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Feeling Aretha's spirit, J Hud honours icon at Pulitzers
NEW YORK - With bad weather in Chicago on Monday and her flight cancelled, Jennifer Hudson fretted at the thought of missing her performance at Tuesday's Pulitzer Prize awards ceremony to pay tribute ...
May 30, 2019
Restaurant must provide surveillance footage in Spacey case
NANTUCKET, Mass. - A judge is ordering a Nantucket restaurant to hand over any surveillance footage taken the night prosecutors say actor Kevin Spacey groped a young man in 2016. Nantucket District Co...
May 30, 2019
VanVleet, Toronto Raptors not happy with just being in NBA championship series
TORONTO - Guard Fred VanVleet and the Toronto Raptors aren't happy with just being in the NBA Finals. Toronto squares off against the Golden State Warriors in the league final, which opens Thursday ni...
May 30, 2019
Report says government policies weigh on declining B.C. housing market
VICTORIA - A real estate market outlook by Vancouver's Central 1 Credit Union says tougher federal and provincial government housing policies are behind a drop in demand for resale housing i...
May 30, 2019
Halifax police rule out charges after probe of doctor who examined RCMP recruits
Halifax police say no charges will be laid following an investigation into allegations of sexual assault against a doctor who examined RCMP recruits over a period spanning several decad...
May 30, 2019
Sportsnet hopes NBA Finals reach Game 7 as Raptors prove slam dunk for ratings
TORONTO - While most Toronto Raptors fans are likely hoping for a quick and victorious end to the NBA Finals matchup against Golden State, Bart Yabsley wants it to go on as long as possible. The recen...
May 30, 2019
R. Kelly charged with 11 new sex-related crimes in Chicago
CHICAGO - Prosecutors charged R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday with 11 new sex-related counts, including some that carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, making them the most serious again...
May 30, 2019
Young woman killed, teen injured after father sets fire at Calgary home: police
CALGARY - Police say a young woman was killed and her teenage sister badly injured in a fire set by their father who also died in the home where there had been a history of conflict. "What we kno...
May 30, 2019
Views of New Brunswick professor draw growing concerns from faculty
FREDERICTON - More than 100 faculty members at the University of New Brunswick have signed a letter denouncing one of their colleagues for promoting what they say are racist arguments about immigratio...
May 30, 2019
Montreal man sentenced to two years for killing of Alzheimer's-stricken wife
MONTREAL - A Quebec judge said she hopes the voices of caregivers struggling to care for loved ones are heard as she sentenced a Montreal man who suffocated his Alzheimer's-stricken wif...
May 30, 2019
