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NBA Finals set another Canadian ratings record, numbers remain lukewarm in US
TORONTO - The NBA Finals between the Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors continue to draw big television numbers in Canada, while ratings remain lukewarm south of the border. TSN announced Monda...
Jun 03, 2019
Riders’ rookie receiver ready to roll
Justin McInnis is playing catch-up at the Saskatchewan Roughriders' training camp.The 22-year-old product of Pierrefonds, Que., missed most of the first two weeks of camp at Griffiths Stadium on the U...
Jun 03, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Justin McInnis during a training-camp practice on June 3, 2019 (Wray Morrison/650 CKOM)
MP calls MMIWG report 'very personal' for northerners
The final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) found there's been a deliberate race, identity and gender-based genocide in Canada.The report call...
Jun 03, 2019 NDP MP Georgina Jolibois stated a national action plan would be extensive. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Loan money for farmers available June 26, Ottawa says
Agriculture producers will have to wait another 3 1/2 weeks before they see loan money from the adjusted Advance Payments Program, Ottawa announced Monday.In an emailed media release, federal Agricult...
Jun 03, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
'Now the real work begins:' Families call for action after inquiry report
Anita Ross knew the release of a report into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls would roil up difficult feelings about the untimely death of her teenage daughter, but she hopes openi...
Jun 03, 2019
Judge: Federal wagering law only applies to sports gambling
CONCORD, N.H. - A federal judge ruled Monday that a law prohibiting interstate wagering applies only to sports gambling, setting aside a Justice Department opinion that some states feared would make o...
Jun 03, 2019
Explained: Why the MMIWG commission invoked 'Canadian genocide'
The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women was unequivocal in its assessment: "This is genocide." Chief commissioner Marion Buller was greeted by cheers when she spoke these ...
Jun 03, 2019
She was just 17: Anisimova 1st born in 2000s into Slam QF
PARIS - To Amanda Anisimova, it seems "like, forever ago" that she was playing in the French Open main draw for the first time. For the record: It's been all of two years. Ah, to be young again. Still...
Jun 03, 2019
Combat boots marking D-Day anniversary end cross-country journey in Halifax
HALIFAX - A pair of combat boots symbolizing the journey of Canadian soldiers to fight in the Second World War has arrived in Halifax as the country prepares to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day...
Jun 03, 2019
The Latest: Chipotle says tariffs could increase costs $15M
WASHINGTON - The Latest on scheduled talks between the U.S. and Mexico (all times local): 11:45 a.m. Restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill says the Trump administration's threatened tariffs on Mexic...
Jun 03, 2019