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76ers owners buy 2,000 tickets for home playoff game. Aim for fewer Knicks fans in arena for Game 6
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia 76ers off-court strategy heading into Game 6 of their NBA playoff series is to keep New York Knicks fans out of Wells Fargo Arena on Thursday night. Team owners Jo...
May 02, 2024
Ottawa will appoint commissioner to oversee treaties with Indigenous Peoples: Trudeau
GATINEAU, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is planning to create a new agent of Parliament to oversee modern treaty implementation. He says the new commissioner will ensure gov...
May 02, 2024
TD Bank hit with $9.2M penalty after failing to report suspicious transactions
TORONTO - Canada's financial intelligence agency says it has levied a $9.2-million penalty against The Toronto-Dominion Bank for non-compliance with money laundering and terrorist financing measures a...
May 02, 2024
Toronto athlete named to Olympic refugee team for Paris
TORONTO - A judo athlete who trains in Toronto has been named to the Olympic refugee team for the Paris Games. Nigara Shaheen was among 36 athletes from 11 different countries introduced by the Intern...
May 02, 2024
Greater Vancouver home sales rise as inventory reaches levels not seen since pandemic
VANCOUVER - Greater Vancouver's real estate board says the number of homes that changed hands in April rose 3.3 per cent from the previous year, but total sales were still well below the 10-year avera...
May 02, 2024
Vegas retaliation on Stars forward Seguin costly as defending champion Knights now trail in series
DALLAS (AP) - Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin was briefly down on the ice with a bloody nose and a bit dazed after taking a shot to the face from Alex Pietrangelo. That big backhanded swing from Pie...
May 02, 2024
Students set up pro-Palestinian encampment protest at University of Toronto
TORONTO - A group of students at the University of Toronto say they have started a protest on campus to call on the university to cut its ties with Israel over the ongoing war in Gaza. The students sa...
May 02, 2024
Police begin removing barricades at a pro-Palestinian demonstrators' encampment at UCLA
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police have begun removing barricades at a pro-Palestinian demonstrators' encampment on the UCLA campus. Thursday morning's law enforcement effort comes after officers spent hours t...
May 02, 2024
Five things to know about the NHL playoffs
The Edmonton Oilers are, so far, the only Canadian team to punch their ticket to the second round of the NHL playoffs. The Vancouver Canucks can make it two teams with a victory Friday in Nashville, o...
May 02, 2024
Death toll jumps to at least 48 in southern China highway collapse as search continues
BEIJING (AP) - The death toll climbed to 48 as search efforts continued in southern China on Thursday after a highway section collapsed in a mountainous area, sending more than 20 cars down a steep sl...
May 02, 2024