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Kawhi Leonard ailing but still scoring in double-overtime win over Milwaukee
TORONTO - Kawhi Leonard's teammates had long gone by the time he emerged from the nether-regions of the Raptors locker-room to get dressed. It was 11:29 p.m. local time. Treatment beckoned after leadi...
May 20, 2019

Canada's parole officers say correctional system has reached breaking point
OTTAWA - Canada's parole officers say the country's corrections system is at a breaking point due to workloads that are "insurmountable" - a situation they say poses real risks to publi...
May 20, 2019

Koepka keeps 7-shot lead at PGA Championship
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. - Brooks Koepka is on the cusp of some elite company at the PGA Championship - in the record book, not on the leaderboard. He is all alone on Bethpage Black, the public course he has...
May 20, 2019

More women, few minorities: Docs detail results of Liberal patronage overhaul
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's overhaul of the patronage system has led to gender parity in government appointments, but new figures show few of those women are in leadership posts and visible...
May 20, 2019

Carbon tax, desk-thumping on agenda in upcoming Alberta legislature session
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's government heads to the legislature this week to make noise with an ambitious legislative agenda while trying to keep a hush on daily affairs. ...
May 20, 2019

Diplomat, peacekeeper: Saskatchewan First Nation awaits Poundmaker exoneration
When Milton Tootoosis thinks about the planned exoneration of Chief Poundmaker, he breaks down.A headman and councillor at Poundmaker Cree Nation, about a two-hour drive from Saskatoon, Tootoosis says...
May 20, 2019

Ford is cutting 7,000 white-collar jobs
DETROIT - Ford is almost finished with a major global restructuring and by the time it ends in August the automaker will have shed 7,000 white-collar jobs. The company said Monday that the plan will s...
May 20, 2019

Biden rejects Democrats' anger in call for national unity
PHILADELPHIA - His party may be enraged by Donald Trump's presidency, but Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden insisted Saturday that Democrats will not defeat the Republican president if they ...
May 20, 2019

Money laundering report a wake-up call for Canada, but some provinces skeptical
VANCOUVER - The authors of a report that found $47 billion was laundered across Canada last year debated whether to include a graph that indicated Alberta, Ontario and the Prairies were hotspots for d...
May 20, 2019

Once again, Iraq caught up in tensions between US and Iran
BAGHDAD - When U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down with Iraqi officials in Baghdad last week as tensions mounted between America and Iran, he delivered a nuanced message: If you're not going ...
May 20, 2019

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