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Raptors coach Nurse says despite layoff, his players 'look fantastic'
In the more than three months since the Toronto Raptors stepped off the court, the players have been scattered abroad. Besides regular weight checks and virtual workouts, it's ...
Jun 30, 2020
Travel between United States, Canada complicating MLB Toronto approval
TORONTO - The Ontario government says the necessity of frequent travel between the U.S. and Canada is the complicating factor holding up approval for Major League Baseball to play in Toronto amid the ...
Jun 30, 2020
CRIME STOPPERS: Crimes of the Week — June 30, 2020
KAMLOOPS - Here are the Kamloops Crime Stoppers crimes of the week for June 30, 2020.Crime of the Week #1Kamloops Crime Stoppers would like your help identifying a man accused of performing an indecen...
Jun 30, 2020
Judge temporarily blocks tell-all book by Trump's niece
A tell-all book by President Donald Trump's niece cannot be published until a judge decides the merits of claims by the president's brother that its publication would violate a pact among family membe...
Jun 30, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfo...
Jun 30, 2020
Johnny Mandel, the Oscar- and Grammy- winning composer, dies
NEW YORK - Johnny Mandel, the Oscar- and Grammy-winning composer, arranger and musician who worked on albums by Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole and many others and whose songwriting credits included "The ...
Jun 30, 2020
Experts dismiss dealer's claim to have long-lost Kahlo work
MADRID - Scholars in the work of surrealist Frida Kahlo have searched for more than six decades for "The Wounded Table," a 1940 oil painting illuminating her pain over the breakup of her marriage to m...
Jun 30, 2020
Fatal plane crash near Tofino, B.C., raises possible issues
RICHMOND, B.C. - An investigation into a fatal plane crash north of Tofino, B.C., last December has raised potential safety issues for other pilots. The plane went down as the pilot and...
Jun 30, 2020
Order restricting entry to Canada extended to July 31 as COVID-19 worries remain
OTTAWA - The federal government says it has extended tight rules barring most foreign travellers from entering Canada until the end of July as part of efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. The restr...
Jun 30, 2020
Winnipeg woman sentenced in U.S. for trying to get chemical weapon off dark web
PEMBINA, N.D. - A Winnipeg woman has been sentenced to six years in the United States for trying to purchase a toxin off the dark web. Sijie Liu, who is 37, was sentenced in a U.S. District Court...
Jun 30, 2020
