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Immanuel Quickley hits 6 3-pointers, scores 24 points in Raptors' 123-121 victory over Hawks
ATLANTA (AP) - Immanuel Quickley hit six 3-pointers and scored 24 points to help the Toronto Raptors win for the second straight game since the All-Star break, 123-121 over the Atlanta Hawks 123-121 o...
Feb 23, 2024

Man guilty in Black transgender woman's killing in 1st federal hate crime trial over gender identity
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man was found guilty Friday of killing a Black transgender woman in the nation's first federal trial over an alleged hate crime based on gender identity. Jurors ...
Feb 23, 2024

Spooner's shootout winner lifts PWHL Toronto to fifth straight win, 2-1 over New York
TORONTO - Natalie Spooner scored the shootout winner to lead Toronto to its fifth straight win, defeating New York 2-1 on Friday in Professional Women's Hockey League action. Emma Maltais scored in re...
Feb 23, 2024

Alvaro Ortiz goes for a big win at home. He shares the lead in Mexico Open
VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) - Alvaro Ortiz got off to a strong start and did just enough right at the end for a 7-under 64, giving him a share of the lead Friday in the Mexico Open as he goes for yet anothe...
Feb 23, 2024

Alberta regulator accepts Rockies coal mine application, will call public hearing
Alberta's energy regulator says it will accept an application and open hearings into a controversial open-pit coal mine on the southern slopes of the province's Rocky Mountains.In a letter dated Thurs...
Feb 23, 2024

Canadian rugby 7s women's, men's squads lose opening match
VANCOUVER - Both the Canadian women's and men's rugby sevens team lost their opening matches at the HSBC SVNS stop at B.C. Place on Friday. Canada's women's rugby sevens team fell to France 26-14 whil...
Feb 23, 2024

Interference inquiry head says feds have signalled need for closed-door hearings
OTTAWA - The head of a federal inquiry into foreign interference says the government has told her it will be necessary to hear some evidence behind closed doors. In a notice issued today, commissioner...
Feb 23, 2024

US appeals court panel declines to delay execution of one of longest-serving death-row inmates
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A U.S. appeals court panel on Friday declined to delay Idaho's scheduled execution next week of one of the nation's longest-serving death row inmates. Thomas Creech was sentenced t...
Feb 23, 2024

Ottawa appeals court decision finding its use of Emergencies Act was unreasonable
Ottawa has filed to appeal a Federal Court decision that found its invocation of the Emergencies Act in response to the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests was unjustified. The government is asking the Feder...
Feb 23, 2024

Holy Family Catholic Regional Division places man facing charges under suspension
Holy Family Catholic Regional Division has formally suspended a staff member charged with sexual offences against a youth effective Friday .Thirty-one-year-old Brock Whalen is currently facing six cha...
Feb 23, 2024