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Raptors rookie Flynn first player this season to play in G League and NBA in same day
Not long after playing 33 minutes in the Raptors 905 victory over Salt Lake City on Thursday in Florida, Malachi Flynn was the only passenger on a private luxury jet headed to Milwaukee. The Toronto R...
Feb 19, 2021
Ex-Saudi spy urges Canadian court to free up assets; says he's victim of death plot
TORONTO - A former top intelligence agent who alleges Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler sent a hit squad to Canada to kill him urged a court on Friday to free up his assets, saying the judge who froze the...
Feb 19, 2021
Extra weeks to be added to COVID-19 benefits for workers, parents, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is adding 12 weeks of eligibility to two key benefits for unemployed workers and parents at home with children. The extra life for th...
Feb 19, 2021
Blue Jays GM Atkins sees many benefits to Guerrero Jr.'s off-season weight loss
DUNEDIN, Fla. - General manager Ross Atkins can't wait to see slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s busy off-season translate on the baseball field this year for the Toronto Blue Jays. Guerrero spent a lot ...
Feb 19, 2021
'He saw dead people.' Inquiry learns about the mental decline of Lionel Desmond
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Lionel Desmond experienced severe mental decline and horrible visions after he served as an infantryman in the Afghanistan war, a fatality inquiry in Nova Scotia learned Friday...
Feb 19, 2021
Extra weeks to be added to COVID-19 benefits for workers, parents, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is adding 12 weeks of eligibility to two key benefits for unemployed workers and parents at home with children. The extra life for th...
Feb 19, 2021
Toronto FC president Bill Manning says Toronto FC will open 2021 season in Florida
Toronto FC will open the 2021 regular season in Florida due to pandemic-related travel restrictions. Tampa has been mentioned as a possible home. The MLS club also has ties to Orlando, having held tra...
Feb 19, 2021
AJHL given green light to resume 2020-21 season in March
The Alberta Junior Hockey League announced Friday it has received approval from the Government of Alberta to restart the 2020-21 Season under protocols laid out in a "comprehensive" Return to Play Pla...
Feb 19, 2021
Provincial opposition won't deter federal action on municipal handgun bans, PM says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signalled today the federal government won't let provincial opposition stand in the way of municipalities that want to work with Ottawa to ban handguns. Trudeau ...
Feb 19, 2021
Sentencing hearing continues for man who pleaded guilty to murdering two children
EDMONTON - A sentencing hearing continues today in Edmonton Court of Queen's Bench for a man who admitted to assaulting his girlfriend and killing her two young children. The 31-year-old man, who cann...
Feb 19, 2021