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NewsAlert: Sportsnet apologizes for Don Cherry's anti-immigrant comments
TORONTO - Sportsnet has apologized for TV commentator Don Cherry's remarks on Saturday night's Coach's Corner segment. The network says Cherry's remarks are discriminatory and offensive and do&nb...
Nov 10, 2019 Don Cherry
NewsAlert: Sportsnet apologizes for Don Cherry's anti-immigrant comments
TORONTO - Sportsnet has apologized for TV commentator Don Cherry's remarks on Saturday night's Coach's Corner segment. The network says Cherry's remarks are discriminatory and offensive and do&nb...
Nov 10, 2019
Rebels beat WHL-leading Raiders in road trip closer
Against significant odds, the Red Deer Rebels defeated the WHL's best team on Saturday in the final game of a six game road trip.Going into Saturday, Red Deer had allowed the most goals of any team in...
Nov 10, 2019 Raiders forward Aliaksei Protas is watched closely by Rebels forward Josh Tarzwell as he tries to break out of his own zone. (paNOW/Jeff D'Andrea)
Ontario's memorial to veterans of Afghanistan war ready for next Remembrance Day
TORONTO - A memorial to honour veterans of the war in Afghanistan that is being built on the grounds of the Ontario legislature will include a stone from an Inukshuk that stood at Kandahar Airfield as...
Nov 10, 2019
Jury enters third day of deliberations in Halifax jail cell death case
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia jury has entered a third day of deliberations in the case of two special constables charged in the death of an impaired 41-year-old man who suffocated in a ...
Nov 10, 2019
Jordan retakes lands leased by Israel in 1994 peace accord
AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's king announced Sunday that his country is retaking "full sovereignty" over two pieces of land leased by Israel, reflecting the cool relations between the neighbouring countrie...
Nov 10, 2019
O'Leary legal challenge of leadership finance rules set for April
OTTAWA - Celebrity businessman and former Conservative leadership contender Kevin O'Leary has an April court date to challenge the constitutionality of campaign finance law. O'Leary filed a ...
Nov 10, 2019
Supreme Court says drug trafficker need not pay additional fine by 6-3 margin
OTTAWA - A convicted drug trafficker should not have to pay a fine as part of his punishment to offset the fact he used money he obtained from his crimes to pay his legal fees, the Supreme Court of Ca...
Nov 10, 2019
Ottawa Fury pro soccer team suspends operations
OTTAWA - The Canadian pro soccer landscape no longer includes the nation's capital after Ottawa's sports scene absorbed another blow Friday. The Ottawa Fury have suspended operations, saying they have...
Nov 10, 2019
UN court says it has jurisdiction in Ukraine-Russia case
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - In a legal victory for Kyiv, the United Nations' highest court ruled Friday that it has jurisdiction in a case brought by Ukraine alleging that Russia breached treaties on ter...
Nov 10, 2019