tel...
Jun 26, 2019
Astronaut David Saint-Jacques returns to Earth, sets Canadian space record
LONGUEUIL, Que. - David Saint-Jacques returned to Earth on Monday after more than six months aboard the International Space Station. The native of Saint-Lambert, Que., has set a record ...
Jun 26, 2019
In the news today, June 26
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, June 26 --- CHINA SEEKS SUSPENSION OF CANADIAN MEAT The Chinese Embassy said Tuesday it has asked Canada to suspend all meat exports,&n...
Jun 26, 2019
MMIW commissioners reconcile Canada Day with their genocide finding
WINNIPEG - When Michle Audette was growing up, Canada Day was not a celebration. It left her feeling bitter. The daughter of a Quebecois father and an Innu mother, Audette didn't see herself in the sc...
Jun 26, 2019
'Somewhere to go:' Sex trafficking victim calls for more safe houses
REGINA - For years, Beatrice Wallace blamed herself. Not only did she feel shame and guilt, but the 46-year-old Regina mother kept it hidden. Her "dirty little secret," as she calls it, was working th...
Jun 26, 2019