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WNBA suspends Riquna Williams 10 games for domestic violence
NEW YORK - Los Angeles Sparks guard Riquna Williams was suspended without pay by the WNBA on Tuesday for 10 games - nearly a third of the season - for a domestic violence incident. Williams was arrest...
Jul 18, 2019
Chiefs honour Indigenous leader wrongfully hanged in B.C. 154 years ago today
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Chiefs have gathered in New Westminster, B.C., to commemorate an Indigenous leader who was wrongfully tried and hanged 154 years ago. Chief Ahan was ha...
Jul 18, 2019
Canadian women confirmed for second trip to Rugby League World Cup
TORONTO - Canada has been confirmed as one of eight women's teams in the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. The other participants are host England, defending champion Australia, Brazil, the Cook ...
Jul 18, 2019
Expert body calls for expanded rules to fix news-outlet tax credit status
OTTAWA - The federal government should increase the scope of tax credits being made available to help small news-media outlets survive, an independent panel of experts recommended in a report iss...
Jul 18, 2019
Bad weather delays search for float plane passengers at Labrador crash site
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Bad weather has forced the RCMP to call off flights taking search teams to the remote Labrador lake where a float plane carrying seven people crashed on Monday. Three bodies ha...
Jul 18, 2019
Unbeaten Winnipeg Blue Bombers not taking Ottawa Redblacks lightly
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers may be odds-on favourites to extend their season-opening winning streak to five games, but you'll never get them to admit it. Every week they're 0-1, says star run...
Jul 18, 2019
Rapper YG's home searched after deputy-involved shooting
LOS ANGELES - Authorities searched the Los Angeles-area home of rapper YG on Thursday in connection with a police shooting in Compton that killed a bystander earlier this month. Deputy Marvin Crowder,...
Jul 18, 2019
Iowa governor's aide now says Tupac email not tied to ouster
IOWA CITY, Iowa - A spokesman for Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds now says a mass email praising rapper Tupac Shakur wasn't the reason Reynolds ousted an agency director. Reynolds spokesman Pat Garrett was ask...
Jul 18, 2019
A year after Danforth shooting, teens who lost friend grapple with anxiety
TORONTO - They were eight care-free teenagers out celebrating a birthday when the bullets flew. The rampage that ensued on July 22, 2018, changed their lives. Days before the first ...
Jul 18, 2019
Lyme-infected ticks are so common in parts of Canada, testing no longer done
OTTAWA - Lyme disease has settled so deeply into parts of Canada many public health units now just assume if you get bitten by a tick, you should be treated for the potentially debilitating bacte...
Jul 18, 2019