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Canadian women's basketball team loses three longtime players to retirement
TORONTO - Three longtime members of the Canadian women's basketball team are retiring from international competition. Guard Nirra Fields of Lachine, Que., and Edmonton twin sisters Katherine and ...
May 25, 2019
Michael Jackson's estate and former manager settle lawsuit
LOS ANGELES - A years-long lawsuit between Michael Jackson's estate and one of the superstar's former managers has been settled, ending one of the final legal fights over the King of Pop's assets. The...
May 25, 2019
FRENCH OPEN '19: Federer, Nadal, Djokovic still rule tennis
The Big 3 are still very much around. They're still leading the rankings, still collecting the biggest trophies. And they're still the dominant figures in men's tennis, responsible for the main storyl...
May 25, 2019
Canadian Human Rights Museum could include Quebec's secularism legislation
QUEBEC - The Quebec government's latest attempt to legislate on secularism could find its way into the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. The Legault government's B...
May 25, 2019
World's largest fishing lure unveiled in Lacombe
Drumheller has the world's largest dinosaur, Donalda an oil lamp that claims to be the biggest on Earth, there's a giant pysanka in Vegreville, and Glendon a perogy to go with Mundare's out of this wo...
May 25, 2019 Brad Pallister unveils what is said to be the world's largest fishing lure. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
A timeline of official apologies from the federal government
OTTAWA - When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday exonerated Chief Poundmaker in Saskatchewan, it was the latest in a long list of government efforts to apologize for past wrongs. Here...
May 25, 2019
FRENCH OPEN '19: What to watch, from Osaka to Roger's return
PARIS - On the day Naomi Osaka won the Australian Open for her second consecutive major championship, she was asked whether it was too soon to start thinking about grabbing four in a row. "You know th...
May 25, 2019
Conservatives urge Liberals to expedite promised relief for canola farmers
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives said Thursday they're hearing from frustrated canola producers who are still waiting for financial relief recently promised by the Liberal g...
May 25, 2019
Philippines dismisses Canada's plan to bring garbage back by end of June
OTTAWA - The Philippines has rejected Canada's late-June timeline for repatriating its garbage and is moving forward with plans to ship it back to Canada itself. Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo...
May 25, 2019
Trump says he has Dems' support for NAFTA despite 'crazy Nancy' Pelosi
OTTAWA - President Donald Trump says he has enough Democratic support to ratify the new North American free-trade pact despite his feud with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, t...
May 25, 2019