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Siakam has 21 points, Raptors rout Indiana 127-81 for ninth straight home win
TORONTO - Kyle Lowry had been keen to come out of the NBA all-star break at top speed. On Sunday, Lowry set a breakneck pace in the Toronto Raptors' most lopsided victory in franchise history. Lowry, ...
Feb 25, 2020
Early parole hearing denied for convicted Nanaimo murderer
NANAIMO - A BC Supreme Court judge ruled "persistent serious character concerns" prevent a convicted murderer from an early parole hearing.Kelvin Kingsbury Purdy, 51, presented his case before Justice...
Feb 25, 2020 Kelvin Kingsbury Purdy's application for an early parole hearing was denied by a B.C. Supreme Court judge. Purdy continues denying the fatal stabbing ambush of his estranged wife Denis Purdy, on Dec. 12, 2003 in north Nanaimo. (CHEK News)
Canadian Pacific obtains injunction to end Mohawk rail blockade in Kahnawake
MONTREAL - Canadian Pacific Railway obtained an injunction Tuesday aimed at ending a blockade erected more than two weeks ago in a Mohawk community south of Montreal. Coming a day after Kahnawake...
Feb 25, 2020
Impact coach Thierry Henry looks for big win in Montreal debut
MONTREAL - Thierry Henry is happy his home coaching debut will be a high-pressure knockout game for the Montreal Impact. The Impact host Costa Rica's Deportivo Saprissa in the second leg of the C...
Feb 25, 2020
New presumptive case of novel coronavirus in Toronto, health officials say
TORONTO - A woman who arrived in Toronto from China last week has a presumptive case of the novel coronavirus, health officials said Sunday, days after announcing the last of three people previously d...
Feb 25, 2020
Kyle Okposo scores 2 in Sabres' 2-1 win over Winnipeg Jets
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Kyle Okposo hopes he and the Buffalo Sabres provided general manager Jason Botterill a reason to rethink his approach a day before the NHL's trade deadline. For a team that looked like...
Feb 25, 2020
Avenatti lawyer to put Stormy Daniels' credibility on trial
NEW YORK - The credibility of porn star Stormy Daniels will be the central issue when Michael Avenatti goes on trial in April on charges that he cheated her of $300,000 from a book deal, his attorney ...
Feb 25, 2020
Massive renovation to Centre Block needs to find space for dozens more MPs
OTTAWA - The experts overseeing the massive restoration of Canada's largest Parliament building have to find out a way to cram more than 100 additional MPs into the House of Commons wit...
Feb 25, 2020
Gnabry, Lewandowski combine in Bayern's 3-0 win at Chelsea
LONDON - Serge Gnabry and Robert Lewandowski combined to lead a devastating second-half attacking display by Bayern Munich at Chelsea on Tuesday and secure a 3-0 victory in their Champions League last...
Feb 25, 2020
Barcelona draws 1-1 at Napoli in Champions League 1st leg
NAPLES, Italy - On a night when Lionel Messi was expected to put on a show in the stadium that was once Diego Maradona's, the Barcelona forward did relatively little in a 1-1 draw at Napoli in the fir...
Feb 25, 2020