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Bucks to provide huge test for Raptors in elite Eastern Conference showdown
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have lost only once over their last 18 games, a run which began with a franchise-best 15-game winning streak and has been bolstered by big home wins over Phoenix and...
Feb 24, 2020
'The first black doctor on the Prairies': a look at Dr. Shadd during Black History Month in Canada
February is Black History Month in Canada, and one of the most fascinating local historical figures is Dr. Alfred Schmitz Shadd.The Melfort and District Museum has a large collection of information ab...
Feb 24, 2020 (submitted photo/Melfort and District Museum)
7th case of COVID-19 diagnosed in B.C., bringing number of cases to 11 in Canada
VICTORIA - A seventh case of the novel coronavirus has been diagnosed in British Columbia, bringing to 11 the number of cases in Canada. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Monda...
Feb 24, 2020
Oilers acquire Andreas Athanasiou, prospect from Wings for Gagner, two picks
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers acquired winger Andreas Athanasiou and minor-leaguer Ryan Kuffner from the Detroit Red Wings for centre Sam Gagner and two second-round draft picks ahead ...
Feb 24, 2020
‘Leaning Tower of Dallas’ endures blows from wrecking ball
DALLAS - The "Leaning Tower of Dallas," a social media sensation born when a part of a building survived implosion, endured scores of blows from a wrecking ball Monday. Dozens of people gathered in th...
Feb 24, 2020
B.C. tells inquiry money laundering has warped economy, fuelled opioid crisis
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's government says money laundering has distorted the economy, fuelled the opioid crisis and overheated the real estate market as a provincial inquiry into the cr...
Feb 24, 2020
Kobe Bryant's widow sues helicopter operator for deaths
LOS ANGELES - The widow of Kobe Bryant has sued the owner of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed her husband and her 13-year-old daughter last month. The wrongful death lawsuit filed by Vane...
Feb 24, 2020
Kobe Bryant's widow sues helicopter operator for deaths
LOS ANGELES - The widow of Kobe Bryant has sued the owner of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed her husband and her 13-year-old daughter last month. The wrongful death lawsuit filed by Vane...
Feb 24, 2020
Virus outbreak chills markets, outlook for global economy
FRANKFURT - The widening coronavirus outbreak threatens to seriously disrupt the global economy just as it was steadying itself against headwinds from the U.S.-China trade dispute. Stocks fell sharply...
Feb 24, 2020
Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs meet with Mohawks in Kahnawake, Que.
KAHNAWAKE, Que. - Traditional chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation maintained Saturday that they want to see RCMP gone from their territory and a halt to construction of a natural-gas pipeline on t...
Feb 24, 2020