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Raptors are two losses from ruining perhaps Lowry's best shot at Finals
TORONTO - In the hours after the Toronto Raptors' blowout Game 2 loss, there's a good chance Kyle Lowry heard from Jay Wright. Lowry and his former coach at Villanova have kept in close contact over t...
May 18, 2019
Saucedo leads Real Salt Lake over Toronto FC 3-0
SANDY, Utah - Sebastin Saucedo had a goal and an assist to help Real Salt Lake beat Toronto FC 3-0 on Saturday. Damir Kreilach opened the scoring for Real Salt Lake (5-6-1) in the 14th minute, chest t...
May 18, 2019
Canadian captain Christine Sinclair scores goal No. 181 of her career
TORONTO - Christine Sinclair scored goal No. 181 of her career Saturday against Mexico in a women's soccer friendly. The 35-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., a 14-time Canadian player of the year, is now j...
May 18, 2019
Alexey Toropchenko with hat trick, Storm beat Huskies at Memorial Cup
HALIFAX - Alexey Toropchenko scored a natural hat trick in the first period as the Guelph Storm went on to beat the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 5-2 on Saturday in the Memorial ...
May 18, 2019
Liberals stymie Commons defence committee inquiry into Mark Norman case
OTTAWA - The Liberals used their majority on a House of Commons committee Thursday to block an opposition attempt to launch an inquiry into the failed prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Con...
May 18, 2019
Trump administration pulls $1B from California rail project
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Trump administration cancelled nearly $1 billion Thursday in federal money for California's high-speed rail project, further throwing into question the future of the ambitious...
May 18, 2019
Senate committee approves dozens of energy-industry-friendly amendments to C-69
OTTAWA - A Senate committee has approved dozens of amendments - primarily aimed at mollifying the energy industry - to the Liberal government's controversial environmental assessment legislation. Bill...
May 18, 2019
Eurovision Song Contest decides this year's final lineup
TEL AVIV, Israel - The Eurovision Song Contest has decided the final 10 contestants who will battle to be crowned Europe's best pop act, following the event's second semifinal Thursday. The countries ...
May 18, 2019
B.C. legislature clerk retires; report says benefits wrongly claimed
VICTORIA - A spending scandal that shook British Columbia's legislature came to a partial conclusion Thursday with the abrupt retirement of the clerk and the suspended sergeant-at-arms asking for...
May 18, 2019
Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final kicks off in Tel Aviv
TEL AVIV, Israel - Israel hosted the Grand Final of the 64th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, with Madonna set to showcase Europe's annual music extravaganza. Some 200 million people around the wo...
May 18, 2019
