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Full board of France's Cesar film awards steps down
PARIS - The entire leadership of the Cesar Awards, France's version of the Oscars, has stepped down in a spat over both its opaque decision-making process and controversial director Roman Polanski, wh...
Feb 14, 2020

United Way celebrates 2019 fundraising campaign
It was standing room only Friday morning as over 230 volunteers and supporters gathered at United Way's 2020 Community Celebration Breakfast to learn that $1.82 million was raised through this year's ...
Feb 14, 2020 (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)

Leafs' Johnsson out at least eight weeks with knee injury; Rielly progressing
TORONTO - Maple Leafs winger Andreas Johnsson requires surgery on his right knee and will be out of the lineup at least eight weeks, Toronto head coach Sheldon announced Friday. Johnsson was injured i...
Feb 14, 2020

Convoy rolling out again in support of Teck oil mine project
The United We Roll Convoy is hitting the road again this Saturday through parts of central Alberta.Last year, United We Roll led a convoy from Red Deer to Parliament Hill in Ottawa to promote the need...
Feb 14, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

CFL unveils first 24 global players who'll participate in the CFL combine
TORONTO - It's been quite the start to 2020 for Greg Quick. Since January, the CFL's director of global scouting has conducted player combines in Finland, Sweden, France, Italy, England, Ger...
Feb 14, 2020

No charges: Justice Department closes case against McCabe
WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors have declined to charge former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, closing an investigation into whether he lied to federal officials about his involvement in a news me...
Feb 14, 2020

CFL's Edmonton Eskimos keep team name following consultations
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League have decided to keep their team name.The club says consultations in the North provided no agreement on whether the name should be change...
Feb 14, 2020

Eastern Ontario rail blockade still in place as provincial police keep watch
TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY, Ont. - A handful of protesters continue to maintain a blockade along a key stretch of railway in eastern Ontario as provincial police face mounting political pressure to r...
Feb 14, 2020

Minnesota Wild fire coach Bruce Boudreau
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Wild fired coach Bruce Boudreau on Friday after their 30th loss of the season. First-year general manager Bill Guerin fired Boudreau in the aftermath of a shootout loss...
Feb 14, 2020

Kansas leader decries attempts to tie abortion, Medicaid
TOPEKA, Kan. - A top Republican lawmaker in Kansas on Friday disputed what has become a key talking point for GOP colleagues who are blocking a bipartisan plan to expand the state's Medicaid program b...
Feb 14, 2020