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Toronto Raptors' Pascal Siakam captures most improved player award
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam has won the NBA's most improved player award. Siakam, who helped the Raptors win their first NBA championship this month, beat out D'Angelo...
Jun 25, 2019
SpaceX launches hefty rocket with 24 satellites
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX launched its heftiest rocket with 24 research satellites Tuesday, a middle-of-the-night rideshare featuring a deep space atomic clock, solar sail, a clean and green rocke...
Jun 25, 2019
Nordiques advance to Kamloops Ball Hockey "D" final
Nordiques 5 - 4 Wild Stars (Nordiques won series 2-1) The Nordiques advanced to the final after hanging on in the last few minutes of regulation. James Silva was strong in net in the final minutes and...
Jun 25, 2019 Image credit: Kamloops Ball Hockey
Top Austrian court says Ukrainian oligarch can be sent to US
VIENNA - Austria's Supreme Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that a Ukrainian oligarch who prosecutors say had business ties to President Donald Trump's ex-campaign manager, Paul Manafort, can be extradi...
Jun 25, 2019
Skinny Vancouver Whitecaps eager to pick up points on four-game road swing
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps know there's work to be done as they head out on another tough road swing. Half-way through the season, the 'Caps (4-6-7) currently sit a single point out of playof...
Jun 25, 2019
World Cup exit shows Canada will miss the remarkable Christine Sinclair
PARIS - Christine Sinclair has put Canadian soccer on her shoulders for close to 20 years. So when Janine Beckie and not the talismanic captain walked to the penalty spot Monday in Canada's Women's Wo...
Jun 25, 2019
Astronaut David Saint-Jacques returns to Earth, sets Canadian space record
LONGUEUIL, Que. - David Saint-Jacques returned to Earth on Monday after more than six months aboard the International Space Station. The native of Saint-Lambert, Que., has set a record ...
Jun 25, 2019
In the news today, June 25
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, June 25 --- SAINT-JACQUES RETURNS FROM SPACE MISSION David Saint-Jacques returned to Earth on Monday after more than six months aboard the Int...
Jun 25, 2019
Yemeni rebels strike Saudi airport ahead of US-Saudi talks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - One person was killed and seven others were wounded in an attack by Iranian-allied Yemeni rebels on an airport in Saudi Arabia Sunday evening, the Saudi military said, as...
Jun 25, 2019
North Korea says Kim received 'excellent' letter from Trump
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - U.S. President Donald Trump sent North Korean leader Kim Jong Un an "excellent" letter, the North's state-run news agency reported Sunday, quoting Kim as saying he would "s...
Jun 25, 2019
