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Raptors coach Nick Nurse expects a better game from Kawhi Leonard on Sunday
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors beat defending champion Golden State in Game 1 despite an off night for superstar Kawhi Leonard. The Warriors threw the kitchen sink of defence at Leonard, who shot just ...
Jun 01, 2019
Research suggests bird personalities vary widely and are tough to change
EDMONTON - Research from the University of Alberta is fledging out the idea that birds may travel in flocks but have personalities of their own. "In some ways, it's analogous to the human term 'p...
Jun 01, 2019
Tentative agreement reached in B.C.'s port dispute just as picket signs went up
VANCOUVER - A tentative agreement has been reached in a labour dispute that threatened to shut down all ports in British Columbia and have a ripple effect across the Canadian economy. T...
Jun 01, 2019
Uncapped Noble Okello, Kamal Miller included in Canada's Gold Cup squad
Canada cut its Gold Cup roster to 23 Thursday, with uncapped Noble Okello and Kamal Miller joining veterans Atiba Hutchinson, Jonathan Osorio, Russell Teibert, Samuel Piette and Milan Borjan. Coa...
Jun 01, 2019
Giant American flag flap flutters on; business owner rallies
STATESVILLE, N.C. - The reality television star who has said he would go to jail before removing a huge American flag from his recreational vehicle store in North Carolina told cheering employees on T...
Jun 01, 2019
Tipi blessed in act of reconciliation at Red Deer middle school
Students and staff at St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School engaged in an Indigenous ceremony on Friday.Local Elder Theresa 'Corky' Larsen-Jonasson was on hand to bless a new tipi located in the school's c...
Jun 01, 2019 Theresa 'Corky' Larsen-Jonasson blesses a tipi at St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School. (Supplied)
Afghanistan memorial at new defence headquarters to open to public Friday
OTTAWA - The memorial for those killed in Canada's mission in Afghanistan at the new Department of Defence headquarters is to open to the public Friday afternoon, the department says. People who ...
Jun 01, 2019
Alberta set to pass law to kill provincial carbon tax, as federal tax looms
EDMONTON - Alberta's consumer carbon tax is dead, setting the stage for a showdown with Ottawa over the imposition of a new one. The province cancelled its tax on gasoline at the pumps and on home hea...
Jun 01, 2019
Plenty of local ties among hall of fame's inductees
For 62 years the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame has celebrated those who have given a big part of their lives to reach great heights and improve the sport community in our province. On Friday, 13 disting...
Jun 01, 2019 The Alberta Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Troy Gillard)
Louis Levi Oakes, last of Mohawk code talkers, passes away at 94
AKWESASNE, Que. - A funeral will be held Saturday for the last of the Mohawk code talkers from the Second World War, Louis Levi Oakes, who died peacefully on Tuesday surrounded by family at age 94. Oa...
Jun 01, 2019