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Raptors receive rings and 2019 championship banner unveiled before season opener
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors enjoyed one last celebration of their 2019 title on Tuesday night. The players received their championship rings in a ceremony before the regular-season opener again...
Oct 22, 2019
Riders players happy to see Fajardo sign extension
Cody Fajardo admitted stepping onto the practice field Tuesday after signing a two-year contract extension was nerve-racking."I just didn't want my first completion to be an interception," the Saskatc...
Oct 22, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo. (submitted photo/Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Facebook says Libra won't launch without US approval
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg aims to reassure Congress on Wednesday that his company won't try to evade financial regulators as it prepares its planned digital currency Libra. In prepa...
Oct 22, 2019
Boris Johnson inches toward securing Brexit but delay likely
LONDON - For a brief moment Tuesday, Brexit was within a British prime minister's grasp. Boris Johnson won Parliament's backing for the substance of his exit deal but lost a key vote on its timing, a ...
Oct 22, 2019
Boeing replaces executive who oversaw 737 Max, other planes
Boeing is replacing the head of its commercial-airplanes division as it struggles with a crisis created by two deadly crashes of its newest airliner. Boeing said Tuesday that Kevin McAllister is out a...
Oct 22, 2019
Bombers quarterback Collaros ready to get back under centre if he gets the call
WINNIPEG - Zach Collaros is preparing to grab the opportunity to start for the Blue Bombers if he gets the call on Friday. The newly acquired veteran quarterback ran most of Winnipeg's first-team offe...
Oct 22, 2019
With return to Toronto on the horizon, Marleau happy to be back with Sharks
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Patrick Marleau concedes sometimes it's strange to be back in the San Jose Sharks' locker room. And then there are moments when it feels like the veteran winger nev...
Oct 22, 2019
Astros executive apologizes, MLB to conduct interviews
HOUSTON - The assistant general manager of the Houston Astros apologized Tuesday for using "inappropriate language" after a Sports Illustrated report said he repeatedly yelled toward a group of female...
Oct 22, 2019
Jolibois has 'great concerns' for new MP elected in northern riding
With all of Saskatchewan represented by Conservative MPs, Georgina Jolibois is concerned the new representative for Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River riding won't be there when constituents need him ...
Oct 22, 2019 Former NDP MP Georgina Jolibois doesn't know why voter participation was so low. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
New federal Green member looks to learn from May, not replace her
FREDERICTON - The Green party's new member of Parliament from New Brunswick declared her desire to become prime minister as a teenager but says she's not gunning for the leadership of her pa...
Oct 22, 2019