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Raptors reward sports science guru McKechnie with VP role, contract extension
TORONTO - From DeMar DeRozan's shoelace to Kawhi Leonard's load management, Toronto Raptors sports science guru Alex McKechnie has earned a reputation for coming up with innovative solutions for rehab...
Oct 29, 2019
Brandon Banks, Cody Fajardo and Dane Evans named CFL top performers
TORONTO - Hamilton receiver Brandon Banks, Tiger-Cats quarterback Dane Evans and Saskatchewan quarterback Cody Fajardo are the top performers for Week 20 of the CFL season. Banks complied a personal-b...
Oct 29, 2019
Baby of Saskatchewan curler who died giving birth to be released from hospital
SASKATOON - The baby daughter of a promising Saskatchewan curler who died during childbirth last week is going home. Aly Jenkins of Warman, Sask., a member of Sherry Anderson's rink, died Oc...
Oct 29, 2019
Final City sidewalk project of the year underway
PRINCE GEORGE-The last road and sidewalk rehabilitation project by the city is underway.City crews are repaving the sidewalk running along 3rd Ave. in front of the Prince George Native Friendship Cent...
Oct 29, 2019 The City says this is the final sidewalk rehabilitation project aimed at improving the safety of pedestrians and motorists throughout the City. (Courtesy of the City of Prince George)
Calgary mayor, former Alberta premier willing to help PM bridge western divide
OTTAWA - Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi is willing to help bridge the current divide between western Canada and the federal government, but called speculation about him being appointed as a representativ...
Oct 29, 2019
Ninety-eight rookie MPs undergo House of Commons training in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Ninety-eight new MPs are in Ottawa to learn how to manage their budgets, get their parking passes and, later on, protect their sanity. The House of Commons began welcoming the rookie MPs, inc...
Oct 29, 2019
Injured Jozy Altidore absent from training in Atlanta, said to be back home
ATLANTA - It looks like Toronto FC will be without injured striker Jozy Altidore again for Wednesday's MLS Eastern Conference final in Atlanta. The U.S. international was not at training at a local cl...
Oct 29, 2019
December election? UK ponders early, Brexit-dominated vote
LONDON - Britain appeared on course Tuesday for an early general election that could break the country's political deadlock over Brexit, after the main opposition Labour Party said it would agree to t...
Oct 29, 2019
Lebanese prime minister quits amid anti-government protests
BEIRUT - Lebanon's prime minister resigned Tuesday, bowing to one of the central demands of anti-government demonstrators shortly after baton-wielding Hezbollah supporters rampaged through the main pr...
Oct 29, 2019
New China ambassador Dominic Barton meets detainees Kovrig and Spavor
OTTAWA - Canada's new ambassador to China has met with two Canadian men the People's Republic imprisoned nearly one year ago. Dominic Barton led his first consular visits with Michael Kovrig and ...
Oct 29, 2019