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Chris Boucher leads Toronto Raptors in 124-101 rout of Sacramento Kings
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors poured in a season-high 70 points in the first half to cruise to a 124-101 win against the Sacramento Kings on Monday. Chris Boucher's 17 points led the way as Toronto (1...
Dec 13, 2021
Jan. 6 panel votes for contempt charges against Mark Meadows
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection voted Monday to recommend contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows as lawmakers demand hi...
Dec 13, 2021
Trudeau's minority Liberal government easily survives first confidence test
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government has easily survived its first confidence test of the new parliamentary session with the help of the Bloc Qubcois and the NDP. A Conservative amend...
Dec 13, 2021
Air Force discharges 27 for refusal to get COVID vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Air Force has discharged 27 people for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, making them what officials believe are the first service members to be removed for disobeying the man...
Dec 13, 2021
La Liga sells Spanish broadcast rights for $5B+ for 5 years
MADRID (AP) - Spain's top soccer league has generated 4.95 billion euros ($5.6 billion) from the sale of subscription broadcast domestic rights for five seasons. La Liga has sold games for live broadc...
Dec 13, 2021
‘Once in a lifetime’: Birch Hills still buzzing from Gord Bamford show
It's an experience that many living in the town of Birch Hills never imagined would come to their community.On Saturday, award-winning country artist Gord Bamford brought his "Kick COVID in the A$$" t...
Dec 13, 2021
Curling bubble helped put sport back on track after being iced by pandemic
Veteran skip Brad Gushue admits he had a love-hate relationship with curling over the last year. The sport essentially shut down for most of 2020 due to the pandemic. It returned last winter with a mo...
Dec 13, 2021
Federal Conservatives back province on removing CP Rail’s tax exemptions
The federal Conservatives are trying to change part of the Constitution.MPs from Saskatchewan have put forward a motion to repeal Section 24 of the Saskatchewan Act.That's the section the CP Rail comp...
Dec 13, 2021
Trudeau won't rule out federal intervention in challenge to Quebec secularism law
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's still not ruling out federal intervention in a legal challenge to Quebec's secularism law after an elementary school teacher was recently reassigned be...
Dec 13, 2021
A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Canada's chief public health officer says Canada is expecting a potentially massive surge in COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks, driven by the new Omicr...
Dec 13, 2021