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'Fresh and new' B.C. Lions look to build chemistry at training camp
SURREY, B.C. - It's been a busy off-season for B.C. Lions quarterback Mike Reilly. First came February's blockbuster signing that saw the former Edmonton Eskimo ink a four-year, $2.9-million...
May 14, 2019
Bruins thump Hurricanes 6-2, take 2-0 lead in East finals
BOSTON - With a five-goal, third-period lead and the Bruins still not done scoring, the crowd in the new Boston Garden began a throaty chant of "We want the Cup!" The next time they see their team, th...
May 14, 2019
Holloway to put featherweight title on line against Edgar at UFC 240 in Edmonton
Max (Blessed) Holloway will put his UFC featherweight title on the line against former lightweight title-holder Frankie (The Answer) Edgar at UFC 240 in Edmonton on July 27. David Shaw, UFC senior vic...
May 14, 2019
Judge: Cosby's actions 'distinctive,' became 'a signature'
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - The Pennsylvania judge who presided over Bill Cosby's sex-assault case says he let five other accusers testify at Cosby's retrial because they showed his actions were "so distinctive...
May 14, 2019
Labor official: Pro-company unions will melt away in Mexico
MEXICO CITY - A federal labour official said Tuesday that a majority of Mexico's union contracts are probably fake, pro-company deals that provide only minimal wages and benefits. But the unions behin...
May 14, 2019
Montreal mayor says secularism bill targets minorities and violates freedoms
QUEBEC - The mayor of Quebec's largest city says the provincial government's secularism bill is causing tension in society. Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante told a legislature committee today that the ci...
May 14, 2019
Leafs sign team president Brendan Shanahan to six-year extension through 2024-25
TORONTO - Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan has signed a six-year contract extension through 2024-25, the club announced Tuesday. Since the Toronto native took on the role with the team ...
May 14, 2019
Wildfire prompts evacuation order, state of emergency in central B.C.
FRASER LAKE, B.C. - Fraser Lake Mayor Sarrah Storey was driving back from a soccer tournament out of town when she saw the skyline transformed by a wildfire creeping up a mountain on the edge of ...
May 14, 2019
Tori Stafford kidnapper wants court to declare her prison transfer unlawful
EDMONTON - A woman serving a life sentence for the murder of eight-year-old Tori Stafford says her move from a healing lodge back to a prison was unfair. Lawyers for Terri-Lynn McClintic recently file...
May 14, 2019
Texas officer shoots and kills woman after stun-gun struggle
BAYTOWN, Texas - A Texas police officer shot and killed a woman who police say grabbed his Taser and used it on him, moments after she seemed to say "I'm pregnant" in an altercation captured on video....
May 14, 2019