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Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019
A lauded writer who brought to light stories overshadowed by prejudice. An actress and singer who helped embody the manufactured innocence of the 1950s. A self-made billionaire who rose from a childho...
Dec 31, 2019
Matthews, Nylander lead Maple Leafs to 4-1 win over Wild
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Auston Matthews and William Nylander each had a goal and an assist and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Minnesota Wild 4-1 Tuesday night. Alexander Kerfoot also scored and John Tavar...
Dec 31, 2019
Gilgeous-Alexander ties career high of 32 points in Thunder's win over Raptors
TORONTO - When Shai Gilgeous-Alexander drove to the rim to bank in a floater with 36 seconds to play Sunday night, he didn't just clinch Oklahoma City a victory. In just his second season in the NBA, ...
Dec 31, 2019
Jack Hughes scores in overtime as New Jersey Devils top Ottawa Senators 4-3
OTTAWA - Even though he's just 18, Jack Hughes lived up to his billing as an impact player. Hughes scored in overtime as the New Jersey Devils topped the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Sunday e...
Dec 31, 2019
Congressman John Lewis says cancer is his latest battle
ATLANTA - As a civil rights activist at 25, John Lewis was beaten so badly his skull was fractured and the TV images from an Alabama bridge in the 1960s forced a nation's awakening to racial discrimin...
Dec 31, 2019
Battleford West to see new subdivision offering more affordable housing options
Families looking to purchase a new home that is more affordable for their income in the future will have more options with the proposed new Battleford West subdivision.Battleford West Properties owner...
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Schwartz scores twice, Blues beat Jets for 8th straight win
ST. LOUIS - Jaden Schwartz saw what it took last season for the St. Louis Blues to emerge from the cellar to hoist the Stanley Cup. While Schwartz and the Blues haven't had to deal with the struggles ...
Dec 31, 2019
Lawyers: Robert Durst wrote incriminating 'cadaver' note
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for New York real estate heir Robert Durst acknowledge that he penned a note tipping off police to the location of the body of a friend he's accused of killing, according to cour...
Dec 31, 2019
Police seek break and enter suspects in white truck
Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a white truck and flat deck trailer that has been involved in a string of break and enters in rural towns throughout the province.Biggar RCMP said...
Dec 31, 2019 Police are looking for suspects driving a white truck and flat bed trailer. (submitted photo/RCMP)
Mounties eyed Cold War candid camera scheme, declassified documents show
OTTAWA - RCMP intelligence officials devised a secret Cold War plan to use a hidden briefcase camera to photograph Communists and Soviet Bloc personnel travelling through Toronto's airport, ...
Dec 31, 2019