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Clippers Weekend Wrap Nov. 8 - 9
NANAIMO - The month of November has started off perfectly for the Clippers.Nanaimo has four straight wins to open the month including a pair of Victories of the Grizzlies on Nov. 8 and 9.On Nov. 8 a s...
Nov 12, 2019 Nanaimo won back to back games over the Grizzlies 5-3 and 4--0 to extend their winning streak to four games, and take sole possession of first place in the Island Division. (Gary Dorland)
Sanford suspends GOP primary challenge to Trump
CONCORD, N.H. - Republican Mark Sanford says he is ending his longshot 2020 presidential bid. The former South Carolina governor and congressman centred his Republican primary challenge to President D...
Nov 12, 2019
Screening of Polanski movie to go ahead despite allegation
PARIS - The Paris screening of a new French-Italian film "An Officer and a Spy" is going ahead despite a new allegation that its director Roman Polanski raped a woman decades ago. Tuesday's screening ...
Nov 12, 2019
Canadian show jumper Nicole Walker suspended for positive Pan Am drug test
Canada's participation in show jumping at the 2020 Olympic Games is in jeopardy because of a positive drug test at the Pan American Games. Canadian Nicole Walker has been provisionally suspended ...
Nov 12, 2019
As brazen organized crime shootings hit Montreal, police mum on extent of problem
MONTREAL - A panicking woman spins in circles and screams for her children. Well-dressed party-goers in the posh hotel lobby are frantic. A uniformed officer is on his knees, trying to pump life back ...
Nov 12, 2019
Sportsnet apologizes for Don Cherry's anti-immigrant comments
TORONTO - Sportsnet apologized Sunday for hockey commentator Don Cherry's televised rant about his belief that new immigrants don't wear poppies, and in turn don't support veterans - comments that spa...
Nov 12, 2019
Debates commissioner David Johnston suggests separate debate for main contenders
OTTAWA - Debates commissioner David Johnston says one way to improve leaders' debates in future elections might be to make room for an English and a French debate that include only the ...
Nov 12, 2019
Sportsnet apologizes for Don Cherry's anti-immigrant comments
TORONTO - Sportsnet apologized Sunday for hockey commentator Don Cherry's televised rant about his belief that new immigrants don't wear poppies, and in turn don't support veterans - comments that spa...
Nov 12, 2019
Toddler in Toronto killed by air conditioner that fell eight storeys
TORONTO - Police in Toronto say a two-and-a-half year old girl is dead after she was struck by an air conditioner that fell from an eighth-floor apartment. Const. Caroline de Kloet, a police spok...
Nov 12, 2019
Brian Burke considered favourite to replace Don Cherry
TORONTO - Former NHL executive Brian Burke is listed as the heavy favourite to be Don Cherry's successor on "Hockey Night in Canada" on one sports betting site. SportsBettingDime.com has released odds...
Nov 12, 2019