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R. Kelly arrested, charged in Chicago with sexual abuse
CHICAGO - R. Kelly, the R&B star who has been trailed for decades by allegations that he violated underage girls and women and held some as virtual slaves, was charged Friday with aggravated sexua...
Feb 22, 2019
Leonard comes up big against old team, scoring 25 points in 120-117 win
TORONTO - Kawhi Leonard played spoiler on DeMar DeRozan’s emotional return to Toronto on Friday. And exacted a measure a revenge against his former team a few weeks after he was furiously jeered...
Feb 22, 2019
Canada's Auger-Aliassime beats Munar to advance to Rio Open semifinal
RIO DE JANEIRO - Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Jaume Munar of Spain 6-4, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Rio Open on Friday to reach the semis at an ATP tournament for the first time i...
Feb 22, 2019
Closure but no win for DeMar DeRozan in his return to Toronto as a Spur
TORONTO - DeMar DeRozan called it his “last little piece of closure.” Unfortunately his return to Toronto did not come with a win. The former Raptor hero finished with 23 points and eight ...
Feb 22, 2019
Matt Duchene, Blue Jackets beat Senators in Ottawa hours after trade
OTTAWA - Matt Duchene was appreciative of how short the walk was to join his new team Friday afternoon. Sergei Bobrovsky made 22 saves as the Blue Jackets blanked the Senators 3-0 in the nation’...
Feb 22, 2019
Carey takes top seed as playoff picture becomes clear at Scotties
SYDNEY, N.S. - There will be a new champion at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts as the playoff picture finally became clear Friday night with the completion of the championship round. Chelsea Carey l...
Feb 22, 2019
Venezuela opposition leader Guaido appears at aid concert
CUCUTA, Colombia - Defying orders banning him from leaving Venezuela, opposition leader Juan Guaido made a surprise appearance at the end of star-studded aid concert in neighbouring Colombia, joining ...
Feb 22, 2019
UPDATE: Two injured in collision on Highway 40 south of city
UPDATE: Two people were sent to hospital after a two vehicle collision south of the city last night. According to RCMP, a southbound SUV collided with a northbound pickup at around 6 pm, about 20km so...
Feb 22, 2019
Canada's Mirela Rahvela wins skeleton World Cup race, Maier third
CALGARY - Canada’s Mirela Rahneva won a World Cup women’s skeleton race on home ice Friday, posting the fastest time in both heats to prevail by about a half-second over Germany’s Ti...
Feb 22, 2019
Feds promise $10 million for housing for troubled Cat Lake First Nation
The Canadian government is promising more than $10 million to build new homes, repair others, and put portables in place for a remote Indigenous community in northern Ontario where substandard mould-i...
Feb 22, 2019