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Jury selection continues in Michael Avenatti's Nike trial
NEW YORK - Opening statements are likely to occur Wednesday in the attempted extortion trial of a California attorney whose representation of porn star Stormy Daniels in her legal fight with President...
Jan 28, 2020
Raptors, Spurs share 24-second Bryant tributes; Toronto wins
SAN ANTONIO - The Toronto Raptors and San Antonio Spurs did not want to be on the court after learning Kobe Bryant had died, but they tried to honour him as best they could. The teams collaborated on ...
Jan 28, 2020
Memorial sled race honours well-loved local man
The Tom Ouellette Memorial Dog Sled Race is coming up in Loon Lake and Makwa Lake this weekend. Charlie Conner, race organizer told meadowlakeNOW, Tom Ouellette was a friend to many in the community a...
Jan 28, 2020 Tom Ouellette (submitted photo/Charlie Conner)
Silvernagle wins second straight Scotties provincial title
Robyn Silvernagle has repeated as Saskatchewan's women's curling champion.Silvernagle and her North Battleford team of Stefanie Lawton, Jessie Hunkin and Kara Thevenot won their second straight provin...
Jan 28, 2020 Robyn Silvernagle. (submitted photo/CurlSask)
Kobe Bryant left deep legacy in LA sports, basketball world
LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant inspired a generation of basketball players worldwide with sublime skills and an unquenchable competitive fire. He earned Los Angeles' eternal adoration during his two decade...
Jan 28, 2020
AP source: McConnell says he can't yet block new witnesses
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told senators privately Tuesday he does not yet have the votes to block new witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. That's accordin...
Jan 28, 2020
Case of stolen identity leaves Sask. family out hundreds of thousands of dollars
A case of stolen identity has cost one Saskatchewan farming family hundreds of thousands of dollars.Andrew and Laurie Johnson run Johnson Livestock near Peebles, a community about 125 kilometres south...
Jan 28, 2020 The Johnson family. (submitted photo)
Funding for women's group under review after call for ban on man-woman relationships
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it will re-evaluate the $120,000 annual public funding it gives to the province's biggest women's federation after its president suggested that heterose...
Jan 28, 2020
Kobe helicopter tried to climb to avoid clouds before crash
CALABASAS, Calif. - The pilot of the helicopter that crashed near Los Angeles, killing former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and eight others, told air traffic controllers in his last radio message that he...
Jan 28, 2020
AP source: Jet evacuates Americans from China outbreak zone
SANTA ANA, Calif. - An airplane evacuating as many as 240 Americans from a Chinese city at the centre of a virus outbreak departed Wednesday before dawn, and is en route to the U.S., a U.S. State Depa...
Jan 28, 2020