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DeRozan, Lowry return to form to lead Raptors to crucial 96-78 win over Celtics
TORONTO - Facing a late-season collapse, DeMar DeRozan, Kyle Lowry and the Toronto Raptors focused on what took them to the top of the NBA’s Eastern Conference: defence. DeRozan led the Raptors ...
Apr 4, 2018
Sabres clinch 31st following 4-2 loss to Senators
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Three years after bottoming out, the Buffalo Sabres found a way to achieve a new low. A 4-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night assured Buffalo of becoming the NHL’s f...
Apr 4, 2018
Chicago slugger Abreu powers White Sox to 4-3 win over Toronto Blue Jays
TORONTO - The 2017 Toronto Blue Jays never got on track after struggling mightily at the start of the season. The 2018 edition of the team is closing out its first homestand of the year with a much be...
Apr 4, 2018
Oil spill that caused Indonesia fire was due to broken pipe
JAKARTA, Indonesia - An oil spill that caused a fire that killed five people and sickened hundreds in an Indonesian port city came from a broken pipe the state-owned energy company was using to transf...
Apr 4, 2018
Triathlon's Joanna Brown wins Canada's first medal of the Commonwealth Games
GOLD COAST, Australia - Canada’s first medal of the Commonwealth Games came the hard way. Joanna Brown, who almost didn’t make the race after fracturing her left shoulder in a bike crash M...
Apr 4, 2018
Liverpool blows away Man City in 3-0 win in CL quarterfinals
LIVERPOOL, England - The night started with their team bus being smashed up by beer cans and bottles. It ended with their Champions League ambitions in pieces, too. Manchester City’s players lea...
Apr 4, 2018
Sierra Leone declares opposition leader the new president
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone’s election commission declared main opposition candidate Julius Maada Bio as the West African nation’s new president Wednesday, giving the opposition ...
Apr 4, 2018
Johnson named Rebels captain
The Red Deer Rebels have a new captain. GM and head coach Brent Sutter announced Wednesday that Reese Johnson will wear the 'C' on his jersey in what will be his final WHL season. "Reese showed throug...
Apr 4, 2018
Trudeau's environment and economy balancing act to play out on western tour
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking his government’s balancing act between the economy and the environment on a western Canadian road show this week. However, the precariousness of ...
Apr 4, 2018
Registrations open for Run/Hike for Hospice
(Red Deer, AB) - 2018 marks the 11th year of Red Deer Hospice participating in the national HIKE for HOSPICE event that annually marks the beginning of National Palliative Care Week. In 2015 a Run com...
Apr 4, 2018