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VanVleet, Trent hit late 3s as Raptors rally past 76ers, 115-109
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Gary Trent Jr. and Fred VanVleet hit back-to-back 3-pointers over the final 1:10 to lift the Toronto Raptors past the Philadelphia 76ers, 115-109 on Thursday night. VanVleet hit si...
Nov 11, 2021
Quick makes 34 saves for the shutout as Kings blank Sens 2-0 for seventh straight win
OTTAWA - Jonathan Quick made 34 saves as the Los Angeles Kings shut out the Ottawa Senators 2-0 on Thursday night to extend their winning streak to seven games. Anze Kopitar and Andreas Athanasiou sco...
Nov 11, 2021
Missouri man who buried wife's body convicted of her murder
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri man who admitted burying his wife's body and misleading authorities for more than a year about her whereabouts was convicted Thursday of second-degree murder. A jury fo...
Nov 11, 2021
Toronto police say woman severely hurt in 2018 van attack has died of her injuries
TORONTO - Police say a woman who was severely hurt in the 2018 Toronto van attack has died of her injuries in hospital. Toronto police say in a release that Amaresh Tessamariam, who was 65, died on Oc...
Nov 11, 2021
4 tied for lead in suspended 1st round of Houston Open
HOUSTON (AP) - Marc Leishman, Russell Henley, Talor Gooch and Luke List shared the lead Thursday in the suspended first round of the Houston Open, with List still on the course when darkness stopped p...
Nov 11, 2021
Canadian players say domestic women's league needed now more than ever
TORONTO - Bridget Carleton made the Transatlantic trip home from Israel for this week's Canadian women's basketball camp. The 24-year-old joined Israeli team Ramat HaSharon only three weeks ago, addin...
Nov 11, 2021
Stó:lō author Lee Maracle, a leading voice in Indigenous literature, dies at 71
VANCOUVER - St:l writer Lee Maracle, who championed the stories of Indigenous women to change the face of Canadian literature, has died. Family friend Michaela Washburnsays the acclaimed author, poet ...
Nov 11, 2021
Toronto Argonauts can cement top spot in East Division with home win over Tiger-Cats
This is pretty much how Ryan Dinwiddie saw his first regular season as a CFL head coach winding down. The Toronto Argonauts (8-4) host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (7-5) on Friday night at BMO Field. The A...
Nov 11, 2021
Under John Herdman, the Canadian men's team has become a winning band of brothers
John Herdman inherited a men's team ranked 94th in the world when he took over from the fired Octavio Zambrano in January 2018. And the extent of the challenge facing him became clear at his first cam...
Nov 11, 2021
Ottawa doctor pleads for help from the prime minister after death threat
OTTAWA - An Ottawa family doctor who organized mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics earlier this year has received a death threat and she is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do more to protect hea...
Nov 11, 2021