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Powell's big 4th quarter leads Raptors past Hawks, 122-117
ATLANTA - Norman Powell says nothing has changed, even though he's in the best streak of his highest-scoring season. It may feel normal to the Toronto Raptors' sixth man. The results definitely look d...
Jan 22, 2020
Celebrities back California bill to cut single-use plastics
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A push to pass first-in-the-nation California proposals to limit single-use plastic containers and other items drew support from actor Jeff Goldblum on Wednesday. Environmental gr...
Jan 22, 2020
Ted Hughes, British Columbia's first conflict watchdog, dies at 92
VICTORIA - Ted Hughes, whose reports led to the resignation of a premier and the overhaul of child welfare systems in British Columbia and Manitoba, has died. He was 92. Hughes was...
Jan 22, 2020
Humane Society removes 80 cats from home in Guelph, Ont.
GUELPH, Ont. - The Guelph Humane Society says it has taken in 80 cats that were found in a home in the southwestern Ontario city. The organization's executive director says they were called ...
Jan 22, 2020
Canadian James Hinchcliffe crossing off items on his racing bucket list
James Hinchcliffe was surprised and disappointed when he was dismissed from Arrow McLaren SP last October. Now he sees it as an opportunity to live out all his racing fantasies. The 33-year-...
Jan 22, 2020
Wolfpack look to play World Cup champion Australia in Toronto in October
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack are thinking big on the eve of their debut season in the top-tier Betfred Super League. The transatlantic rugby league team is looking to play reigning Wo...
Jan 22, 2020
Jenkins thrilled to have Walker join him as second Canadian in Hall of Fame
Fergie Jenkins didn't expect he'd be holding on to his status as the lone Canadian in the National Baseball Hall of Fame for nearly three decades. So when Maple Ridge, B.C., native Larr...
Jan 22, 2020
UPDATED: Power restored to customers south of Medicine Hat
CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - Power has returned to around 60 customers south of Medicine Hat after an early afternoon outage.Just after 1:00 pm, power was lost along Highway 3 stretching from Township Road 12...
Jan 22, 2020 Photo courtesy of Colton McKee
Court takes another look at Native American adoption law
NEW ORLEANS - Federal appellate judges closely questioned attorneys for the government and Native American tribes Wednesday over whether a law meant to preserve Native American families and culture un...
Jan 22, 2020
Vegas casino says O.J. Simpson too tarnished to defame
LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson couldn't have been defamed by accounts that he was drunk and disruptive before being banned from a Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino, because his reputation was already tarnished, ...
Jan 22, 2020