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Raptors Remake: DeRozan dealt to Spurs for Leonard in blockbuster NBA trade
TORONTO - DeMar DeRozan was unlike many of the franchise players who came before him with the Toronto Raptors. For years, Canada’s lone NBA franchise was jilted by stars who eventually either wa...
Jul 18, 2018
Chris Christie to 'set record straight' in 'Let Me Finish'
NEW YORK - Chris Christie has a book coming out next year and he doesn’t plan on holding back. Hachette Books told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the former New Jersey governor’s &...
Jul 18, 2018
Abdoul Abdi relieved federal government won't pursue deportation: lawyer
HALIFAX - The lawyer for former Somali child refugee Abdoul Abdi says his client was relieved - and in disbelief - after Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale announced in a tweet that Ottawa would not...
Jul 18, 2018
Russia extends house arrest of acclaimed film director
MOSCOW - An acclaimed Russian filmmaker and theatre director accused of embezzlement must stay under house arrest for another month. A Moscow court on Wednesday ruled to extend the detention of Kirill...
Jul 18, 2018
German court rejects challenges to broadcasting fee system
BERLIN - Germany’s highest court has rejected complaints against a fee paid by all households to finance the country’s public broadcasters, though it found fault with a minor aspect of the...
Jul 18, 2018
CARTOON 07-18-2018
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 07-18-2018
Jul 18, 2018
Rock icon Cliff Richard wins UK High Court privacy case
LONDON - British rock icon Cliff Richard was awarded 210,000 pounds ($273,000) in damages Wednesday after winning a privacy lawsuit against the BBC for its coverage of a police raid at his home. Richa...
Jul 18, 2018
Canada's premiers meet Indigenous groups, although three major groups decline
BOUCTOUCHE, N.B. - Canada’s premiers emerged from meetings with Indigenous organizations Wednesday with little in the way of concrete initiatives after several major Aboriginal groups refused to...
Jul 18, 2018
In the news today, July 18
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, July 18 --- PM TRUDEAU TO SHUFFLE CABINET TODAY Justin Trudeau will shuffle his front benches today to install ministers who will lead the Liberal team into nex...
Jul 18, 2018
PM's pre-election shuffle eyes border, trade and bruising provincial relations
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau has unveiled his pre-election cabinet in a shuffle designed to showcase new faces and to address increasingly troublesome files - from border security, to trade promotion, to t...
Jul 18, 2018