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Red Sox close out four-game series with 8-2 rout of Blue Jays in matinee
TORONTO - Some help has finally arrived for the injury-plagued Toronto Blue Jays rotation. However, it wasn't enough to stop the powerful Boston offence during a Thursday matinee at Rogers Centre...
May 25, 2019
Ottawa orders tight new restrictions on sugary, purified high-alcohol drinks
OTTAWA - New restrictions on sugary, purified alcoholic beverages took effect Thursday, following several months of federal consultations and at least two deaths over an 18-month span. The a...
May 25, 2019
EQUS building new head office in Innisfail
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday as EQUS, Canada's largest member-owned utility, prepares to build an ambitious new head office in Innisfail. The building will feature 19,000 square feet of w...
May 25, 2019
'Absolutely horrific:' RCMP allege 17 children abused on Manitoba First Nation
WINNIPEG - Two men and a foster mother have been charged following an investigation that police say found at least 17 children who were sexually and physically abused in a Manitoba Indigenous com...
May 25, 2019
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