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Raptors tie team record with 21 3s, top Heat 125-104
MIAMI - Kyle Lowry was all alone for what seemed like forever. He was in the corner in front of the Miami bench early in the fourth quarter, no Heat defenders within 10 feet of him, and made as open a...
Mar 10, 2019
Carleton hammers Calgary to win 14th national basketball title since 2003
HALIFAX - The Carleton Ravens are back on their familiar perch as Canadian university men’s basketball champions, after blowing out the previously undefeated Calgary Dinos 83-49 in Sunday’...
Mar 10, 2019
Indian elections to begin April 11 as Modi seeks re-election
NEW DELHI - India’s Election Commission announced Sunday that national elections will begin April 11, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party seeks a second term. About 9...
Mar 10, 2019
Vancouver Canucks sign 19-year-old defenceman Quinn Hughes
VANCOUVER - Many of Quinn Hughes’ new teammates on the Vancouver Canucks know all about the giant life transition the young defenceman is about to make. The 19-year-old signed a three-year entry...
Mar 10, 2019
English soccer field invasions see players punched, pushed
LONDON - In an alleged moment of malice, a pitch invader punches a player. In an apparent attempt to join goal celebrations, a fan pushes an opposition player. Concerns about security at English socce...
Mar 10, 2019
Quake hits Alberta, but in different geologic region than one linked to fracking
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Alta. - A second earthquake in less than a week shook central Alberta on Sunday, although a seismologist notes it occurred in a different geologic region than a quake last week t...
Mar 10, 2019
10 years after Cougar chopper crash, families stress issue of workplace safety
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Every March, Lori Chynn makes the same journey across Newfoundland, travelling from her Deer Lake home on the island’s west coast to lay a wreath by a stretch of fence i...
Mar 10, 2019
Hall of Famer Howell, Rangers' games leader, dies at 86
NEW YORK - Harry Howell, the Hall of Fame defenceman who played the most games in New York Rangers’ history, has died. He was 86. Howell died Saturday night. He had been living at an assisted ca...
Mar 10, 2019
Another race and another Penske victory with IndyCar win
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Team Penske’s hot start to the motorsports season continued Sunday with a Josef Newgarden victory in the IndyCar season opener - the fourth win for a Penske car in seven d...
Mar 10, 2019
Scheer urges Trudeau to let Wilson-Raybould speak further on SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must lift a “gag order” and ensure Jody Wilson-Raybould can speak the full truth about her decision to leave cabinet, Conservative Leader Andrew Sche...
Mar 10, 2019