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Raptors Uprising GC looks to go one better in 2021, targeting NBA 2K League title
TORONTO - After running the table in the NBA 2K League regular season last year, the playoffs ended prematurely for Raptors Uprising GC in a semifinal loss to eventual champion Wizards District Gaming...
May 18, 2021

Juror removed from Durst's murder trial for reading news
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - A juror was removed Tuesday from the murder trial of multimillionaire Robert Durst because she violated the court's order not to read about the case. Judge Mark Windham said h...
May 18, 2021

Ceasefire needed in Israeli-Palestinian conflict to avoid loss of more civilians: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is calling for a ceasefire in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to stop the violence that has been escalating in the region. He says the violence need...
May 18, 2021

Information watchdog investigates handling of archival spy files amid chronic delays
OTTAWA - The federal information watchdog is conducting a systemic investigation of the "ongoing failure" of the national archives to provide timely responses to requests from the public for historica...
May 18, 2021

RCMP operations continue at logging blockade on southern Vancouver Island
PORT RENFREW, B.C. - An RCMP spokesman says there will be "police action" today as Mounties enforce a court injunction against an anti-logging blockade on southern Vancouver Island. The RCMP announced...
May 18, 2021

Canada will need 75% vaccination before U.S. border reopens, Trudeau suggests
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is suggesting that three-quarters of Canadians will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before the Canada-U.S. border can be reopened. Trudeau acknowledge...
May 18, 2021

Quebec can modify part of the Canadian Constitution unilaterally: Trudeau
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Quebec can unilaterally modify part of the Canadian Constitution. The province's proposed language law reform, introduced last week, seeks to change part ...
May 18, 2021

Echaquan inquiry: Quebec nurse admits prejudice among staff about Indigenous patients
MONTREAL - A nurse who works at the Quebec hospital where Joyce Echaquan died last September told a coroner's inquest today there is a perception among her colleagues that Indigenous people are alcoho...
May 18, 2021

Committee to grill justice minister on bill's potential to undermine free expression
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti will be on the hot seat this afternoon as a fired-up heritage committee grills him about Bill C-10's potential to undermine online freedom of expression. Lamett...
May 18, 2021

PBO report details changes in federal funding for First Nations, Inuit health care
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog says federal funding for health care for First Nations and Inuit has shot up faster over the last few years than provincial spending on services for the general p...
May 18, 2021