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Toronto Raptors set to restart after emotional few days in NBA bubble
Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse was surprised to hear some of his players say they hadn't wanted to come to the NBA bubble in the first place. On the eve of the Raptors' second-round o...
Aug 29, 2020
Busy day of sports on tap after string of postponements
After several days of postponements and protests, the professional sports schedule is slated to kick back into high gear on Saturday. The NHL and NBA playoffs are set to resume in the aftermath of soc...
Aug 29, 2020
Federer, Nadal object to Djokovic proposal for player union
NEW YORK - Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and other members of the ATP Player Council spoke out Saturday against a plan put forth by top-ranked Novak Djokovic and Vasek Pospisil to start a union of sorts...
Aug 29, 2020
Palat scores twice, Lightning beat Bruins to lead series 3-1
TORONTO - Ondrej Palat scored twice, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 Saturday to take a commanding 3-1 lead in their second-round series. Victo...
Aug 29, 2020
Chadwick Boseman, who embodied Black icons, dies of cancer
LOS ANGELES - First Chadwick Boseman slipped on the cleats of Jackie Robinson, then the Godfather of Soul's dancing shoes, portraying both Black American icons with a searing intensity that commanded ...
Aug 29, 2020
Conservative MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay apologizes for tweet linking Freeland, Soros
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay is apologizing for "thoughtlessly" spreading material about Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland from a source she said she later discovered traffics in hate...
Aug 29, 2020
Tow to tow: Tow truck impounded after arriving at scene to impound street racers
TERRACE-RCMP in Terrace got quite the surprise earlier this week.On August 25 at around 8 p.m. an RCMP officer observed two vehicles street racing on Kalum Street at Keith Ave., eastbound to the inter...
Aug 29, 2020
New interactive map allows British Columbians to view river quality trends across B.C.
VICTORIA-You can now see how healthy rivers across B.C. are, with a new user-friendly tool.Using an interactive map of B.C., people will now be able to view 10-year water quality trends in certain riv...
Aug 29, 2020
Chadwick Boseman, who embodied Black icons, dies of cancer
LOS ANGELES - First Chadwick Boseman slipped on the cleats of Jackie Robinson, then the Godfather of Soul's dancing shoes, portraying both Black American icons with a searing intensity that commanded ...
Aug 29, 2020
Palat scores twice, Lightning beat Bruins to lead series 3-1
TORONTO - Ondrej Palat scored twice, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 Saturday to take a commanding 3-1 lead in their second-round series. Victo...
Aug 29, 2020