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Nets suspend Kyrie Irving for at least 5 games without pay
NEW YORK (AP) - The Brooklyn Nets suspended Kyrie Irving for at least five games without pay Thursday, dismayed by his repeated failure to "unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs." Hours afte...
Nov 03, 2022

Federal court says beauty pageant can bar trans contestants
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A federal appellate court says a national beauty pageant has a First Amendment right to exclude a transgender woman from competing, because including her could interfere with the m...
Nov 03, 2022

Freeland's mini-budget forecasts first surplus on the horizon, but warns of recession
A federal budgetary surplus is on the distant horizon for the first time since the Liberals came to power, but the rest of the fall fiscal update clouds that picture with the risk of recession and pro...
Nov 03, 2022

Outrage over safe supply vending machine in Nipawin but advocates say it's needed
A newly installed vending machine in Nipawin is raising some angry eyebrows with its contents of crack pipes and meth needles. Resident Laurie McGillivary said she was not happy to see the machine- pa...
Nov 03, 2022

Ottawa's Dabroswki, Mexico's Olmos stay alive in WTA Finals doubles tournament
FORT WORTH, Texas - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and Mexican partner Giuliana Olmos stayed alive in the WTA Finals doubles tournament with a 7-6 (5), 2-6, 12-10 win over Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko and U...
Nov 03, 2022

Paul Pelosi released from hospital a week after assault
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her husband, Paul Pelosi, was released from the hospital Thursday after his treatment for injuries from a violent assault last week. Pelosi said, "Paul remains under do...
Nov 03, 2022

Vancouver, B.C. Lions to host 2024 Grey Cup
VANCOUVER - The CFL has announced that the B.C. Lions will host the 2024 Grey Cup in Vancouver. "The Lions' bid was very strong," commissioner Randy Ambrosie said in a release Thursday. "And it was bu...
Nov 03, 2022

Alpine Canada to sign on with new sport integrity commissioner's Abuse-Free Sport
CALGARY, United Kingdom - Alpine Canada has signed an agreement to join Abuse-Free Sport, which is a new independent program to prevent and address maltreatment. Effective Dec. 31, the Canadian ski ra...
Nov 03, 2022

Melville motel owner still piecing things together following deadly shooting
Tony Singh was still trying to figure things out Thursday.The owner of the Country Inn motel in Melville - the scene of a shooting Wednesday that left one man dead and another injured - recalled getti...
Nov 03, 2022

RCMP investigate so-called Chinese 'police' stations in Toronto area
The RCMP is investigating reports of criminal activity related to so-called foreign "police" stations in Canada after a human rights group reported China is operating more than 50 such venues overseas...
Nov 03, 2022