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Powell scores 20 to lead Toronto Raptors to 112-103 victory over Bulls
TORONTO - Norman Powell scored 12 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter and the Raptors beat the lowly Chicago Bulls 112-103 on Tuesday, avoiding what would have been the first time&nb...
Mar 26, 2019
Smollett case focused unwanted attention on Chicago police
CHICAGO - The surprise decision by prosecutors to drop charges against Jussie Smollett angered Chicago's police superintendent and mayor, who said the alleged hoax was costly to investigate and dragge...
Mar 26, 2019
Save The Children: 7 killed in airstrike on Yemen hospital
A hospital in a rural area of northwest Yemen was hit by an airstrike Tuesday killing seven people and wounding eight others, Save the Children said. The international aid organization, which supports...
Mar 26, 2019
Jeremy Lamb buzzer-beater leads Hornets to 115-114 victory over Raptors
TORONTO - Pascal Siakam called it "March Madness." Madness, indeed. Jeremy Lamb banked in a circus buzzer-beater from 48 feet Sunday night to lift the Charlotte Hornets to a jaw-dropping 115-114 win o...
Mar 26, 2019
15 Canadians on cruise ship that was stranded off Norway; one injured
STAVANGER, Norway - Global Affairs Canada says 15 Canadians were on board the Viking Sky cruise ship when it ran into engine trouble off Norway's rough, frigid western coast. In an email statemen...
Mar 26, 2019
Canadian men's soccer squad off to Gold Cup with 4-1 win over French Guiana
VANCOUER, B.C. - Canada's men's soccer team is looking to the future after posting another dominant win on Sunday. The squad beat French Guiana 4-1 in a CONCACAF Nations League qualifying match in Van...
Mar 26, 2019
Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski announces retirement
BOSTON - The party's over for Rob Gronkowski. Then again, it might just be getting started. The New England Patriots' fun-loving, touchdown-spiking tight end announced Sunday that he is retiring from ...
Mar 26, 2019
Goodale says canola dispute with China hinges on ‘science’
Federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said that China has yet to provide evidence that pests have been discovered in imports of Canadian canola, even though that has been the reason given for b...
Mar 26, 2019 Ralph Goodale. (file photo/CJME News Staff)
'A big night for Canada:' Iron reflects on first NHL broadcast in Cree
Clarence Iron believes he woke up a nation after he called an NHL game in the Plains Cree language Sunday on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). "We still speak Cree out here in Canoe La...
Mar 26, 2019 Clarence Iron appeared on APTN where he announced the first NHL game in Cree. (APTN/Facebook)
Judge dismisses some of Levine's claims against Met Opera
NEW YORK - A New York judge has dismissed portions of a lawsuit filed by former Metropolitan Opera music director James Levine against the company last year. Levine was the Met's music or artistic dir...
Mar 26, 2019